Wolfgang Egger

Chairman of the Management Board, CEO

Wolfgang Egger was the founder of PATRIZIA and has been a majority shareholder ever since. He has stood at the helm of the company for more than 36 years, during which time it has grown to employ around 800 people. His enterprise became a joint-stock company in 2001, since which time Wolfgang has been Chairman of the Management Board at PATRIZIA. Under his leadership, in 2006 PATRIZIA was successfully floated on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. In July 2020, the SDAX market capitalisation of the company was roughly €2 billion. In 2020, Wolfgang Egger was honoured by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and bestowed the European Leadership Award.

Thomas Wels

Member of the Management Board, Co-CEO

Thomas Wels joined the PATRIZIA Management Board as co-CEO in May 2020. Previously, he worked for 15 years at UBS Asset Management where he held a variety of positions including Head of Global Real Estate and, until 2019, Chief Operating Officer. Thomas has strong expertise in all segments of the property and infrastructure markets and has managed a broad spectrum of funds, investment trusts and other alternative investment vehicles. Having worked in executive positions for a number of different real estate investment companies, he has a wealth of experience in strategic planning, business and organisational development, and governance in asset management. Thomas holds a PhD in Economics from the University of St. Gallen.

Alexander Betz

Member of the Management Board, CDO

As the Chief Digitalization Officer at PATRIZIA, Alexander Betz and his team are responsible for operations, digitalization and IT of the Group. In an agile and interdisciplinary approach, modern processes and systems are being introduced throughout PATRIZIA. At the same time, the operations are being redesigned in successive phases as a digital "one-stop service platform." Alexander Betz has more than 25 years of experience in investment and IT-related business areas. In 1999, he founded eFonds24, the first internet-based platform for property value funds. His start-up has become the market leader used by almost all leading investment management companies  and financial institutions, which use the platform for administering their public investment funds. As a board member of a large listed investment and asset manager, he has extensive experience in the conception, issuance and portfolio management of investment assets. Today, Alexander Betz combines his IT and platform expertise with fund and investment know-how to digitize PATRIZIA. Clients and partners will benefit from seamlessly integrated digital services in the future.

Karim Bohn

Member of the Management Board, CFO

Karim Bohn was appointed Chief Financial Officer and PATRIZIA Management Board member in November 2015. A business management graduate, he has extensive experience as a CFO in the real estate industry. He previously worked for the housing company Süddeutsche Wohnen, the property group Vitus Immobiliengruppe and the former MDAX-listed company GAGFAH Group. He also has a strong track record in international finance and capital markets. Karim was responsible for the finance and capital market operations of the listed European property companies owned by the Fortress Investment Group in London, he has worked in the area of Merrill Lynch responsible for corporate finance and equity capital markets, and he has worked for Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt and London.

Manuel Käsbauer

Member of the Management Board, CTIO

Manuel Käsbauer is Chief Technology & Innovation Officer at PATRIZIA and a member of the Management Board. As well as managing trend-scouting activities across different sectors of industry, he is responsible for identifying new business models, the New Work project at PATRIZIA, which is aimed at rethinking working practices, and rooting out innovative tech solutions offering global potential. Prior to heading up T&I at PATRIZIA, Manuel was responsible for pan-European expansion at PATRIZIA, M&A activities and European residential fund management. He was appointed to the PATRIZIA Management Board in 2020 after just under seven years at the company. In his function as CTIO, Manuel is also responsible for bolstering the services offered by PATRIZIA through investments in the tech industry. Before joining the company, he held a variety of positions in the property industry and has worked in the academic field. Manuel gained a PhD in economics at the University of Regensburg (IREBS).

Anne Kavanagh

Member of the Management Board, CIO

Anne joined PATRIZIA in April 2017 as a Member of the Board and Chief Investment Officer. She has more than 30 years of experience in property investment management. Before joining PATRIZIA, Anne worked for seven years at AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets, where she was Global Head of asset management and transactions and managed asset management, development and the transaction team. She was also a management board member and a member of the Global Investment Committee. Prior to her time at AXA, Anne held a variety of management positions at internationally recognised companies. For example she was Managing Director at Lazard, Head of Real Estate Europe at Cambridge Place Investment Management and International Director in Jones Long LaSalle’s capital markets business. Anne Kavanagh studied Urban Estate Management at university, and is a Trustee of the Urban Land Institute and a board member of the British Property Federation.

Simon Woolf

Member of the Management Board, CHRO

Simon Woolf is Chief Human Resources Officer at PATRIZIA and responsible for global HR. For ten years prior to joining the company, he was Senior Vice President of HR at Sony Music Entertainment and headed up HR from London. In this role, Simon was responsible for all Sony Music HR activities in Africa, Asia/Pacific, Latin America, Canada and Europe. His role involved implementing the HR strategy across all areas relating to personnel, including activities relating to business partnering, organisation development, and learning and development (OD & L&D), talent acquisition and reward functions. Prior to Sony, he worked for ten years in various HR positions for the British supermarket chain Asda Walmart. Simon holds a degree in modern European studies, politics, economics, French and German from Loughborough University.

Edmund Craston

Head of Fund Management

Edmund Craston is Head of Fund Management at PATRIZIA. Previously he was Managing Director and a partner at Rockspring, where he was not only responsible for the strategic focus and day-to-day management of the company but also held the position of Chairman of the Investment and ESG Committee. Before joining Rockspring in 2009, Edmund worked for 22 years in investment banking with a specialisation in property. He was also EMEA Head of Real Estate Investment Banking at UBS Investment Bank and Lehman Brothers. From 1988 to 1990, he worked on international secondment in Tokyo. Edmund graduated from Oxford University with an MA in Classics. He has been appointed member of the Management Board of the European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA) on two occasions and is an active member of the UK industry lobbying committee for the introduction of REITs.

