Kaspars Popens appointed as Manager of the shopping and entertainment centre AKROPOLE Rīga

Kaspars Popens, who has been working with the company since 2018, has been appointed as the Manager of the shopping and entertainment centre AKROPOLE Rīga. Over the last five years, Kaspars Popens has been performing technical support duties while acquiring experience in shopping centre management.

“It is important for us that the new manager of AKROPOLE Rīga not only knows the shopping centre inside out, but is also development-oriented and open to new ideas, which is also demanded by the industry itself. Kaspars has proven that creative ideas can be combined with top results, therefore, taking into account his previous work experience in the company as well as his personal qualities – responsiveness, ambition, and emotional intelligence – he was appointed as the Manager of AKROPOLE Rīga. We are delighted to congratulate him on this new career step,” comments Rasa Kundušienė, Head of Property Management of Akropolis Group.

“I highly appreciate the confidence shown in me for my contribution and work in the development of the shopping centre so far. The shopping centre is an ever-changing, living organism that has allowed me to develop not only my professional qualifications, but also my personality. One of the main tasks I have set myself is to improve the shopping centre and make it even more family-friendly. At the same time, we will continue to create favourable conditions for tenants and partners to encourage them to choose our shopping centre,” says Kaspars Popens, Manager of AKROPOLE Rīga.

Kaspars Popens' professional work experience started at SIA Latvijas Energoceltnieks as an Economic Section Analyst and Economic Section Compiler, where he gained knowledge of building structures, design programmes and Building Information Modelling (BIM) systems. In 2018, during the construction of the shopping centre, Kaspars Popens joined the AKROPOLE Rīga team. He took the position of Project Engineer and later Operations Engineer. Thanks to joint work, the shopping and entertainment centre Akropole was named the best BIM object in the “Best Building of the Year in Latvia 2019” competition.

Kaspars Popens has a Professional Bachelor's Degree in Engineering with qualifications in Building Architecture, Building Structures, Water Supply and Sewerage, Heating and Ventilation, and Special Buildings and Structures. He received his education at the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, as well as various seminars on new developments in building and innovations in building management.