Team

Professor Jochen Axer joined VERIANOS as member of the Supervisory Board in 2011. He is a founder and Senior Partner of the AXIS Advisory Group, a multi-disciplinary tax and law firm. From 1984 to 1996 he was a Partner at KPMG and served as Chairman of the KPMG International Insurance Tax Group.

He is also a Professor of Finance & Taxes at the Institute of Insurance of the Cologne University of Applied Sciences.

Dr. Beretti is the Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board. In addition he was a member of the Board of Banca Leonardo (Crédit Agricole Group) until May 2019. Before he served as CEO Italy at Dresdner Bank Group and as Chairman of Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Securities Sim SpA. Dr. Beretti began his professional career at Interbanca SpA. He is a Member of the Board of Directors of the German Italian Chamber of Commerce and Committee Member of the Italian Banking Association.

He holds an MBA from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.

Tobias joined VERIANOS in 2019 as a Partner. He has almost 20 years of professional experience in capital markets and corporate finance. Following positions at KPMG and Dresdner Kleinwort in Frankfurt as well as London, he was most recently Managing Director and Head of Syndicate & Sales at IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG in Düsseldorf.

Tobias holds a degree in business sciences (Dipl.-Oec) from Universität Hohenheim, Germany.

Diego is Co-Founder and Partner of VERIANOS. He has over 25 years of professional experience in the real estate and the financial services industry.

Served as CEO of Sireo Real Estate Asset Management between 2001 and 2007.

He is a Member of the Board of the German Government Real Estate Holding BImA and of the Board of Trustees of the Schirn Exhibition Hall in Frankfurt.

Degree in Business Administration from the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, AMP Harvard Business School.

Professor Krüger is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board.

He is a former Independent Director of Deutsche Post DHL Group and Deutsche Postbank AG. He is also a former Professor of Accounting and Strategic Business Management at the Wiesbaden University of Applied Sciences. From 1991 to 2000 Professor Krüger served as Senior Advisor at Lazard.

He began his professional career at Bank für Gemeinwirtschaft AG, where he served as a Member of the Managing Board from 1978 to 1990.

Juan Miguel is Joint Representative of VERIANOS for Spain and is responsible for the relationships with our clients in the country. He has more than 30 years of professional experience in the Corporate Finance and the M&A sectors.

Before joining VERIANOS he held various senior management positions in Germany and Spain at institutions such as Dresdner Bank AG, Banco Exterior de España and LBBW.

Jan has more than 10 years of professional experience in the consulting, finance and real estate sector.

As Senior Consultant at firms such as ICME Management Consultants he was involved in numerous real estate consulting projects. He began his career in the asset management division at Hudson Advisors Germany.

Jan holds business and legal degrees from the Universities of Cambridge and London, and a doctorate in Economics from Hamburg University.

Jost is a Co-founder and Partner of VERIANOS. He has almost 20 years of professional experience in the construction and real estate industry.

From 2007 to 2011 he served as Managing Director at CorpusSireo Investment Management S.ár.l. in Luxembourg. He began his professional career at the German construction group Hochtief as Project Manager.

Jost holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences in Karlsruhe, Germany and an M.Sc. in Project Management from Nottingham Trent University, England.

José Ángel is Joint Representative of VERIANOS for Spain and is responsible for our real estate advisory activities in the country. He has nearly 30 years of professional experience dedicated to the management of urban projects, start up and operation of industrial facilities, building contractors and renewable energy.

Extensive experience in the building process (design and construction). José Ángel holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, specializing in urban planning.

Bernd is responsible for the project development and construction activities of VERIANOS. He has more than 10 years of professional experience in the management of development projects for residential and commercial properties.

Bernd previously worked as technical manager at a regional investment firm and as team leader of the construction management at Swedish housing company Akelius.

He studied at University of applied Sciences in Cologne and is an architect as well as a degreed engineer.

Dirk is Head of Transaction Management at VERIANOS. He has more than 15 years of professional experience in the real estate industry with a strong track record in investment management.

He has occupied several positions in investment and asset management at Gebau AG, Thyssen Krupp Real Estate, Deka Immobilien, German Acorn and the CorpusSireo Group.

Dirk holds a degree in Real Estate Economics from (ebs) European Business School in Essen as well as a degree in Real Estate Economics from (EBZ) and a B.A. in Real Estate from (EBZ) Business School in Bochum. He is also Chartered Surveyor (MRICS) of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

As Managing Director Ingo is responsible for our Investment and Structured Products activities.

Before joining VERIANOS, Ingo worked as Executive Director for Alpina a Real Estate Group / Conren Land AG in Frankfurt and Luxembourg. He began his career in the Global Financial Services Division at Ernst & Young.

Ingo is a CFA Charterholder (Chartered Financial Analyst) and German tax advisor. He graduated in Business Administration (Dipl.-Kfm.) from University of Mannheim.

Kai-Erik Stütz has been Director Institutional Sales at VERIANOS since 2018. He has more than 20 years of professional experience in the real estate and financial services industry. Kai is responsible for investor support and collaboration with institutional clients at VERIANOS. He has an excellent network of institutional investors.

Prior to joining VERIANOS, Kai worked for Corpus Sireo, where he was responsible for establishing and managing the Institutional Clients department. Later he was also responsible for the sales strategy of Corpus Sireo for the real estate portfolio of Deutsche Telekom AG. Most recently, Kai was Director Institutional Sales at DIC Asset AG.

Alejandro Valero Nadal heads the international business of VERIANOS. He has more than 15 years of experience in the real estate industry with a particular focus on asset management issues as well as international portfolio and M & A transactions.

For EPM Assetis / Bilfinger Group and Hudson Advisors, he was responsible for managing various residential and commercial portfolios in Germany, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom.

Alejandro is a real estate agent and studied business administration at the Westdeutsche Akademie in Cologne.

Stefan Wallner is the company‘s Head of Finance. He has more than 25 years of experience in tax advisory, tax structuring of investment vehicles and in Real Estate and Project Financing.

Before joining VERIANOS Stefan worked for various Real Estate Companies and Property Developers, at KPMG in the Real Estate Finance Division and as a Tax Consultant at the Axis Advisory Group.

He holds a degree in business administration from the Cologne University of Applied Sciences and he also is a Certified Tax Advisor.