CVC Capital to invest up to €1 billion in Poland

Private equity fund CVC Capital Partners treats Poland as the highest priority market, where as much as €1 billion may be spent on investments, said Przemysław Obłój, head of the fund.  "The CEE region is important to us, there is a four-person team working on its development. We have €11 billion earmarked for investments in Europe. ... We don't have any rigid allocations for particular countries, but in the last five years we have invested more than €1 billion equity in companies located in the Czech Republic (StarBev and Avas ). There is no reason why this could not happen in the case of Poland," said Obłój. He added that the fund is eyeing the consumer, retail and energy sectors.