Vastned
Alica van der Duin
“Alica van der Duin” Credit: Vastned
Vastned has appointed Alica van der Duin as Commercial Director. She joined the company on April 1, 2016. In her new role, van der Duin will be responsible for Vastned’s Dutch property portfolio, including the commercial aspects of the portfolio, acquisitions, and divestments. She will be working closely with the Dutch property team. In addition, as Commercial Director, she will play an important role in the acquisition process of premium city high-street shops in the Netherlands and at a later stage also in the other markets in which Vastned operates. Van der Duin will become part of the international account management team and will report directly to CEO Taco de Groot. She has extensive experience in the property sector while retail has been a key aspect of her career, first on the financing side and later in development and investment. Her last four years were spent as Retail Director with NSI in Hoofddorp. Before that, she was Senior Retail Property Developer with Provast and Real Estate Developer with ING Real Estate Development in The Hague.
Neinver
Bożena Gierszewska-Mroziewicz
“Bozena Gierszewska-Morziewicz” Credit: Neinver
Bożena Gierszewska-Mroziewicz has taken the position of Country Head Neinver Poland. She will be managing the day-to-day operations of the company’s Polish branch. As Country Head, Gierszewska-Mroziewicz is going to be responsible for implementing the company’s strategy, cooperation with investors, management of the company’s projects in Poland, as well as daily business. She joined Neinver 10 years ago. As International Asset Management Director, she managed retail centers across Europe. Before being promoted to that position, Gierszewska-Mroziewicz had served as Asset Management Director in Poland, overseeing the operations of a factory outlet chain and Galeria Malta, and as the Manager of Factory Ursus, the country’s first outlet center. She has also worked for Inter Ikea Centers and IICP S.A. during her professional career. The newly promoted Head of Neinver Poland is a graduate of the University of Warsaw and a licensed property manager.
JLL
Christian Ulbrich
“Christian Ulbrich” Credit: JLL
Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated announced that it is separating the roles of President and Chief Executive Officer and that Christian Ulbrich, currently CEO for the EMEA region, will become President of JLL. Colin Dyer will retain the role of CEO and continue to guide the firm’s global strategy. Ulbrich, who will report to Dyer, also will be nominated for election to JLL’s Board of Directors at the Annual Shareholders Meeting in May. As President, he will manage the company’s regional businesses in Asia Pacific, EMEA, and the Americas and focus on driving growth through acquisitions. Ulbrich joined JLL in 2005 as Managing Director of JLL Germany and has held the role of EMEA CEO since 2009. “Christian is an excellent choice to be JLL President,” said Dyer. “As EMEA CEO, he has delivered sustained growth, doubling the region’s revenue and increasing profits more than fourfold. He consistently earns the respect of clients and colleagues and demonstrates a keen ability to identify future opportunities and embrace change.”
CBRE
Lars Sammann
“Lars Sammann” Credit: CBRE
Since the beginning of the year, Lars Sammann has been the new Head of Shopping Center Management at CBRE. Sammann already has more than 30 years’ experience in the retail segment. After training in furniture retail and attaining a degree in business, he began his real estate career at ECE in center management. After that, he became expansion manager at Douglas Immobilien, where he held overall responsibility for the expansion in shopping centers for all Douglas subsidiaries nationwide. Thereafter, he was responsible for building center management divisions, among other things as CEO of Multi Development and at Kemper’s Centermanagement. Most recently, Sammann was co-founder from 2013 of DIMP Immobilienpartner Hamburg, a classic brokerage firm in the commercial sector. “We welcome Lars Sammann to the ranks of CBRE. He is a longtime expert with a wealth of experience and a diverse personal network. Shopping centers are an important part of our business unit Asset Services. Our services ensure a center’s economic success and establish it locally as a successful brand,” commented Christina Hoffmann, Head of Asset Services Germany at CBRE.
Unibail-Rodamco Germany
Olivier Nougarou
“Olivier Nougarou” Credit: Unibail-Rodamco
Following the resignation of Karl Reinitzhuber, Olivier Nougarou is now CEO of Unibail-Rodamco Germany. Nougarou has worked for Unibail-Rodamco since 2001 and held various positions in the field of shopping center management and operations, both in foreign subsidiaries as well as in the corporate headquarters. In particular, he was instrumental in the integration of the businesses after the merger of Unibail and Rodamco in 2007. From 2009 to 2013, he led the operational business in the Central Europe region and was particularly important in driving the integration of the Simon Ivanhoé portfolio. Nougarou became Deputy Chief Operating Officer in mfi AG in 2013 and took over the position of Chief Operating Officer in 2014, driving forward the assimilation of its operational framework with that of Unibail-Rodamco. Since April 2015, he has been Deputy Chief Executive Officer at Unibail-Rodamco Germany. Jaap Tonckens, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Unibail-Rodamco Germany, commented: “Now fully integrated into Unibail-Rodamco, our German organization remains on a successful path to excellent results. We are very grateful to Karl Reinitzhuber for this strong performance and are very confident that Olivier Nougarou will lead the German business to new successes.”
