Edmond de Rothschild REIM appoints Ralf Kind as CEO for Germany
Edmond de Rothschild announces the appointment of Ralf Kind as CEO of the local Real Estate Investment Management (REIM) company in Germany. Ralf Kind will also retain his current role as Head of Real Estate Debt at Edmond de Rothschild REIM.
Based in Frankfurt and reporting to Edmond de Rothschild's REIM’s co-CEOs Pierre Jacquot and Arnaud Andrieu, Ralf Kind will lead the further development of Edmond de Rothschild REIM's business in Germany. Ralf’s focus will be on the expansion of existing and new equity strategies predominantly across logistics/industrial and office assets while continuing to lead and grow the Pan-European debt business, including the launch of the new Edmond de Rothschild European Real Estate Debt Fund.
Ralf Kind has more than 25 years of experience and a proven track record in the European real estate and financing markets. Ralf’s career steps before joining Edmond de Rothschild REIM included CEO/CFO of DEMIRE Deutsche Mittelstand Real Estate AG, CEO/co-founder of Arbireo Capital AG, and Barclays Capital where he spent 12 years in Investment Banking covering the real estate markets in the DACH region. Ralf holds a degree in Business Administration from the Nürtingen University of Applied Sciences (FH Nürtingen).
To support the growth of the real estate debt business in Europe, Edmond de Rothschild has also recruited a Managing Director based in Frankfurt, whose name will be announced at a later date.
Pierre Jacquot, Co-CEO of Edmond de Rothschild REIM commented: “The appointment of Ralf as CEO for our business in Germany comes as a recognition of his outstanding contribution to our business during the past few years, not only in Germany but across Europe. I am confident that this new set up will support further growth of the Edmond de Rothschild Real Estate business and support current fund raising phase across Europe and Asia, for the pan-European debt strategy.”