Dirk Meissner has served in senior positions in the real estate industry for more than 20 years. Between 2011 and 2020, he worked for the ZBI Group, eventually becoming CEO of ZBI Fondsmanagement AG, the group’s AIF management arm, before transferring to Deutsche Investment as its managing director. Previous career stations of Simon Graf included HSH Real Estate AG, Patrizia GewerbeInvest and most recently the DSK-BIG Group where he served as CFO. Having played a role in the set-up of Deutsche Investment over a six-year period, he returned to the company as its managing director in August. In October, Andreas Rakel brought the management board up to full strength, and now heads the Risk Management unit. Andreas Rakel has been active in real estate and investment management since 2013, eventually holding a senior position within the PATRIZIA Group before joining Deutsche Investment in 2020.
Senior staff changes also took place on the supervisory board of Deutsche Investment. Since 1 September, the supervisory body of Deutsche Investment has been composed of a team of real estate experts, chaired by Andreas Lehner. Andreas Lehner is an independent partner of Hohlbein & Cie. Consulting, where he heads the Investment Capital Structuring/Fundraising unit. As former CEO of Deutsche Wohnen, he steered Deutsche Wohnen away from Deutsche Bank by reorganising its shareholding side, and created the prerequisites for turning Deutsche Wohnen into a listed residential investment platform. Cornelia Thaler has assumed the position of Deputy Chair of the Supervisory Board. She is a partner at the international law firm of Willkie Farr & Gallagher and in her role as Head of Real Estate specialises in advising property owners, developers, investors and banks on complex real estate issues. Among other positions, she was a partner at Clifford Chance for more than 24 years. The board is completed by Ulrich Jacke FRICS, former member of the management board and shareholder of Dr. Lübke & Kelber GmbH. He jointly led the company from 1999 until the end of his professional career in 2019. He has been a member of the RICS professional body since 1994, serving as its board chairman in 2008-2009.
“Deutsche Investment has undergone a fundamental change in recent years. We honed the strategic, financial and human side of our profile. We have now reached the point where we can say: This is the foundation that lets us face a bright future with confidence and pursue our growth strategy with resolve,” said Enver Büyükarslan, the main shareholder of Deutsche Investment Kapitalverwaltung AG.
Deutsche Investment used these changes as an opportunity to reposition its brand. “The significance of changes should be reflected in visible signs. We have shifted our focus to the things that truly matter: our focus on people, our core competence in real estate, and our eyes on the future. Our team combines professional competence with human touch, efficiency with sustainability, and integrity with sympathy. And this is precisely what the new brand image of Deutsche Investment will communicate both internally and externally,” explained Tamara Martin, Head of Marketing & PR at Deutsche Investment Group. The brand relaunch was developed and implemented in collaboration with the BERGWERK Strategie und Marke advertising agency.
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10/15/2021