Affine
Matthieu Evrard
“Matthieu Evrard” Credit: Affine
Matthieu Evrard joined Affine as Deputy Chief Executive Officer with effect from March 29, 2016. He holds a degree from Ecole Centrale Paris, a top French engineering university. Evrard has over 10 years of experience in business development and real estate, as he began his career in M&A at PricewaterhouseCoopers and then joined IPD France before accepting growth-centric real estate operational responsibilities in the B&B Hotels Group in 2004 and later with Louvre Hotels Group in 2007. These years of experience have given him expertise in all facets of real estate, from user expectations, development, acquisitions, repositioning, disposals, and financing, through to fundraising and investor relations, all aimed at creating a medium- and long-term value. Executive Management considers that “this appointment is in line with our strategy and gives us a competitive advantage for the successful implementation of Affine’s transformation and development. Services will increasingly play a key role in real estate, and Matthieu Evrard brings experience that will help the Group successfully to incorporate this dimension into our portfolio management.”
Nepi
Robert Reinhardt Emslie
“Robert Reinhardt Emslie” Credit: NEPI
Nepi recently announced the appointment of Robert Reinhardt Emslie to the Board of Directors as a Non-executive Director, with immediate effect. Emslie will be a member of the Company’s Audit and Remuneration Committees. He is a Chartered Accountant, with more than 30 years’ experience in the financial services sector and property management. Emslie held various positions within the Absa Group (currently part of Barclays) during a period of 21 years, latterly as Head of Absa Corporate and Business Bank, Head of Absa Africa, and a member of Absa Group’s Executive Committee. He retired in 2009 and currently holds chairmanship and non-executive directorship positions in various private and public companies.
TH Real Estate
Jan-Phillip Holzenburg, Eric Lind, Marika Elfström
Jan-Phillip Holzenburg, Eric Lind, Marika Elfström; Credit: TH Real Estate
TH Real Estate is expanding in the Scandinavian market and is therefore also expanding its Stockholm office, with three new employees in the fields of leasing, investment, and property development. Jan-Phillip Holzenburg (left) complements the location in the Swedish capital with his expertise in portfolio management. He will primarily be active in asset management and also accompany transactions and related investment audits. Holzenburg hails from PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he was responsible for the analysis and evaluation of assets in transactions in the Scandinavian market. Eric Lind (right) joined the team as a leasing consultant and will be responsible for the leasing and development activities for retail properties in Scandinavia. Lind previously served as CEO at Centrumutveckling Sverige AB and can draw on 25 years of experience in the real estate business. Finally, Marika Elfström will supplement the Stockholm team as its office manager. Elfström previously worked as an executive assistant in the real estate investment company Cityhold Property AB. The company managed part of the property portfolio of the Swedish pension funds AP1 and AP2 before TH Real Estate was entrusted with the management in 2015. Johan Åström, Head of Investment, Sweden, at TH Real Estate, commented: “We are very pleased to be able to complement our team with the additional experience and expertise of three new employees and look forward to the cooperation. The growth of our team demonstrates our commitment to continued expansion in the Nordic region, which remains a key component of TH Real Estate’s strategy in the European market.”
Immofinanz
Stefan Schönauer
“Stefan Schönauer” Credit: Immofinanz
On March 11, the Immofinanz Supervisory Board nominated Stefan Schönauer CFO for a period of three years with immediate effect. He succeeds Birgit Noggler, who resigned her board mandate at her own request on February 19, 2016. The Supervisory Board also prematurely extended the mandate of board member Dietmar Reindl by four years. The company’s c-suite thus consists CEO Oliver Schumy, CFO Stefan Schönauer, and COO Dietmar Reindl. Schönauer has held leading positions at Immofinanz since December 2008, most recently as Head of Capital Markets and Corporate Strategy. His responsibilities in recent years included, among others, the management of major, group-wide projects, capital market financing, and investor relations. Before that, the business administrator and commercial informatics expert worked at Invesco Asset Management Austria. “The appointment of Stefan Schönauer and early extension of Dietmar Reindl’s mandate mean Immofinanz’s management centering around CEO Oliver Schumy is well positioned to optimize the company’s positioning further and ensure sustainable and profitable growth for the coming years,” said Chairman Michael Knap.
AG Real Estate
Berith Ironside Kuebler
“Berith Ironside Kuebler” Credit: AG Real Estate
Berith Kuebler Ironside was recently appointed Head of International Expansion at the Belgian real estate group AG Real Estate. She is responsible in this newly created position for the direct investments of the Group in Europe outside their home markets of Benelux and France. She reports directly to Alain De Coster, Group Chief Investment Officer. “Berith Ironside Kuebler has many years of experience and the necessary standing in the market to build a successful pan-European portfolio for us. We are therefore very happy that we have been able to bring her on board for our further expansion and diversification,” Alain avered. Prior to joining Real Estate AG, the graduate in business administration built and managed the German portfolio of Cityhold Property AB. She has over 25 years’ experience in continental Europe in various roles in the areas of project development, acquisition, and fund and asset management. To date, she has made more than €2 billion in direct investments in commercial real estate. Among other things, Ironside Kuebler was a partner at Savills IM, led the team for foreign investments at Allianz, and was a fund manager at Grosvenor. She also worked at DeAWM, Strabag, and Calliston.
