Studied Economic Geography at the University of Mannheim and in 1998 obtained a Doctorate in Natural Sciences at the University of Stuttgart. Leader of the Research Department of Dr. Lübke GmbH in Stuttgart from 1994 to 1998. Upon the foundation of the Dresdner Bank Immobiliengruppe (real estate group) in 1999, transfer to Frankfurt with responsibility there for all real estate research. After the merger of Allianz AG with the Dresdner Bank AG in 2002, became Director and Head of the Allianz Global Investors Division Research & Consulting and Press Management at the DEGI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Immobilienfonds mbH - now Aberdeen Immobilien KAG mbH - Frankfurt. Since 2007 working as Head of Global Research at DEGI/Aberdeen Property Investors. Activities as an associate lecturer (e.g. BA Stuttgart, ADI Stuttgart, European Business School ebs Oestrich-Winkel, FH Biberach, irebs) and lecturer at various functions relating to real estate economics, member of several specialized working groups as Research Committee at INREV and Head of AK II "Market analysis and demand forecast" at gif e. V., numerous publications on the real estate sector.

Company Profile

Aberdeen Property Investors Aberdeen Property Investors is the dedicated property investment division of Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, a global investment management group listed on the London Stock Exchange, which manages EUR 161.8 billion* of assets in equities, fixed income and property. Aberdeen Property Investors manages some  EUR 25 billion* of property assets in Europe, Asia and North America through property funds and separate account mandates. Clients are solely third party clients and primarily institutional investors. They are served by some 600 people at offices in 13 European countries, and in Singapore. We provide domestic and international investment exposure to property by offering a wide range of investment products and services. These are all supported by rigorous investment processes, independent in-house research and local active management.

* 31 December 2009