PEOPLE 2008Thomas Röh becomes chairman of supervisory board at GWB ImmobilienGWB Immobilien AG’s Supervisory Board unanimously elected its member Dr Thomas Röh as its new chairman with effect from 17 December 2008 Peter Schropp joins supervisory board of VIB VermögenVIB Vermögen AG, Neuburg an der Donau, is to strengthen its management team. With effect from 1 January 2009 Peter Schropp will take up his membership of the company’s executive committee, with future responsibilities in the area of property Stefan Brendgen to become CIO of Allianz Immobilien
Alexandra Schörghuber takes over at Schörghuber
HOCHTIEF enlarges Executive BoardDr. Frank Stieler to become new member of the Executive Board of HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft ING Real Estate appoints Scott Dwyer as General Manager Development
Eduard Zehetner is new spokesman for the management board of IMMOEAST AG
Roger Weiss celebrates jubilee
Dirk Jens Nonnenmacher appointed CEO of HSH Nordbank
Dr Michael Endres to be nominated as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Hypo Real Estate Holding AGChanges to the composition of the Supervisory Board of Hypo Real Estate Holding AG will take place related to the provision of a liquidity facility by a financial consortium, Deutsche Bundesbank, and the German Federal Government Monica Ann Sibler takes over sales at Vivico in Frankfurt
Andreas Quint will become the CEO of JLL in GermanyJones Lang LaSalle has announced that Andreas Quint will become the CEO of its German business, following Christian Ulbrich’s move into the role of EMEA CEO at the beginning of 2009 Alexander Trobitz is new head of hotel department at Dr. Lübke
Alfred Hoschek resigns from Patrizia’s Management BoardThe Patrizia Immobilien AG Supervisory Board fulfilled Alfred Hoschek’s request to terminate ahead of time his Management Board contract as of November 30, 2008 Thomas Kunder is the new Chief Financial Officer of listed private equity company Heliad
Reiner Zacharias reinforces investment team at NAI apollo in DüsseldorfIn order to accomodate the increasing requirements of NAI-clients in the national and international investment area, and to satisfy the demand for networked consultation, Reiner Zacharias (59) joined the investment team of NAI apollo as Senior Consultant in October 2008 IKB: New Chairman of the Supervisory Board and new CEOThe Supervisory Board of IKB elected Mr Bruno Scherrer (39), Head of European Investments and Senior Managing Director of the US Investor Lone Star, Chairman of the Supervisory Board Gerhard Lehner joins Cordea Savills Deutschland
Rolf Elgeti joins TAG’s supervisory board
Nic Lyons resigns as managing director and CEO of GPT
Axel Kochsiek joins Activum SG as Head of Asset Management
Karl-Joseph Hermanns-Engel joins Board of Union Investment Real Estate AG
Oliver Pleiner Appointed New Branch Manager for WestImmo's Hamburg OfficeWith effect from 1 January 2009, Oliver Pleiner (40) will be assuming his responsibilities as the new Branch Manager of Westdeutsche ImmobilienBank AG (WestImmo) in Hamburg Jörn Kreke receives Award of Excellence
Günter Manuel Giehr assumes global responsibility for MEAG's real estate activities
Kurt Ritter will continue to head The Rezidor Hotel Group until February 2012
Stefan Brandes becomes Associate Director of DTZ Retail Services in Berlin
Andreas Engelhardt appointed Head of Asset Management for Pirelli RE in Germany
Pål Berg joins supervisory board of IFM ImmobilienMr. Berg is an investment officer with Norway’s Havfonn AS, which is part of an investor group that holds a 10.07% share in IFM Immobilien AG Christian Ulbrich appointed CEO for EMEA at Jones Lang LaSalle
Gregor Drexler is new Managing Director of Vivico Real EstateGregor Drexler, formerly with CA Immo, has been appointed Managing Director of Vivico Real Estate GmbH from 8 September 2008 Savills expands investment team to service
Robert Houston becomes CEO of ING Real Estate’s global investment management business
Colonia Real Estate AG appoints two new members of the board
Marc Quest joins Kemper's Jones Lang LaSalle Retail in Cologne
Bettina Fuchs is new Centre Manager at Aachen Arkaden
Stefan Zimmermann forms ACREST Property GroupAfter a successful career at TishmanSpeyer, Tenkhoff Properties and apellasbauwert, Stefan Zimmermann has decided to establish a business focused on retail real estate in Germany John Harding joins Schroders
Peter Brock appointed Managing Director of Grainger Germany
