Kris Litwiński

Director of operations, property management at Golub Europe L.L.C.
By : Robert Wylot

   It could be said that Kris Litwiński, 42, talked his way to the top of Golub Polska. Trained as a translator and interpreter, Litwiński spent much of the 1980s and early 1990s speaking for the heads of countries and corporations, including Golub.

   Now the property manager of the Warsaw Financial Center, Litwiński calls translation his great passion in life. As a student of English at Warsaw University, Litwiński concentrated on U.S. culture and his master’s thesis analyzed communes in the United States as an alternative lifestyle.

   As an interpreter for the Foreign Ministry, Litwiński translated for Margaret Thatcher, George Bush, Sr., and Queen Elizabeth II. Following his stint with the ministry, he began translating on a freelance basis and worked for several global corporations entering the Polish market.

   When Golub’s chairman asked him to join Golub Europe in 1993 as more than just an interpreter, Litwiński decided it was time for a change. He quickly adapted to the real estate market and by 1994 was nominated as president of Golub Polska.

   Today Litwiński is director of operations and property management at Golub Europe, and property manager at the Warsaw Financial Center – Golub’s skyscraper and Warsaw’s biggest office building.

   Past notes

   1983 – Earned master’s degree from the department of English at the University of Warsaw

   1983 – Became wire service translator for the Polish Press Agency (PAP)

   1987 – Joined the Foreign Ministry as translator/interpreter

   1989 – Freelance translator

   1993 – Joined Golub Europe as assistant property manager at the Warsaw Corporate Center

   1994 – Became president of Golub Polska

   1998 – Appointed property manager of the Warsaw Financial Center

   Word of advice:

   “Try to never make the same mistake twice.”