Paris 15-16 September - Global Real Estate Institute

GRI EUROPE SUMMITESPEN KLEVMARKformer ceo of aberdeen property investors norwayDR HENNING KLÖPPELTmanaging directorWARBURG-HENDERSON KAGhkloeppelt@warburg-henderson.comtel +49.40 3282 - 3312global player, nordic leader 1.3 bill. in 20funds forecast, risk and diversificationspecialists in house development, lettingand administrationFrom 1993 Espen Klevmark headed the real estate investment divisionof the Norwegian life insurance company Nordea Life and built up itsproperty allocation from 3% to 20%. From 2001 he joined AberdeenProperty Investors through an outsourcing of Nordea Life’s real estateinvestment division to Aberdeen and became the CEO of Aberdeen inNorway. He has lead the company to double its volume while keepingboth company profits and portfolio returns high every year. Since 2005he has had the position of lead role in Aberdeen’s fund developmentactivities internationally. In 2008 Espen Klevmark was appointed CEONordic Region and Eastern Europe in Aberdeen Property Investors.Dr. Henning Kloppelt is a Managing Director of the Warburg-HendersonKapitalanlagegesellschaft fur Immobilien mbH in Hamburg. He isresponsible for the overall running of the KAG with particular focuson distribution/marketing, relationship management, accounting/controlling and organisation. After completing his studies anddoctorate at Universities Munster and Cologne he spent a number ofyears working for Dresdner Bang AG. Prior to joining the Warburg-Henderson KAG in May 2003, Henning was a member of the ManagingBoard of DEGI Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Immobilienfonds mbH.BERND KNOBLOCHceoEUROHYPObernd.knobloch@eurohypo.comDR MARTIN KNOFhead of re structured financeJP MORGANmartin.m.knof@jpmorgan.comSTRUCTUREDFINANCE$65bn balance sheet dedicated to realestate status: active lender - acquisitionfinancing - refinancing - bridge financing- warehousingBernd Knobloch was born in Munich on November 20, 1951, graduatedfrom Munich’s Ludwig Maximilians-University in 1977 and completedthe Second State Examination in Law in 1978. He was Managing Partnerof Allgemeine Bauträgergesellschaft mbH - Cederbaum und PartnerKG, Munich and in 1992 he joined the Board of Managing Directors ofFrankfurter Hypothekenbank Aktiengesellschaft. In January 2004 hebecame CEO of Eurohypo AG and in April 2006, he also was appointedas Member of the Board of Managing Directors of Commerzbank AG. Heis President of the Board of Trustees of the Association of Friends andPatrons of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University and is Member ofthe Board of the Hertie Foundation.Since 2006 Martin Knof is heading JPMorgan’s Structured Financeteam in Frankfurt being responsible for Germany, Austria, Switzerlandand CEE. Prior to joining JPM he worked inter alia with Eurohypo andDeutsche Bank in London and Frankfurt. Martin Knof is a fully qualifiedlawyer and holds a PHD.BARBARA KNOFLACHceoSEB ASSET MANAGEMENTbarbara.knoflach@sebam.detel +49.69 27299 1800MICHEL KOCHmanaging directorDEKA BANKmichel.koch@dekabank.deBarbara A. Knoflach has been Managing Director of SEB Immobilien-Investment GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SEB AG (formerly BfGBank AG), since June 1999. After studying business administration,Barbara A. Knoflach started her career in 1986 in internationalproject financing at Deutsche Bank AG. In 1991, she moved within theDeutsche Bank Group to Deutsche Immobilien Anlagegesellschaft mbH,where she worked in the area of consulting and research. After joiningSEB AG in 1994, Barbara A. Knoflach initially played a key role in helpingto expand the bank’s closed-end property funds and property leasingactivities. In 1997, she took over as head of the fund managementcompanies. Since August 2005 she is CEO of SEB Asset Management AG.Michel Koch graduate from Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (IEP),Faculté de Droit and Institut du Droit des Affaires is an internationallyexperienced finance expert who has occupied senior financialmanagement position in the real estate industry for over thirty years.He was chief executive responsible for establishing and developingreal estate finance at KBC, HVB Real Estate France which subsequentlybecame Hypo Real Estate France and Ixis Corporate Investment Bank.He joined DekaBankin October 2007 as managing director, Head of theBank’s Real Estate Management Lending unit in Paris.