GWD Advisors is a global consulting company that works with a diverse network of subject matter experts from around the world
Our Core team includes:
Guy Douetil BSc MRICS
Guy Douetil is the founder and managing principal of GWD Advisors Limited. Guy has over 30 years of experience in global location strategies, corporate real estate, real estate outsourcing best practices, strategic planning and building & managing teams.
Guy has also held senior leadership positions at real estate service provider firms such as Colliers International and Cushman & Wakefield and most recently he was Managing Director of EMEA at Hickey & Associates a global location consulting firm.
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At each of these companies, he was responsible for building and growing successful new 'start-up' teams based on trusted relationships with clients & colleagues. Guy was awarded Colliers International 2014 Leadership Award in recognition of the successful and fast growth of their Corporate Solutions team
He is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and is a regular speaker and contributor to CoreNet Global, a 9,500-member professional association for the Corporate Real Estate industry and IAMC the leading professional association for corporate real estate executives focused on the needs of an industrial & manufacturing portfolio.
Guy has been involved in all aspects of corporate real estate, including major corporate downsizings, headquarters relocations, land acquisitions and dispositions, environmental remediation & sustainability, lease negotiations of all sizes, Workplace solutions, Project & programme management, Facilities Management, M&A support, financial analysis, real estate administration and real estate strategic planning.​
Guy was a winner of the Cushman & Wakefield Ingenious Deal of the year - Acting on behalf of a global electronics company for the sale and strategic advice of a pan-European portfolio totalling 212,000 sqm across six countries for nearly US$160 million
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•Sample of past clients: ABN AMRO, BT, Citi, Danfoss, DLA Piper, Eversheds, Goldman Sachs, Honeywell, JDE, IKEA, ING, Maersk, Nestle, Nike, Novartis, Philips, Prologis, Sandoz, Sanofi, Segro, Sony, Swiss Re, Tritax, Uber, Unilever and Xerox.
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Vitaliy Lehkyy MSc
Vitaliy Lehkyy is a Senior Management Consultant at GWD Advisors Limited. Vitaliy has over 15 years of professional experience in management consulting and market research. His key areas of expertise include site selection advisory, talent market analytics, and emerging markets growth strategy development.
Vitaliy spent 6 years at Frost & Sullivan, a global Market Research company, before moving to Deloitte in their Global Location Strategy team. Most recently he was a Managing Consultant at Hickey & Associates
Vitaliy managed and successfully delivered projects across various industries with a focus on IT, R&D, shared services and manufacturing operations.
Vitaliy is fluent in English, Ukrainian and Russian languages with a working knowledge of French, Spanish and Polish as well as basic Dutch and Greek.
He is based in Brussels and has vast cross-cultural background, having lived in seven and visited nearly 120 countries around the world.
Sample of past clients: ABB, Amgen, Cargotec, Coca-Cola, DLA Piper, DNV GL, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, GSK, JDE, John Deere, Hargreaves Lansdown, Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk Drilling, Nike, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Sandoz, SwissRe, Roche, Standard Chartered.
Mario Schade
Mario Schade is a Senior Management Consultant at GWD Advisors Limited with extensive expertise in strategic site selection especially for manufacturing companies. He has over 20 years of professional experience, having held significant leadership roles across companies such as Autoliv, Beiersdorf (tesa and Nivea) and Phoenix Mecano in Germany and Hungary as well as working as Operational Excellence Consultant for several consulting companies.
Mario’s core competencies include site selection advisory, plant structure planning, and cost reduction. Notably, he has led multiple projects aimed at reducing operational costs and improving EBIT margins. His work spans various industries, including automotive, electronics, and manufacturing.
Throughout his career, Mario has developed specialised knowledge in logistics (inbound, outbound, production supply) and production technologies, ranging from metal cutting to injection moulding. He has successfully implemented lean methodologies such as Just-In-Time, 5S, and SMED across multiple organizations.
Fluent in German, English, and Hungarian, Mario is currently based in Budapest, Hungary. His global perspective is enriched by having worked in multiple regions, including Central Eastern Europe, where he has applied his site selection expertise.
Sample of past clients: Jabil, WAREMA, KWS, Krempel, Schmalz, Hengst, Präzi, CLAAS, Fressnapf, Winkelmann, Magnetec, Mutares, Plati, Elastomer Solutions, SFC Solutions