Mark Hutchinson promoted to president of newly created GE Real Estate InternationalMark Hutchinson and his team will be responsible for debt and equity originations, asset management and net income performance covering operations in Europe and Asia New members of the Supervisory Board of Hypo Real Estate Holding AGThree new members are joining the Supervisory Board of Hypo Real Estate Holding AG. Former Board members Antoine Jeancourt-Galignani (71) and Maurice O’Connell (72) are retiring from the supervising committee of the leading international public and real estate financier. Savills has appointed Bernd-Uwe Willer to its management board in Germany
Lutz Heese elected Honorary Fellow of the RICS
Thomas Schmengler becomes Managing Director of Deka Immobilien
Harald Gude becomes a member of the management of IVG Asset ManagementRolf Moritz Webeler, until now manager of IVG Asset Management GmbH in charge of Transaction, will leave the company with effect from 31 July 2008 at his own request. He will be succeeded by Dr. Harald Gude Simon Nelson appointed European asset manager of ProLogis European Properties
Aberdeen Property Investors Deutschland appoints Fabian Klingler as a new Managing Director
Olivier Piani new Global Head of Real Estate at Allianz Alternative Assets
Stephanie Hottenhuis appointed Managing Director of Arcadis in Germany
Wolfgang Bays becomes exclusive consultant for retail development at Jones Lang LaSalle
Sascha Kurzidem joins Henderson Sales Team
Hans Volkert Volckens joins Hannover Leasing
Michael Taufiqui- von Ahlefeldt-Dehn will be leaving Schroder Property Investment ManagementMichael Taufiqui- von Ahlefeldt-Dehn (44) will be leaving his position as the General Manager of Schroder Property Kapitalanlagegesellschaft by 30th June 2008 RICS in Germany has appointed two Savills' managing directors as fellows
Rolf Aschendorf new head of CRE Resolution in Munich
Matthias Tripp becomes commercial managing director of Vivico
HSH Nordbank appoints Frank-Rainer Roth to the Management Board
Patrick Kiss wins German Investor Relations Prize
Henderson appoints new Head of Asset Management for its HERALD fund
Peter Knopp appointed chairman of WestdImmo
Lührmann moves to downtown FrankfurtThe retail property agency Lührmann has moved into new offices at Biebergasse 2 in Frankfurt, a year after opening a branch in the city Kenmore grows its Berlin office with new appointment of Thorsten Wagner
Axel von Goldbeck is new Managing Director of ZIA in Berlin
New Swedish consultancy with German focus – Tenzing AB
Colonia Real Estate appoints former supervisory board member Ingmar Schmitt as Chief Financial Officer as of 1st of May 2008. Contract of CEO Stephan Rind extended by five years
Savills strengthens office agency team in Berlin
Gordon Keiser appointed CEO of ProLogis European Properties
Roger Welz joins board of DEGI
Daniel Schoch appointed CFO of CORESTATE
Stefan Apfelbaum joins Pirelli RE Deutschland as Head of Agency
Hans-Ulrich Sutter becomes finance director of TAG
Ben Tolhurst to lead Estama Real Estate ManagementBen Tolhurst has been appointed managing director for asset and property management specialist Estama Real Estate Management. He will be responsible for leading the company’s expansion throughout Germany Felicity Ambler joins Morley as European Property Product Specialist
Hans-Peter Eger is new CEO of Gebhard Real Estate
Holger Schmieding to give keynote speech at MIPIM 2008
Change in DEGI's boardThomas Linker will be stepping down from the board of the property fund company DEGI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Immobilienfonds mbH, where he was responsible for sales and marketing, and returning to his former employer Allianz Global Investors KAG, to take up new challenges there. Damian Wisniewski and Ellen Lackner join Dawnay, Day Treveria Real Estate Asset ManagementDamian Wisniewski has been appointed Chief Operating Officer/Chief Financial Officer with effect from 3 March 2008, and Ellen Lackner as Chief Operating Officer of German operations with effect from 18 February 2008 Stefan Reichert is made a partner at Lührmann in Düsseldorf
Sy Schlüter is new CFO of KWG
Lührmann restructures its businessThe Lührmann group, based in Osnabrück, one of the leading nationwide estate agencies which has specialised in high street retail and commercial properties for more than 15 years, expanded its business in 2007 to include Portfolio Management, Property Management and Project Management companies, and has now created an Estate Agency Management company to carry out its leasing business CRE Resolution expands its activities in industrial and logistics real estate
