GRI Summit - Global Real Estate Institute

Creators
of the
Summit
OLIVER KESSLER
partner
LOVELLS
oliver.kessler@lovells.com
tel +49.69 96 236 660
ROBERT KIDBY
partner
LOVELLS
robert.kidby@lovells.com
tel +44.20 7296 5272
Oliver is head of the German capital markets practice and
specialises in the fi eld of complex international capital markets
transactions, including securitisation and the transfer of loan
portfolios, particularly NPL portfolios. He is currently advising
a leading German bank on the transfer risk of a NPL portfolio
in the context of a credit derivatives transaction. Oliver is listed
in the 2004 Euromoney expert guide as one of the World’s
Leading Capital Markets Lawyers.
Robert is head of the international property practice and the
client partner for a number of the fi rm’s major property clients.
He lectures on property finance and corporate outsourcing in
the UK Europe and Asia. Robert is co-editor of Property Joint
Ventures - Structures and Precedents (Second Edition - Sweet
& Maxwell 2001). He is a “Leading Individual” practitioner in
Chambers Directory 2003 and in the Legal 500, 2003.
WALTER KLUG
author
walterklug@aol.com
Born in 1948, Walter Klug was MD at DB Real Estate
Investment from 1999 to mid 2004 with responsibility for
sales, marketing and public relations of both the open-ended
and closed end funds departments of DB Real Estate Germany.
Mr. Klug was previously member of the board of Deutsche
Bank’s home loan bank DB Bauspar for nine years, following
several years of experience in property finance. Walter Klug
taught constructions finance and real estate economics at Ulm
University (1985 - 1991). Mr Klug attented Harvard University
for the Advanced Management Program. In August 2004, his
book “ Offene Immobilienfonds” - Zeit für stabile Werte “ was
published in Frankfurt.
BERND KNOBLOCH
chairman of the board
EUROHYPO AG
bernd.knobloch@eurohypo.com
tel +49.69 2548 20010
Bernd Knobloch was born in 1951 in Muenchen, Germany.
Mr. Knobloch has served as Deputy Chairman of the Board
of Managing Directors of the new Eurohypo AG (merger of
Deutsche Hyp AG, Eurohypo AG and Rheinhyp AG), Frankfurt,
Germany, since August 2002 and as Member of the Board
of Managing Directors of Eurohypo Aktiengesellschaft der
Deutschen Bank since 1992. Mr. Knobloch serves on the
boards of VINCI Deutschland GmbH, Ludwigshafen, Germany,
DB Real Estate Investment GmbH, Eschborn, Germany, and
Europäische Hypothekenbank S.A., Luxembourg. He received a
degree in business administration as well as a law degree. He
is admitted to the German Bar since 1979.
BARBARA KNOFLACH
managing director
SEB IMMOBILIEN-INVESTMENT GMBH
bknofl ach@sebimmoinvest.de
tel +49.69 78 07 01-0
MICHEL KOCH
general manager
HYPO REAL ESTATE CAPITAL FRANCE SA
michel.koch@hypointernational.com
tel +33.1 530 574 20
Barbara A. Knofl ach has been Managing Director of SEB
Immobilien-Investment GmbH since June 1999. After
graduating in business administration she joined Deutsche
Bank International Project Finance Group in 1986. In 1991 she
moved to the banks real estate arm, the Deutsche Immobilien
Anlagengesellschaft. She joined SEB AG’s closed-end property
fund team in 1994.
Chairman of the Board and General Manager, Hypo Real Estate
Capital France SA Michel Koch is a graduate of Faculté de
Droit Paris-Assas, Institut de Droit des Affaires Paris-Panthéon
and Institut d’Etudes Politiques Paris. His career in real estate
business has involved positions as developer, investor, asset
manager and bank manager of real estate departments in
several national and international structures. Michel Koch
joined Hypo Real Estate Group in October 2000.
GEORGE KOUNTOURIS
managing director & european head
CSFB-CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
george.kountouris@csfb.com
tel +44.20 7883 2372
MARKUS KÖNIGSTEIN
head of portfolio management real estate
R+V VERSICHERUNG AG BEREICH IMMOBILIEN
markus.koenigstein@ruv.de
tel +49.611 533-2722
Mr Kountouris is Managing Director of DLJ Real Estate Capital
Partners. Prior to RECP, Mr Kountouris was ten years Managing
Director and European Co-Head of the Deutsche Bank Real
Estate Private Equity Group, holding a variety of positions,
including managing the advisory and principal business
in Continental Europe and Scandinavia. Prior to Deutsche
Bank, he spent four years at Lazard Brothers. He began his
investment banking career at Salomon Brothers. From 1983
to 1986, he was Real Estate Portfolio Manager at the General
Motors Pension Fund. Mr Kountouris holds a Ph.D. in Civil
Engineering from MIT and an MBA from Harvard Business
School.
Markus is responsible for the investment strategy and portfolio
management of R+V’s real estate portfolio, valued at over
Euro 2 bn. Until late 2003 he was with the MEAG Group in
Munich, responsible for the strategic management of the
Munich Reinsurance Company and ERGO Real Estate property
portfolios. He has a university degree in economics, is MRICS
and board member of INREV. Age 35.