CEO of publity AG since 9 September 2013 and Founder/major shareholder at IPO of publity, Consus Real Estate AG and PREOS Real Estate AG

Thomas Olek was born in Essen (Northrhine-Westphalia) in June 1968. He has been self-employed since 1991. From 1998 to 2002 he was an advisor to the Sächsische Landesbank where he worked in close cooperation with the former members of the Management Board. On 8 April 2003, Thomas Olek became majority shareholder of publity AG; on 9 October 2003, he was appointed its CEO. Under his leadership publity AG has been active in the German real estate market since 2004.

Thomas Olek has been a personal member of the “International Bankers Forum (IBF)” since 8 October 2010. In addition, he was an associate member of the Executive Committee of the “Bundesvereinigung Kreditankauf und Servicing e. V. (BKS)” from March 2010 to May 2013, and was a member of the task force “German Lending Market Standards”.

COO of publity AG since 1 December 2018

The lawyer Frank Schneider, born in Pinneberg (Schleswig-Holstein) in August 1963, worked for CMS Hasche Sigle, the largest commercial law firm in Germany, from 1999 to April 2018, focusing on real estate and construction law – he became a partner in January 2004. Prior to that, he was a legal advisor at HOCHTIEF construction group.

Frank Schneider has many years of experience in legal project management for real estate transactions and has provided legal advice and support to publity in the purchase and sale of real estate for many years.

Chairman of the board since 17 January 2019

Herr Klumpp worked for twelve years at Landesbank Sachsen, Leipzig, until 2005 – first as a full member of the Management Board and then as a Spokesman and Deputy Chairman of the Management Board. He also held senior positions at Stadtsparkasse Köln for ten years and was a member of the Board of Management of Sparkasse Bielefeld for several years.

Herr Klumpp was, among other things, a member of the Supervisory Board of DekaBank GmbH, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Fondsgesellschaft SüdKA GmbH, and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of setis-bank AG. Hans-Jürgen Klumpp holds a degree in Business Administraion and has been Chairman of the board of publity AG since 1 January 2019.

Member of the supervisory board since 9 December 2014

Norbert Kistermann has been working in the banking sector for more than 25 years. His positions have included Chairman of the Management Board of Corporate Banking (Bavaria region) for Dresdner Bank AG, Munich, Head of Division (Extended Management) at BHF-BANK, Frankfurt/Main, and Member of the Board of Managing Directors of a medium-sized bank in Essen / Hamburg. Since 2015, Herr Kistermann has been CEO of a mid-sized private bank.

Member of the supervisory board since 14 January 2019

Frank Vennemann began his legal career in 1994 in the Leipzig office of the law firm “Deringer Tessin Herrmann & Sedemund” (later Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer). In 1995, he founded the law firm “Tintelnot & Partner” in Leipzig together with Albrecht Tintelnot.

From 2001 to 2015, he was a partner of the law firm “Mohns Tintelnot Pruggmayer Vennemann”. Since 2016, Frank Vennemann has been an equity partner of the renowned commercial law firm GRUENDELPARTNER, specialising in real estate law, among other areas.

Executive advisor to the board.

Frederik Mehlitz was born in 1965 in Saarbrücken. After studying industrial engineering in Karlsruhe, he worked in management positions for various national and international major banks and today has more than 20 years of knowledge of the banking and financial world. From 2011 to 31 August 2018, he was a member of the board of publity AG and responsible for all transactions with banks and financial investors.

Executive advisor to the board.

Masrouki is an entrepreneur and founder of FinanzNet Holding AG, a network of over 3000 sales partners and their subsidiaries. During this time, he met Thomas Olek and since 2007 has been involved as a shareholder within the publity group and holds various management and supervisory board positions. Today, Masrouki is a member of the Advisory Board and assists the Board of Directors in an advisory function, focusing on the support of the international investors of publity AG. He is also Chairman of the Supervisory Board of PREOS Real Estate AG.

Authorized officer.

Siglinde Heiche has over 40 years of professional experience in finance and accounting, including leading positions in internationally operating companies. She has been working for publity since October 2013 and is the leading contact for auditors and banks for publity Emissionshaus GmbH, among others.

Authorized officer.

Stephan Kunath was born in 1986 in Hohenmölsen (Saxony-Anhalt) and has a degree in business administration. Since June 2010, he has worked for publity AG in various positions and is very familiar with the internal structures. He currently holds the position of Managing Director of Business Administration and has been an authorized officer at publity AG since April 2018.

At publity since 2018.

Nils Schoenaich-Carolath successfully completed his studies in business administration and subsequently worked for PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in the Financial Services sector. Employed at publity since 2018, his main focus is on treasury, risk and corporate development.

At publity since 2018.

Joshua Poppe completed his bachelor and master studies in business administration at the University of Bayreuth and has already worked in the real estate sector for Engel & Völkers and the Deutsche Bahn AG division DB Immobilien. At publity he initially worked as a consultant to the Executive Board. Now he is engaged in business development.

Leads and manages the asset management sector.

Nils Uphoff is Head of Asset Management and has many years of experience and in-depth expertise in the real estate sector.

Legal expert.

Stephan Noetzel has been admitted to the bar since 2013 and has also been with publity since 2013. In addition to all legal issues, Mr. Noetzel is in charge of the NPL department.

Expert in the area of Risk & Regulation.

Marcel Hackober graduated with a Master of Science in Business Administration and subsequently worked for PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in Financial Services. Employed by publity since 2019, his focus is on Risk Management & Regulation.

Research specialist and founder.

Dominik Baruth studied business administration. For several years he worked in the family business in the real estate sector in the area of financial controlling and research. In 2017, he specialized in research and founded and managed a start-up company focusing on research activities in the German office real estate market. As Head of Research, he and his team manage and refine the company’s data base.

At publity since 2002.

Dipl. Ing. Architekt (TU) Lothar Schmidt has been an architect since 1985 and since 2002 part of the publity family and expert in the field of “Planning, project and construction management of industrial, commercial, social and residential buildings”. He is responsible for all conversions of assets managed by publity.