Wereldhave
Gert van de Weerdhof & Leen Geirnaerdt
“Gert van de Weerdhof” Credit: Wereldhave | BNP Paribas Real Estate
“Leen Geirnaerdt” Credit: Wereldhave | BNP Paribas Real Estate
Wereldhave proposed the appointment of two new members of the Supervisory Board. The profile of the Company has changed significantly over the past three years. The Supervisory Board, therefore, decided to review the profile for members of the Board, with the addition of knowledge and experience in the field of international multichannel retailing to the profile. Femke Weijtens has decided to step down from the board for personal reasons and Joop van Oosten will retire in 2017. To prepare for a smooth transition, the Supervisory Board proposes the nomination of Gert van de Weerdhof (Dutch nationality, 50) and of Leen Geirnaerdt (Belgian nationality, 41), who will temporarily bring the number of Supervisory Board members to six.
Marcus Zorn
“Marcus Zorn” Credit: BNP Paribas Real Estate
Thierry Laroue-Pont, Chief Executive Officer of BNP Paribas Real Estate, appointed Marcus Zorn, Deputy CEO of BNP Paribas Real Estate Germany, to the International Executive Committee with effect from February this year. The Executive Committee is an essential part of the global management of BNP Paribas Real Estate. This committee encompasses all the company’s business areas. Zorn has been with BNP Paribas Real Estate Germany for 20 years, of which more than seven years were as Deputy. Between 2004 and 2010, he was responsible for the locations in Hamburg and Dusseldorf and then, as Head of Transactions, for transactions in Germany. The 42-year-old has been Deputy CEO of BNP Paribas Real Estate in Germany since 2012.
Colliers International
Ronny Krohn
“Ronny Krohn” Credit: Colliers International
Ronny Krohn has strengthened the retail rental segment at Colliers International in Frankfurt as a senior consultant since early February. The 31-year-old previously worked for the French fashion label IKKS as Retail District Manager. The trained banker has worked in various companies in the fashion industry since 2005. With Krohn, Colliers International is continuing to expand its retail rental segment in Frankfurt.
CallisonRTKL
Leigh Dennis
“Leigh Dennis” Credit: CallisonRTKL
Leigh Dennis, Senior Vice President at CallisonRTKL, based in London, will lead the Retail Practice Group for the United Kingdom and Europe. He joined the company from Samsung, where he was Global VP of Brand Experience. Dennis, whose career spans more than 20 years in branding and retail design, has created award-winning retail environments for successful retail brands. In his new role, he will leverage his international background to develop and deploy design solutions for retail projects in the region. Prior to Samsung, Dennis was CallisonRTKL’s Managing Principal in London and New York. “The best brands of tomorrow sit happily at the intersection of the physical and virtual worlds, observing our relationships with products, services, and spaces. I help brands use these insights to create next generation retail experiences and improve people’s lives,” he said.
Generali Real Estate
Joris De Roo
“Joris de Roo” Credit: Generali Real Estate
Generali Real Estate has announced the creation of a department for the EMEA region and the hiring of Joris De Roo to manage investment, sales, and asset management activities in the Netherlands and Belgium. In his new role, De Roo will be in charge of the asset and property management of the current Benelux portfolio and responsible for its development and expansion. He joined Generali Real Estate after a significant experience with two major real estate firms active in the area. A Dutch citizen, he holds a Master of Science from the Amsterdam School of Real Estate.
CBRE Group
Ritson Ferguson
“Ritson Ferguson” Credit: CBRE Global Investors
CBRE Group, headquartered in Los Angeles, announced changes to the top management of its real estate investment subsidiary CBRE Global Investors, which is also active in Austria and Eastern Europe, on March 15. Ritson Ferguson became the new Global CEO of CBRE Group. Ferguson was on the company’s Global Investment Committee from 2011 and served as Chief Investment Officer from 2015. He remains CEO of CBRE Clarion Securities, the body responsible for the Group’s property shares. Ferguson succeeds Matt Khourie, who has now been appointed as CEO of Trammell Crow Company.
Centerspace
Amanda Spring
“Amanda Spring” Credit: Centerspace
Amanda Spring recently took over running the investment department for Poland and the Czech Republic, where she is responsible for all acquisitions, at Centerspace Deutschland. Spring is a member of RICS and brings over 20 years of professional experience in the Central and Eastern European real estate market. As CEO of Teesland iOG Central European, she was responsible for establishing and managing the Central European fund and opening branches in the region. Spring has sound knowledge of all asset classes and management experience in cross-border acquisitions. She was also CEO of a private real estate company in Central Europe and knows the Russian market through her several years as Managing Director of DTZ in Moscow.
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