Dean of the Collegium of Business Administration of Warsaw School of Economics, and Director of the Institute of Corporate Finance and Investment in 2016-2024. A graduate of the Faculty of Production Economics at SGPiS (legal predecessor of SGH), he obtained his doctoral and post-doctoral degrees at SGH. His research focuses mainly on the functioning of the real estate market, including its deficiencies, with a particular emphasis on the formation of price bubbles in housing markets, as well as the systems of financing real estate investments and mortgage banking. Author of publications on these topics. Also active in economic practice: previously in the banking sector and currently in the construction industry.
Education
Graduate of the Main School of Planning and Statistics /now the SGH Warsaw School of Economics/, Faculty of Production Economics. He obtained his doctoral degree in economic sciences and his post-doctoral degree in economic sciences in the discipline of finance from the SGH Warsaw School of Economics
Business practice
- From 1992 to 2000 – ING Bank Śląski – Branch Manager, Regional Manager.
- From 2001 to 2003 – Vice-President, President of the Management Board at ING Bank Hipoteczny.
- From 2003 to 2008 – Vice-President of the Management Board of Bank BGŻ S.A. – supervised the retail division, including, among others, the area of mortgage banking – mortgage products, distribution channels, valuation of financed real estate, cooperation with the risk division in the assessment of risks related to real estate lending.
Scientific interests
His research interests are mainly related to the functioning of the real estate market, systems of financing real estate investments, mortgage banking and the deficiencies of the real estate market, with particular emphasis on the formation of price bubbles. He is the author of publications on these issues and also has extensive practical experience. While working at SGH, he has also been professionally active in the banking sector, as well as in the area of implementing real estate investments and valuing real estate.
Subjects taught
- Real estate market
- Mortgage banking – traditional and e-learning format
- Financing investments in the real estate market
- In addition, he also gives undergraduate (first-cycle) and graduate (second-cycle) seminars on the above issues.
Functions and titles
- Since 2020 – Dean at the Collegium of Business Administration at SGH
- From 2012 to 2020 – Deputy Dean at the Collegium of Business Administration at SGH
- From 2016 to 2024 – director of the Institute of Corporate Finances and Investments
- From 2006 to 2024 – member of the Supervisory Board of ERBUD S.A., listed company, Chair of the Audit Committee of the Board and, from 2016, also Vice-Chairman of the Board
- From 2002 to 2004, and then since 2009 – member of the State Qualification Committee of the Ministry of Economic Development for the award of professional licences in real estate valuation.
Key publications
- R. Sobiecki, G. Główka, H. Godlewska-Majkowska, A. Wojtczuk-Turek, Enterprise in sustainable development, Oficyna Wydawnicza SGH, Warsaw 2023
- G. Główka, Development of financial instruments releasing capital from residential real estate in Poland, [in:] Financierisation – debt, determinants, ed. A. Fierla, Oficyna Wydawnicza SGH, Warsaw 2019
- A. Adamowska, G. Główka, G. Sobiecki, Money, capital, and real estate in the process of financierisation, Oficyna Wydawnicza SGH, Warsaw 2018
- G. Główka, Determinants and effects of cyclical fluctuations in the modern residential real estate market, Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie 2018, No. 3
- G. Główka, Financial instruments releasing capital from real estate; [in:] E-economy in Central and Eastern Europe
- Present day and prospects for development, ed. R. Sobiecki, Wydawnictwo KUL, Lublin 2015
- G. Główka, Theoretical aspects of price bubble in the residential real estate market, Zarządzanie i Finanse Journal of Management and Finance, Vol. 12, No. 4/2014
- G. Główka, The system of financing residential real estate in Poland. Experiences and directions of change, SGH, Warsaw 2012
- G. Główka, Refinancing of bank mortgage assets, Business Administration Quarterly, SGH – KNOP 2012, No. 1
- The residential real estate market and systemic stability, [in:] From the works of the Department of Investments and Real Estate – Selected problems of the real estate market in Poland, ed. Ł, Strączkowski, M. Trojanek, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Poznaniu, Poznań 2012
- A perspective on the residential real estate financing system in Poland, Świat Nieruchomości 2012, No. 80
- G. Główka, Adaptability of enterprises in the construction market, Business Administration Quarterly, SGH – KNOP 2011, No. 2
- Foreign currency loans in the Polish housing market, [in:] The state of and trends of development in the real estate market, ed. H. Gawron, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Poznaniu, Poznań 2011
- Housing mortgage loans in Poland, Oficyna Wydawnicza SGH, Warsaw 2010
- Bonds as an instrument for financing investment projects of Polish local governments, Acta Scientiarum Polonorum 2010, No. 9
- Financing investments of local government authorities through bank loans, Ekonomika i Organizacja Gospodarki Żywnościowej, Zeszyty Naukowe, SGGW, Warsaw 2010, No. 80
- Commercial financing instruments for revitalisation projects, [in:] Revitalisation of Polish towns and cities – a diagnosis, Vol. 8, ed. Z. Ziobrowski, W. Jarczewski, Instytut Rozwoju Miast, Kraków 2010
- Property. Credit. Mortgage, Poltext, Warsaw 2008 /academic editor/.
Prizes and awards
- Gold Cross of Merit
- Honorary medal “For services to banking in the Republic of Poland”
- Medal of the National Education Commission
