Roman Matkiwsky has recently joined Macquarie Capital Advisers to lead the Group’s infrastructure and related activities in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).  Roman joins
Macquarie from Skanska Infrastructure Development where he led their efforts in the CEE and Nordic markets.  Prior to that he worked at Zenith Capital (a private equity and corporate advisory business for CEE), Société Générale Emerging Europe Asset Management overseeing their CEE private equity portfolio, as well as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). 

Born in Canada of Ukrainian and Polish parents, Roman is fluent in several languages (Ukrainian, Polish, with a good comprehension of Czech, French, Italian, and Russian).  After taking a Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of Toronto, he became a Chartered Financial Analyst, which he followed with an MBA at the University of Western Ontario. In Canada he embarked on his banking career at the Royal Bank of Canada.

Seeing the new challenges and opportunities of post Communist Europe, Roman decided to work with the newly opened markets of CEE.  He joined the EBRD in London in 1992, where he was involved in numerous projects in CEE infrastructure development, general industry as well as the financial sector. Some of his achievements included overseeing the development and management of a start-up bank, assisting in the modernization of Kyiv’s airport, structuring and financing a complex shipping transaction, as well as the work with Sea Launch. He also oversaw the restructuring of a large CEE IT company, assisted in the development of a technology investment company and oversaw the startup of a mortgage bank in Ukraine. Most recently he was involved in major motorway concessions in CEE.  His enthusiasm and appreciation for work in CEE has grown along with his experience. 

Macquarie Capital (Europe)

Macquarie Group (Macquarie) is a global provider of banking, financial, advisory, investment and funds management services.

Members of the Macquarie Group manage more than €34 billion in equity invested in infrastructure and essential service assets around the world through a range of listed and unlisted vehicles. Infrastructure investments managed by Macquarie include assets in the energy, water, telecommunications and transportation sectors in Germany, the UK, Portugal, France, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, US, Australia, Korea, Japan and South Africa. Macquarie aims to manage investments in infrastructure assets profitably and responsibly.
 
Macquarie is a long-term investor in infrastructure and essential-service businesses, with a global portfolio of more than 110 assets including energy services provider Techem AG, Warnow Tunnel, tank storage provider TanQuid and energy supplier GWE in Germany. Macquarie has had a presence in Germany since 1989 and has offices in Frankfurt and Munich.