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Dr. Franz Gschiegl
Management Board

Mr. Gschiegl, who is also on the management board of ERSTE-SPARINVEST KAG and Erste Asset Management KAG, is responsible for the areas sales, marketing, fund controlling and cash management. The passionate sportsman and legal specialist draws upon decades of experience with respect to dealing with the national and international capital markets.

Mag. Peter Karl
Management Board

After completing his jurisprudential education at the University of Vienna, Mr. Karl has been working in the banking sector (real estate investments) since 2001. As head of department, he was responsible for the product management and investor relations for open-ended real estate funds. As a CEO of ERSTE Immobilien KAG since 2007, his area of responsibility includes acquisition and real estate-, funds- and product management as well as legal issues.

Frau Sabine Bayer
Assistant

At the beginning of her career Ms. Bayer spent several years working for a large property management in accounting (special area Vorsorgewohnungen**). She joined IMMORENT AG in 2008 as an assistant for the Asset Management, the department head as well as ERSTE Immobilien KAG.

Mag. Andrea Besenhofer
Prokuristin *)

Trained in the University of Economics in Vienna, the business economist has been a licensed real estate trustee for administration, broker service and property development since 1992. Working in the real estate industry since 1988, Ms. Besenhofer has been particularly active in the areas property management, broker service and the development of apartment buildings. Since 2007 she has been heading the department Real Estate Investment & Management in IMMORENT AG, supporting real estate transactions and optimising property portfolios. At the same time she acts as Prokuristin *) for ERSTE Immobilien KAG.

Mag. Markus Brunner
Legal Specialist

After completing a study of law, Mr. Brunner started his career at one of the largest Austrian real estate management companies, where he gained experiences with respect to the real estate sector and at the same time began a training as a real estate trustee. After subsequent years in the banking sector he eventually joined IMMORENT AG and now supports ERSTE Immobilien KAG in legal issues.

Mag. (FH) Sonja Gall
Asset Management

Ms. Gall started her career in Erste Bank Group, where she was in charge of documentary and guarantee business as well as trade finance for corporate clients for many years. Since 2002 she works in the area Real Estate Asset Management in IMMORENT AG. She studied extra-occupational real estate economics on FHW Vienna (an university of applied sciences). In recent years she managed properties in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. Ms. Gall is owner's representative for Austrian properties in ERSTE Immobilien KAG.

Frau Anna Kaiser
Assistant

Ms. Kaiser has been working for Erste Bank Group since 1984. In 2005 she changed job within the Group and joined IMMORENT AG as an assistant responsible for the areas HVACR and construction CEE. Since 2009 she works as an assistant for ERSTE Immobilien KAG as well as the Asset Management and the department head.

Ms. Kerschbaum started her career in 2001 in the banking sector, where she dealt with the areas investor relations and product management of real estate investments such as the open-ended real estate fund. Since the year 2007 she is responsible for the product management of ERSTE Immobilien KAG.

Mag. Dieter Kerschbaum
Press Relations Officer

Mr. Kerschbaum studied political science, journalism and communication science. He is press relations officer of ERSTE Immobilien KAG and ERSTE-SPARINVEST KAG and has many years of experience in public relations.

Mag. Thomas Puschnig
Fund Manager

After studying commercial science Mr. Puschnig has been working in the banking business (main focus real estate investments and –financings) since 2001. With the launch of open-end real estate investment funds in Austria in the year 2003 Mr. Puschnig´s area of expertise was expanded by the sector fund management. Since 2008 he is fund manager of ERSTE Immobilien KAG.

Frau Barbara Reindl
Asset Manager

Ms. Reindl has been working for the Erste Bank Group for many years. She started her career in the area foreign credit and trade finance, where she was responsible for supporting international customers. In 2001 she changed job within the group and joined IMMORENT AG. For over 5 years she has been working for the area Real Estate Asset Management. As the proprietor’s representative she looks after the properties of ERSTE Immobilien KAG in Austria as well as Germany.

Mag. Jürgen Singer
Prokurist *)

As a Prokurist of ERSTE Immobilien KAG, Mr. Singer is responsible for the marketing of funds and is the contact person for sales partners of ERSTE Immobilien KAG and ERSTE-SPARINVEST KAG.

Dipl. -Ing. Jenni Wenkel
Acquisition

Ms. Wenkel studied architecture at the TU Vienna and the RWTH Aachen as well as real estate economics at ADI in Hamburg. After that she worked as a real estate expert at a real estate assessment company that operates throughout Europe. Subsequently she gained experience in the area purchase and sale. In ERSTE Immobilien KAG she is responsible for the investment management as well as the acquisition of objects in Germany and Austria.



Translator's Notes:
*) A "Prokurist" has plenipotentiary authority, i.e. he/she is equipped with "all powers" to act for the company restricted only by some special legal acts like pledging a company's property where extraordinary authorization from the owner is required.

**) "Vorsorgewohnung" could be translated as "provident flat". There is no official English expression.