Personnel Matters: Markus Beran Takes Over as Head of Business With International Investors at Berlin Hyp and LBB

BERLIN, October 24, 2011 -

Markus Beran (45) will take over as Head of the Central International Department in the International Real Estate Financing Sales Business Division of Berlin Hyp and LBB at the start of 2012. He will be responsible for business with international investors and capital investment companies in the German target markets defined for this business division.

“Markus Beran joins us as a real estate expert with extensive international experience. We hope that his varied international activities will provide positive impetus for our business with this important group of customers,” comments Gero Bergmann, Member of the Board of Management responsible for Sales at Berlin Hyp.

Beran has a track record of substantial professional experience in the sphere of commercial real estate finance. Frankfurt-born Beran has held various managerial posts in the sales and loan spheres of renowned banks in Germany and abroad, amongst other things at the Deutsche Pfandbriefbank and at HVB in Poland, Spain, Mumbai and Singapore. Most recently, Beran worked as National Director, Head of Financing Europe at LaSalle Investment, London.

Berlin Hyp/Landesbank Berlin - real estate financing

Berlin Hyp (www.berlinhyp.de) and Landesbank Berlin AG (www.lbb.de) unite the strengths of a real estate financier and a universal bank. Their joint business field makes them one of Germany’s leading providers of financing solutions. They focus their sales activities on business with investors, housing companies, real estate funds, asset managers and selected property developers. Their business is concentrated in Germany’s economically powerful urban centres and selected international markets, with offices in Amsterdam, London, Paris, Prague and Warsaw.

Press contact: Nicole Hanke, Corporate Communication

Phone: +49(0)30-25-99-91 23
Email: nicole.hanke@berlinhyp.de

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