Governing bodies
Executive Board
Our focus on secondary real estate locations coupled with strong asset management has proven to be a resilient business model across all real estate cycles.”
Frank Nickel (CEO)
CEO since 3 April 2024
Appointed until 31 March 2026
Responsibilities: Strategy, portfolio management, legal, HR and investor relations
Frank Nickel (born 1959) has been Chief Executive Officer of DEMIRE Deutsche Mittelstand Real Estate AG in Langen since 3 April 2024. Mr Nickel had already been advising the company as Senior Advisor since September 2022. From 2016 to 2019, Frank Nickel was Chairman of the Management Board of CA Immobilien Anlagen AG (CA Immo) in Vienna. Prior to that, he worked as Chairman of the Executive Board of Cushman & Wakefield Germany in Frankfurt from 2013 to 2015 and was Chairman of the Corporate Finance Business Unit of EMEA Cushman & Wakefield. In both positions, he gained extensive experience in the strategic realignment of property companies. From 2006 to 2012, Mr Nickel was Managing Director at Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt. Prior to that, he worked, among others, at Fortress Investment Group Germany and Commerzbank.
Throughout economic cycles, our FFO demonstrates our sustainably stable earnings situation.”
Tim Brückner (CFO)
CFO since 1 February 2019
Appointed until 31 December 2024
Responsibilities: Finance, accounting, treasury, investor relations, IT and compliance
Tim Brückner (born 1977) has been the Chief Financial Officer of DEMIRE Deutsche Mittelstand Real Estate AG in Langen since 1 February 2019. He was also appointed as the CEO of Fair Value REIT-AG with effect from 20 May 2019. From 2012 until 2019, the trained banker held various positions at CORPUS SIREO Real Estate, including Managing Director of the subsidiary in Luxembourg and Head of Portfolio Management. From 2007 until 2012, Mr Brückner worked at Rothschild GmbH, his last position there being that of Vice President. From 2005 until 2007, he worked in the Global Advisory Division at HSBC in London. In 2005, Mr Brückner completed a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Banking and Finance, and a master’s degree in Banking & Finance, at the Hochschule für Bankwirtschaft (today’s Frankfurt School of Finance & Management). During his studies, he worked as an analyst at BHF Bank AG and NG Investment Banking.
Supervisory Board
By focusing on strong B-locations, our portfolio is resilient even in challenging market phases."
Ralf Bongers (CIO)
Chief Investment Officer since 1 April 2023
Appointed until 31 March 2026
Responsibilities: Transactions, asset management
Ralf Bongers (born 1966) has been the Chief Investment Officer of DEMIRE Deutsche Mittelstand Real Estate AG in Langen since 1 April 2023. Mr Bongers brings his experience from more than 30 professional years in the real estate industry - including more than 20 years as an advisor to international financial investors and institutional real estate companies. From 2013 to 2015, he worked as an advisor for AXA Investment Managers Germany. In 2016, he took on a permanent senior position in asset management at AXA IM. From 2017 until March 2023, he headed the entire asset management at AXA IM as Head of Asset Management Germany and was operationally responsible in this role for a total portfolio of over EUR 10 billion and sales transactions of over EUR 3.5 billion.
Markus Hofmann
(CHAIR)
Appointed until the 2024 AGM
Main activities outside the Company and other activities as a member of governing bodies of comparable domestic and foreign business enterprises:
Managing Partner of Renocle GmbH, Frankfurt
- Managing Partner of EVAMA Vermögensverwaltung GmbH & Co. KG
Markus Hofmann (born 1969) holds a degree in business administration and real estate economics from EBS, Oestrich-Winkel, where he also worked as a lecturer for over 10 years. Since 2009, Mr Hofmann has been Managing Partner of Renocle GmbH in Frankfurt. He was also Senior Advisor of the Arminius Group, based in Frankfurt, from 2017 to 2022 and Partner at Oceans & Company GmbH in Frankfurt from 2014 to 2017. Over the past 26 years, Markus Hofmann has successfully led numerous German and European real estate transactions, asset management activities and financing projects to completion. Other professional positions include managing partner of Feldberg Capital GmbH in Frankfurt, head of the Germany and Central Europe business of Citi Property Investors in Frankfurt and London as well as activities in private equity at The Carlyle Group, in real estate investment banking at Deutsche Bank and in real estate project financing at Bayerische Landesbank.
Prof. Dr Kerstin Hennig
(Member of the Supervisory Board)
Appointed until the 2024 AGM
Main activities outside the Company and other activities as a member of governing bodies of comparable domestic and foreign business enterprises:
- Member of the Supervisory Board of DWS Grundbesitz GmbH, Frankfurt
- Member of the Executive Committee of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), Washington DC
- Member of the Executive Board of Real Estate Brand Club, Berlin
- Member of the Advisory Board of Institutionelle Investoren Hotel, Frankfurt
- Member of the Executive Committee of iddiw Institut der Deutschen Immobilienwirtschaft e. V., Frankfurt
Prof. Dr Kerstin Hennig (born 1964) holds the title of Dr rer. pol. She is a senior professor of real estate management and has headed the EBS Real Estate Management Institute (REMI) at the EBS University of Business and Law since 2018. She teaches and carries out research in the field of real estate economics, focussing on real estate innovation & entrepreneurship and leadership, real estate major future trends and real estate management. In recent years, Prof. Dr Kerstin Hennig has also been involved in the real estate sector, focussing on the areas of real estate management and investment. The companies where she previously held positions include debis Immobilienmanagement, Tishman Speyer Properties, UBS AG, IVG Immobilien AG and Groß & Partner. At the same time, Kerstin Hennig has regularly held positions as a lecturer and assistant lecturer at various universities and institutes.
FRANK HÖLZLE, ECONOMIST
(DEPUTY CHAIR)
Appointed until the 2024 AGM
Main activities outside the Company and other activities as a member of governing bodies of comparable domestic and foreign business enterprises:
- CEO of Care4 AG, Basel, Switzerland
- Chair of the Advisory Board of clickworker GmbH, Essen
- Chair of the Advisory Board of Mindlab Solutions GmbH, Stuttgart
- Chair of the Supervisory Board of mobileObjects AG, Büren
- Chair of the Advisory Board of rankingCoach international GmbH, Cologne
- Member of the Board of Directors of SIC Invent AG, Basel, Switzerland
- Member of the Advisory Board of reBuy reCommerce GmbH, Berlin
- Member of the Advisory Board of sevDesk GmbH, Offenburg
- Member of the Board of Directors of GreySky Properties AG, Basel
- Chair of the Supervisory Board of Fair Value REIT-AG, Munich
Frank Hölzle (born 1968) holds a degree in economics and has been the CEO of Care4 AG, a single family office located in Basel, Switzerland, since 2015. He has worked there since 2010. From 2003 until 2010, Mr Hölzle was a member of the Executive Board and partner of eCapital entrepreneurial Partners AG, a venture capital company located in Münster. In 2002, Mr Hölzle became the managing director of HvM-Consulting GmbH in Düsseldorf, after having held positions from 1998 until 2002 in Marl and Frankfurt am Main as an authorised representative and director of a listed investment company.