CORESTATE continues its growth course and has expanded its management capabilities. Dirk Lembke has joined the management board of UPARTMENTS Real Estate GmbH, CORESTATE’s micro living unit, in August 2018. At CORESTATE’s business unit Commercial, Dr Dr. Ralf Klann started on 1 September as a Managing Director. The third addition, also started on 1 September, is Kathrin Aigner as Chief Compliance Officer for the entire CORESTATE Capital Group.
CORESTATE Capital Holding S.A. (CORESTATE), a fully integrated investment manager and co-investor based in Luxembourg, continues its growth course and has expanded its management capabilities.
Dirk Lembke has joined the management board of UPARTMENTS Real Estate GmbH, CORESTATE’s micro living unit, in August 2018. He previously served for nine years at ATOS Asset Management GmbH, responsible for investment and controlling. With 20 years’ experience in project management and controlling in the property industry, Lembke has a profound knowledge of due diligence, asset management and maintenance. At UPARTMENTS, he is mainly responsible for the development of the YOUNIQ brand. Lembke studied industrial engineering at HTWK Leipzig and has an MBA in Real Estate Management from BBA (Berlin-Brandenburger Akademie der Wohnungswirtschaft).
At CORESTATE’s business unit Commercial, Dr Dr. Ralf Klann started on 1 September as a Managing Director. He heads up the unit alongside Dr Dr. Michael Hermes and Tobias Gollnest. Together with Hermes, he will be head of Asset Management Commercial. Over the past three years, he served as Managing Director at Apleona (the former Bilfinger Real Estate) in Frankfurt where he was responsible for the strategic development of the company as well as portfolio, asset and transaction management. Further stations include the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), JP Morgan Chase bank and Morgan Stanley. Klann looks back on over 25 years of experience in the real estate industry.
The third addition, also started on 1 September, is Kathrin Aigner as Chief Compliance Officer for the entire CORESTATE Capital Group. She previously worked as a lawyer with a focus on real estate at international law firm Hogan Lovells International LLP. The attorney has long-time experience in compliance, data protection and transaction issues in several international corporate law firms and also served as Chief Compliance Officer, Data Protection Officer and Head of Legal at various international companies. Aigner is admitted to the bar as a lawyer in Germany, England & Wales and the US (New York and US Supreme Court) and is a certified Compliance Officer and certified Data Protection Officer. Executive Director Chief Risk Officer Andreas Wahl-Ulm, the former Chief Compliance & Risk Officer at CORESTATE, will now focus on risk management and corporate data protection.
About CORESTATE Capital
CORESTATE is an investment manager and co-investor with around € 28 billion in assets under management. The company sees itself as a manager for the entire length of the real estate value chain. Thanks to its fully integrated real estate platform, it is able to offer investors a wide range of services, especially the opportunity to invest in large-scale societal trends such as urbanisation, demographic shifts or sustainability – trends that will continue to have a decisive influence on the living and working environment in the long term. The consistent focus on asset classes that will be successful in the long run constitutes a central cornerstone of the company strategy. At CORESTATE, all concepts are supported with ESG expertise that is unique to the industry. With some 800 experts, CORESTATE offers clients and investors a full range of services and consultation from a single source, from project financing and real estate management to sales. CORESTATE is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (SDAX) and operates as a respected business partner for institutional and semi-institutional investors as well as high-net-worth private investors in 13 countries across Europe, with offices in Frankfurt, Vienna, Zurich, Paris, Madrid and London.
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