Konrad Finkenzeller

Head of International Capital Markets

Konrad Finkenzeller is Head of International Capital Markets at PATRIZIA. As well as holding responsibility for all international fundraising and business development activities at PATRIZIA, he heads up an international team in New York, London, Amsterdam, Paris, Copenhagen, Augsburg, Hong Kong, Melbourne and Seoul. Prior to PATRIZIA, Konrad worked for a well-known international property developer and a renowned German financial institution. He gained a PhD in Quantitative Finance at IRE|BS Business School. He also holds an MSc in Real Estate Finance through Henley Business School and completed a diploma in commerce at the University of Regensburg. Konrad is a guest lecturer in real estate valuation at the University of Regensburg (IRE|BS Business School) and the University of Augsburg.

Peter Helfrich

Regional Head South-West Europe

Peter Helfrich is Regional Head for South-West Europe and responsible for PATRIZIA activities in France, Benelux, Italy, Spain and Portugal. He has more than 20 years of experience in the European property market, spanning the Netherlands, the Nordic region, southern Europe and Germany. Peter has a wealth of experience in fund and portfolio management in office properties, retail, logistics and residential, including development projects, debt and hedge management for numerous funds, joint ventures and separate accounts. Before joining PATRIZIA, Peter was Managing Director of CBRE Global Investors, was responsible for real estate investment management in the Nordic region, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Germany and was a fund manager of several property funds. He is a member of the ULI Retail and Entertainment Council and a board member of the PATRIZIA Children Foundation. Peter Helfrich holds an MSc in Business Administration from Erasmus University in Rotterdam and a Master of Science in Real Estate (MSRE) form the University of Amsterdam (Amsterdam School of Real Estate).

Irmgard Linker

Head of Fund Services

Irmgard Linker is responsible for Fund Services at PATRIZIA. This includes fund accounting, risk management and property valuations. Previously, she was at Schroders and the IVG Group where she was a managing director of real estate capital management companies. As a result she has a long track record in accounting, tax, risk management and IT. Irmgard has also worked in balance sheet accounting at the Bavarian State Bank and at Price Waterhouse. She graduated at the University of Augsburg with a degree in economics. She also has a university degree in business administration.

Rikke Lykke

European Head of Asset Management, Head of Corporate Integration & Regional Head of North, Central and Eastern Europe

Rikke Lykke is European Head of Asset Management and Regional Head of North, Central and Eastern Europe at PATRIZIA. In addition to these roles, she is Head of Corporate Integration. She joined PATRIZIA in 2012 as Country Head of the Nordic Region and was initially responsible for setting up PATRIZIA operations in Denmark and Finland. She then expanded the business of PATRIZIA by positioning the company in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) as a leading real estate investment manager in the region. As Head of Asset Management, she is in charge of a team based in 17 different locations, whose role is to manage real estate assets. Rikke and her colleagues place emphasis on adding value in the long term by focusing on a spectrum of key asset management factors, from market trends to environmental, social and corporate governance (EGG) and tenant satisfaction. She began her career at McKinsey & Company in New York and Copenhagen. Rikke Lykke holds an MSc in economics and business administration and is an RICS Fellow.

Philipp Schaper

Head of European Transactions

Philipp Schaper is Head of European Transactions and holds responsibility for the acquisition and disposal of properties in all asset classes across Europe. Prior to joining PATRIZIA, he was Head of Direct Investments at IVG Immobilien. Before that, he was at the Fortress Investment Group for several years where he was Vice President performing a key role managing a commercial transactions team in Germany. Philipp started his career at LaSalle Investment Management where his focus lay in European acquisitions and capital procurement. Philipp Schaper has a BSc (Hons) in Urban Estate Management and an MSc in Real Estate Economics and Finance from the London School of Economics.

Alfred Hoschek

Deputy Chairman

Deputy Chairman
Member of the Supervisory Board since 2015
Managing Director, AHO Verwaltungs GmbH an other projects companies, Gräfelfing

Notification of seats on other supervisory boards pursuant to Article 285 No. 10 of the German Commercial Code:

• None

Uwe H. Reuter

Deputy Chairman

Member of the Supervisory Board since 2017
CEO of VHV Holding AG, Hannover

Notification of seats on other supervisory boards pursuant to Article 285 No. 10 of the German Commercial Code:

Internal Mandates VHV Group, Chairman:

• VHV Allgemeine Versicherung AG
• Hannoversche Lebensversicherung AG
• VHV solutions GmbH
• VHV Vermögensanlage AG
• VAV Versicherungs-AG, Vienna/Austria

External Mandates:

• PATRIZIA AG, Member of the Supervisory Board and Deputy Chairman since 2017
• E + S Rückversicherung AG (subsidiary of Hannover Rückversicherung AG), Hannover, supervisory board member
• NORD/LB, Hannover, advisory council member
• Employers’ Association of German Insurance Industry (Deputy CEO)
• Honorary Consul of the Republic of Austria in Lower Saxony/Germany
• Hannover Impuls GmbH (Business Development Agency of City of Hanover), supervisory board member

Theodor Seitz LL.M.

Chairman

Member of the Supervisory Board and Chairman since 2002
Lawyer and tax consultant, Augsburg

Notification of seats on other supervisory boards pursuant to Article 285 No. 10 of the German Commercial Code:

• Chairman of the Supervisory Board of CDH AG, Augsburg