NEPI Rockcastle, Europe’s third largest listed retail real estate company with a portfolio value of more than €8 billion ($9.2 billion), has decided to appoint Marek Noetzel as its designated CEO, effective April 1, 2026. Noetzel was confirmed as the company’s permanent COO in June 2022 and is responsible for its operations across 60 properties in eight countries in Central and Eastern Europe, where NEPI Rockcastle is also the largest owner, operator and developer of shopping centers in the region.
He will succeed NEPI Rockcastle’s current CEO, Rüdiger Dany.
Noetzel joined Rockcastle Global Real Estate in 2016, establishing the company’s offices in Poland and expanding its activities abroad. In 2017, Rockcastle’s portfolio in Poland and Czechia merged with NEPI, which had assets in Romania, Slovakia, Serbia and Czechia. At NEPI Rockcastle, Noetzel held positions as a Board Member and Director of Retail in Poland before becoming COO in 2022. Prior to this,