Mike Sales takes over as Head of Property Investment at Henderson
Dirk Hoffmann joins board of Catella GermanyDr. Dirk Hoffmann has joined the board of directors of Catella Property GmbH. Prior to joining Catella he was Spokesman of the Board at Allgemeine Hypothekenbank Rheinboden AG Kemper’s ends co-operation with Cushman & WakefieldInternational real estate consultants Cushman & Wakefield and the German retail agency specialists Kemper's will end their co-operation on 30 April 2008 New retail team for Savills Frankfurt
Carsten Pangert becomes Managing Director of Lührmann Portfolio Management
Viterra Development becomes ORCO ProjektentwicklungThe property developer Viterra Development has begun the new year with a new name: ORCO Projektentwicklung GmbH. Taken over by ORCO Germany 18 months ago, the company will continue to promote the successful positioning of the ORCO brand in the German market Alexandra Hüther and Katharina Molina have joined Kenmore in Berlin
Thomas Unger takes responsibility for METRO Group’s property portfolio
Josip Kardun is new Manager of Center Management International at ECE
Janette Riedel and René von der Lieth join Winters & HirschWinters & Hirsch, the Berlin property consultants, are responding to the high level of enquiries last year by taking on more staff in the Investment, Valuation and Property Management teams Siegfried Cofalka and Thomas Körfgen designated managing directors of SEB AM in Germany
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Stefan H. Brendgen is to join the management of Allianz Immobilien GmbH as the new Chief Investment Officer, with effect from the 15 January 2009
Alexandra Schörghuber will take over chairmanship of the board of the Foundation, and therefore the management, of the Schörghuber Unternehmensgruppe, following the recent death of her husband, Stefan Schörghuber
ING Real Estate announced today that Scott Dwyer (44) has been appointed General Manager responsible for its development business in Poland, Germany, the Czech Republic and Romania
Eduard Zehetner has assumed the positions of spokesman of the Executive Board and CFO of IMMOEAST AG with immediate effect, while Thomas Kleibl will remain the Board spokesman of IMMOFINANZ AG.
The founder of the shopping centre developer and manager mfi Management für Immobilien AG, Essen, R. Roger Weiss, has celebrated his 65th birthday. Mr Weiss is now chairman of the supervisory board of mfi
The Supervisory Board of HSH Nordbank has officially appointed Prof. Dr. Dirk Jens Nonnenmacher as CEO, in place of Hans Berger 
Monica Ann Sibler will be the new head of sales in Vivico’s Frankfurt office, starting in January 2009. 
Alexander Trobitz (32) will take over leadership of the hotel department
of Dr. Lübke GmbH in Frankfurt on 1 December. In this role he will be responsible for all services to the hotel sector provided by the property consultants
Thomas Kunder (45) replaces his predecessor, Alexander Mitsch, who left the company last month
The German office of the international real estate investor Cordea Savills continues to grow and has been stengthened by three new members. A team of now 17 operates from Munich and looks after the German speaking markets
Dr. Wolfgang Schnell has stepped down from the Supervisory Board of Hamburg-based TAG Immobilien AG for personal reasons as of September 30, 2008. His successor is Rolf Elgeti, a capital markets and real estate expert
GPT, the Australian property group listed on the Sydney stock exchange which has just announced a A$1.6 billion capital raising, is reviewing the structure of its senior executive team and will undertake a search to appoint a new CEO
Activum SG, a European real estate investor and manager focused on turnaround situations, has appointed Axel Kochsiek as a Partner and Head of Asset Management
With effect from 1 December 2008, the Supervisory Board of Union Investment Real Estate AG has appointed 45-year-old Dr. Karl-Joseph Hermanns-Engel to the Management Board of the property investment company, which is part of the Union Investment Group
At this year’s annual congress of the German Council of Shopping Centers (GCSC) in Berlin, Dr. Dr. hc. Jörn Kreke, chairman of the supervisory board of Douglas Holding AG, was awarded its Award of Excellence
Günter Manuel Giehr is taking over the management of the global real estate activities at MEAG MUNICH ERGO AssetManagement GmbH (MEAG). Dr. Knut Riesmeier, Managing Director of MEAG, is leaving the company on 30 September 2008
