About me

With AperDurus I founded a consulting boutique in autumn 2020. The focus is on investment & asset management, corporate development in the real estate segment and across the board on the topics of ESG, digitization as well as supervisory and advisory board activities. Through my operational work for CORESTATE CAPITAL   my consulting services are suspended.

Over the years I've had a lot of experiences in the world of real estate. Boom and crisis alternated. But I was always able to find solutions in the respective market environment, be it for real estate or for companies.  I also acquired in-depth knowledge of the entire real estate value chain from well-known, market-leading companies (see below) and was able to accompany fantastic projects.  As a generalist, I can refer to a Europe-wide track record across many asset classes such as office, retail, residential and hotel properties. I was even able to gain experience in niche segments such as multi-storey car parks, healthcare or student housing. 

Real estate has been my passion for over 30 years. A lot has changed in that time. This applies to the real estate markets as well as to the capital markets. I use my motto "Change is the only constant in life" to develop innovative ideas and future-oriented strategies and to contribute my experience to consulting projects. In addition, I do voluntary work, such as currently as a member of the RICS Governing Council in London. I am still particularly proud of the development of the industry standard  INREV STYLE CLASSIFICATION​ to have been instrumental in defining "Core, Value Added & Opportunity Fund Vehicles". In addition, I have been a lecturer at well-known universities and further education institutions in Germany and Switzerland for years.

I am currently working as CIO (DACH) for CORESTATE CAPITAL and am responsible for the business areas of fund, asset and investment management as well as development. I am also a member of the supervisory board of the AIFM Hannover Leasing Invest GmbH. Before that I worked for the following companies or in a controlling body:

​

• Swiss Life Asset Managers Group
  - CORPUS SIREO REAL ESTATE, Member of the Executive Committee, Cologne
  - Swiss Life Asset Managers, Member of the Management Committee Real Estate, Zurich
  - Swiss Life Asset Managers, Member of the Investment Committee Real Estate, Zurich
  - Swiss Life Asset Managers KVG (AIFM), Managing Director, Heusenstamm near Frankfurt am Main

• Polis Immobilien AG , Member of the Supervisory Board, Berlin

• Bouwfonds Investment Management (Part of Rabobank)
  - Bouwfonds IM Germany, Managing Director/ Country Manager, Berlin
  - Bouwfonds IM, Managing Director, Hoevelaken (NL)

• Union Investment Institutional Property, Managing Director, Hamburg/  Frankfurt am Main

• Colliers Grossmann & Berger (affiliated company of Hamburger Sparkasse), Managing Director, Hamburg

• debis (Daimler-Benz InterServices) Real Estate Management, Project Manager Development, Berlin

​

In addition, I held or hold the following honorary positions:

​

• RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)
  - Member of the Governing Council, London
  - Chairman of the Board of RICS Germany, Frankfurt am Main

• ZIA Central Real Estate Committee, Member of the Executive Committee, Berlin

• CoreNetGlobal, Member of the European Board, Brussels

• BFW Nord, Member of the Executive Board, Hamburg

​

Details of my resume are attached  LinkedIn

​

​