Team
Roger Dunlop
With over 30 years’ experience in international real estate, Roger oversees the continued development of SHD Real Estate’s portfolio of residential developments within the Czech Republic, having previously working closely with the Principals of Avestus Capital Partners for over 16 years to manage the expansion of Avestus Real Estate across the CEE Region.
He remains a consultant to Avestus Real Estate in Poland. Prior to joining Avestus, Roger held Managing Director and CEO positions at leading real estate entities in the UK, including Divisional Managing Director of Gleeson Homes, a wholly owned subsidiary of MJ Gleeson Group, from 2002 to 2006; residential Managing Director at Chelverton International from 1999-2001; and Managing Director at the South Thames division of Countryside Properties from 1996 to 1999. Roger is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
Michael Shohet
Michael Shohet was a founding partner of Elstone Ltd in 2016, a regulated asset management company based in Gibraltar. He acts as its Non-Executive Director and supervises the team on location in Gibraltar.
Michael Shohet has also served as Executive Director of Shohet & Cie S.A. since 2013. The company was founded in 1990 as a regulated asset management company and now specializes in real estate development projects. The company has made a strategic shift into the Czech Republic, and in 2021 Michael Shohet set up SHD Real Estate together with Roger Dunlop, Henry Shohet and David Kříž, to concentrate on opportunities in the Czech Republic.
Prior to this, Michael joined Saga Select funds in 2010 as an advisor co-managing the Saga Select Tactical Bond Fund and the Bequia Global Fund. He was responsible for security selection and sector allocation.
Michael is a Swiss and British citizen, born in Paris in 1984 and currently living in Geneva. He graduated with an MSc in Finance from Geneva University in 2007. Trained at the Bank of Nova Scotia in London on the Emerging Market Fixed Income desk, he continued his training at Banque Pictet in Geneva on the trading desk.
David Kříž
With over 20 years’ experience in the Central European real estate market, David joined SHD Real Estate in October 2021, managing the company’s residential developments portfolio and its expansion in the Czech Republic.
Before joining SHD, David worked for Avestus Real Estate (previously Quinlan Private Golub) from 2004 to 2021, and for Skanska CZ in the highway construction division from 2002 until 2004.
David holds a Master's degree in real estate investment and management from Sheffield Hallam University (U.K.), a Master's degree from the University of Economics, Business Administration Faculty (Prague), and a national diploma in marketing from Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (Ireland).
David is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).