Kurt Ritter has been with Rezidor, which operates the Radisson SAS, Park Inn, Regent, Hotel Missoni and Country Inn brands, for 32 years including 19 years as President and CEO
Stefan Brandes will concentrate on property management and new lettings, as well as analysis of the market positioning of shopping centres
Andreas Engelhardt, 43, is taking over as Head of Asset Management Residential at Pirelli RE in Germany. Mr. Engelhardt was with the Property Management division and is succeeding Martin Goerge as Head of Asset Management Residential
Christian Ulbrich, who currently heads the firm in Germany, will also join the Global Executive Committee
Dr. Matthias Radetzki has joined as senior consultant into the investment team to focus on the key cities of the Ruhr-area including Essen, Duisburg and Dortmund, working from the Dusseldorf office
Robert Houston has replaced David Blight, who resigned to return to Australia for family reasons
The supervisory board of Colonia Real Estate AG appointed Volker Lemke as new Chief Financia) Officer (CFO) and Friedrich Thiele as new Chief Investment Officer (CIO) for the core real estate business
In September 2008 Marc Quest (32) will become head (Prokurist) of Kemper's Jones Lang LaSalle’s retailing lettings team in Cologne. He has been working with Kemper's Jones Lang LaSalle since the beginning of 2007, and was most recently in the retail lettings department in the Hanover office
Bettina Fuchs (36) will become responsible for the largest shopping centre in Aachen, the Aachen Arkaden. Ms Fuchs was previously the centre manager of the Stuttgart Airport
Schroder Property Investment Management Limited has appointed John Harding as Business Development Director, Property, reporting to Mike Clarke, Schroders’ Head of Property Distribution
Peter joins from listed German real estate company Vivacon AG where he was Head of Asset Management. During this time he was responsible for developing a unique management platform for residential property investors in Germany. In this position, Peter was also responsible for the creation and marketing of investment funds investing in German residential real estate
Bernd-Uwe Willer Willer, who joined Savills in May 2008 following its acquisition of white GmbH, will be responsible for the expansion of this new Dusseldorf office and the extension of Savills in the North-Rhine-Westfalia region
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Germany has elected Lutz Heese (59), principal of AHB Architecturbüro Heese and President of the Bavarian Architects Institute, as an Honorary Fellow 
Thomas Schmengler (52), Managing Director of KIZ Projektentwicklung GmbH in Bad Soden-Salmünster, is taking over from Gerhard Gminder (52) as Managing Director of Deka Immobilien GmbH on 1 September 2008
ProLogis European Properties has announced the appointment of Simon Nelson as Head of Asset Management, with effect from 1 August 2008
Effective 1 August 2008, Fabian Klingler (39) will be joining the Management Board. Fabian Klingler is an experienced specialist in the real estate fund sector. He completed his studies of architecture at the University of Stuttgart and business sciences at the University of Hohenheim. 
Allianz Alternative Assets (AAA) has appointed Olivier Piani (54) as Global Head of Real Estate with effect October 1, 2008.In his new role Mr Piani will establish and implement a global real estate investment platform for Allianz Group, combining its regional real estate units under one roof
Arcadis, the international consulting, design and engineering company listed on the Euronext Exchange in Amsterdam, has announced that Ms Stephanie Hottenhuis will be appointed to the position of Managing Director of the Arcadis activities in Germany from September 15, 2008. She will succeed Hans van Dord, who has filled this position temporarily after the departure of the former CEO late last year
Wolfgang Bays, managing director of Brune Consulting GmbH, Düsseldorf, and chairman of the German Council of Shopping Centres, has been associated for many years with Walter Brune, the celebrated architect and developer of, among others, the Kö Galerie in Düsseldorf 
Henderson strengthens its team in Germany by appointing Sascha Kurzidem (36) as new Director Institutional Business for the property business. As such, he is responsible for addressing institutional investors in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Dr. Hans Volkert Volckens, previously equity partner in the corporate law practice group at Beiten Burkhardt, will become become managing director of Hannover Leasing GmbH & Co. KG, with special responsibility for real estate funds.
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) members Roy Frydling, head of Savills Germany, and Lars-Oliver Breuer, head of investment in Germany, have both been acknowledged by the national institute with a fellow status
Rolf Aschendorf (42) has taken over as head of CRE Resolution GmbH's Munich branch with effect from 1 June 2008
Matthias Tripp (39) has been appointed commercial managing director of Vivico Real Estate GmbH
The Supervisory Board of HSH Nordbank has appointed "Generalbevollmächtigter" Frank-Rainer Roth (48) to the Management Board effective July 1, 2008
Patrick Kiss, IR Manager of Deutsche Euroshop AG, has been awarded the Thomson Reuters Extel Surveys, WirtschaftsWoche and DIRK prize in the MDAX category
Henderson Global Investors, the independent asset manager with Euro 98.5 billion under management, announces the appointment of Kay Jackson as Head of Asset Management for its sector specialist pan-European retail property fund, HERALD
The Supervisory Board of Westdeutsche ImmobilienBank AG (WestImmo) has appointed Peter Knopp as Chairman of the Managing Board. He will take up his post on June 1, 2008. Peter Knopp, who is 48, succeeds Hubert Beckmann (aged 50), who becomes Vice Chairman of the WestLB AG Managing Board and Chairman of the WestImmo Supervisory Board on the same date
Kenmore Property Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Thorsten Wagner, as Investment Manager in its Berlin office.The appointment closely follows the recruitment of Alexandra Huther to head up the asset management team in Berlin and Katharina Molina to support her, and echoes the company’s growth in the German markets
As of June 1, 2008, Axel von Goldbeck (40), attorney at law, will become the new managing director of the Zentraler Immobilien Ausschuss (ZIA), a federation representing the interests of the German real estate sector, including membership of the BDI (Federal Association of German Industry)
A group of former Catella real estate consultants led by Tom Lindahl has started a new company focusing on large transactions in the field of corporate finance. The firm already has 12 employees and the aim is to recruit several more shortly
The supervisory board of Colonia Real Estate AG has appointed the former supervisory board member Ingmar Schmitt as of 1st of May 2008 as new Chief Financial Officer. The contract of CEO Stephan Rind has been extended at a supervisory board meeting by another five years. Mr Klaus Reichert retires as Chief Financial Officer due to health reasons by the 30th of April 2008
Savills Berlin office agency team has recruited Sascha Teistler as senior consultant
ProLogis European Properties has appointment of Gordon Keiser as chief executive officer, with effect from 1 June 2008.Mr Keiser, who will be based in London, was most recently Senior Vice President and Treasurer at ProLogis, PEPR’s external manager. He replaces Robert Watson, who will be returning to the United States as ProLogis’ Chief Sustainability Officer heading up its global sustainability initiative
DEGI, a company in the Aberdeen Property Investors Group, is upsizing its management team as part of its growth strategy. From 1 May 2008 Roger Welz (49) will assume responsibility for product development, taxes and real estate asset management
Daniel Schoch (34) is joining the Management Board of CORESTATE Capital AG, Zürich, with immediate effect. He was previously CFO of the BauBeCon Group in Hanover
Stefan Apfelbaum is moving to Pirelli RE in Germany from GE Real Estate. He also lectures at the German Real Estate Academy in Freiburg on aspects of real estate valuation and asset management
The supervisory board of TAG Tegernsee Immobilien-und Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft (TAG) has appointed Hans-Ulrich Sutter (59) as Finance Director of the company. He will take up his duties on 1 April 2008
Morley Fund Management Ltd, Aviva’s UK-based asset management business, has appointed Felicity Ambler as European Product Specialist in its leading property team, working with institutional funds. She
was previously at Jones Lang LaSalle, working within its International Capital Group and Global Research teams in London
The supervisory board of Gebhard Real Estate AG, the Berlin-based subsidiary of Gebhard Bank, has unanimously appointed Hans-Peter Eger (56) to serve as new chairman of the management board
Dr. Holger Schmieding, Chief Economist Europe, Bank of America (UK) will speak on the theme "Is Germany still the powerhouse of Europe?" 
As part of the corporate restructuring of its business, the Lührmann group has made Stefan Reichert (39), a real estate specialist, a partner in Lührmann Düsseldorf GmbH & Co. KG from 1 January 2008
With effect from 1 March 2008 KWG Kommunale Wohnen AG, (Hamburg), will add a new member to its management board. Sy Schlüter will act as new CFO of the group.
Oliver Driver (44) has been appointed head of CRE Resolution GmbH's industrial and logistics real estate division, working from the Cologne office of the Berlin-based company.
Henderson Global Investors has announced that its property business, which has EUR 14.0bn of direct real estate assets under management globally, has promoted Mike Sales to Head of Property Investment following the departure of Patrick Bushnell, who leaves in March this year
Savills has appointed Anikó Korsós and Thomas Pasiecznik as senior consultants to form a new retail team in its Frankfurt office.
Carsten Pangert (37) also took over the management of the Lührmann Property Management Company when he joined the Lührmann Group
Alexandra Hüther has been appointed Director of Asset Management and will head up the asset management function in Berlin. Katharina Molina has joined Kenmore as an Asset Manager in the Berlin office
METRO Group’s Supervisory Board has determined new Management Board competencies. Thomas Unger, Management Board member and Chief Financial Officer, will additionally take responsibility for the group's real estate
Josip Kardun (33) will assume the position of Stephan Kugel (62), who remains manager for ECE's center management business in Germany
SEB Asset Management AG (SEB AM), which groups the real estate investment fund SEB Immobilien-Investment GmbH and the securities fund SEB Invest GmbH, appointed Siegfried A. Cofalka (48) and Thomas Körfgen (40) to its Executive Board as of 1 January 2008
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