André Wolters
Executive Vice President
ANDRÉ WOLTERS serves as general manager for Hillwood in Germany.
With over 20 years of experience in the real estate sector, he brings extensive, interdisciplinary knowledge about all phases in the real estate life cycle. Based in Düsseldorf, André is responsible for growing and managing the company`s business in Germany, as well as exploring new opportunities across Western Europe.
Before joining Hillwood, André served as head of development for logistic buildings at Segro. Prior to this, he works as head of portfolio management for Metro Properties and as head of acquisition for Deka.
André holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Applied Sciences and a degree as Appraiser in valuation from the German Real Estate Academy. He is Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and speaks German, business Dutch and business English.
Armin Senoner
Investment Associate
ARMIN SENONER joined the Hillwood Team in March 2019 as an Investment Manager based in London. He is responsible for the financial analysis of the DE platform.
Prior to joining Hillwood, Armin was a Development and Investment Analyst at Round Hill Capital focusing on opportunistic acquisitions and development of PBSA and residential projects in Iberian countries.
Armin holds a Master's in Real Estate finance from Bayes Business School and a Master's in Architecture from the Institute of Architecture Vienna. He is fluent in English, German and Italian.
Arndt Rellecke
Director Transaction Management
ARNDT RELLECKE has more than 20 years' experience in real estate working with a focused on development and investment, since more than 10 years dedicated to the logistic sector.
Arndt comes from CBRE where he acted as tenant representative, helping to secure more than 50 locations for the world biggest web based retailer. In previous roles drove investments for DEKA, Goodman and AEW all over Europe for more than 5 billion Euro and added experience in development during his time at P3.
Arndt holds a degree in city planning from the university Dortmund. Beside his mother language German he speaks English fluently and has a working knowledge in Dutch.
Daria Sheikh-Ghasemi
Project Engineer
DARIA SHEIKH-GHASEMI joined Hillwood Germany in November 2018 as a Project Architect and Assistant. Daria is responsible for the Project Design and assists on diverse Project Management belongings for the team.
Prior to joining Hillwood Daria was a Project Architect for the planning company Wörner Traxler Richter, one of the leading German architecture offices for buildings in public health. During this time she participated in competitions and award processes, cooperated in preliminary, final, permit and executive design and collaborated in the field of tender and licensing procedures.
Daria holds a master degree in architecture from the University of Applied Sciences in Frankfurt am Main and is a registered member in the Chambers of Architects in Hesse since 2018. She is fluent in English and is German native speaker.
Felix Kindermann
Development Manager
FELIX KINDERMANN joined the Hillwood Team in January 2022 as Land Acquisition and Development Manager. He is responsible for the acquisition of new projects, both in existing and new submarkets for Hillwood in Germany.
Over the last 8 years, Felix has been in real estate development and investment in Germany and the United States. Before joining Hillwood, he was Managing Partner at the Kindermann Group, a family-owned real estate business, steering the development of multiple hotel and commercial properties. He started his career at Deloitte Real Estate, where he was specialized on location strategy and site selection projects for clients in various European countries.
Felix holds a Master of Science (Msc) degree in Management from EBS Business School in Oestrich-Winkel, Germany. He is fluent in English and is German native speaker.
Georg Thomas
Director Business Development
GEORG THOMAS joined the Hillwood Team in October 2015 as the Director of Business Development. In this position he will be responsible for the acquisition and support of new projects and for the expansion of the portfolio.
Before that, Georg was the Head of Development of the May-Group and Business Development Manager at Goodman. In both companies his job was the expansion of the Build-to-suit-developments. During his time as a developer he took part at many well known developments in the logistics sector. A few of those projects were Tupperware, Schenker, Continental, Kühne & Nagel, Rudolph Logistik and Akzo Nobel.
Georg holds a degree in real estate economics and studied Law at the Goethe University in Frankfurt. Beside his mother language German he speaks English fluently and has a working knowledge in Spanish.
Gregor Czaplinski
Development Manager
GREGOR CZAPLINSKI joined the Hillwood Team in September 2019 as a Development Manager. He is responsible for the acquisition and support of new projects.
Gregor started his career in the food industry as a Sales Manager for the Lidl company. After a few years he moved to the Aldi company as an Expansion Manager, where he supported the market entry abroad. He was responsible for the expansion of the branch network and successfully implemented many projects.
Prior to joining Hillwood Gregor was an independent project developer for commercial real estate in Germany and abroad. During this time, he mainly acquired commercial properties. In addition, he realized many rental properties for various businesses.
Gregor holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Applied Sciences in Bochum. He is fluent in German, Polish and English.
Ivan Leko
Project Manager
IVAN LEKO joined the Hillwood Team in February 2021 as a Project Manager. He is responsible for the turnkey implementation of the projects.
Ivan started his career as a site manager at Germany's largest general contractor for industrial construction. He was mainly responsible for the execution of logistics properties and office buildings.
After a few years he moved to the industry to work for a material manufacturer for facades and coating systems where he was primarily responsible for large-scale projects as a consultant for technical system solutions and product sales.
After this experience Ivan joined a project developer in Düsseldorf as a project manager and was responsible for the turnkey implementation of the logistics projects in Berlin.
Before joining Hillwood Ivan returned to Germany's largest general contractor as a project manager.
Ivan holds a degree in civil engineering from Cologne University of Applied Sciences. He is fluent in German, Croatian and English.
Jessica Thonius
Administrative Assistant
JESSICA THONIUS joined the Hillwood Team in April 2022 as an Administrative Assistant for Hillwood's German branch. In this position she is responsible for all topics regarding the office management and the event coordination.
Before joining Hillwood, Jessica was office manager and consultant in customer relations at Audi Centre in Bad Homburg. There she supported customers in acquisition of high standard cars of various models and took over several office management tasks.
Jessica has a finished apprenticeship as a clerk for office and communication management. She is a native speaker in German as well as Spanish and speaks English fluently.
Markus Müller
Head of Project Management
MARKUS MÜLLER joined Hillwood Germany in September 2015 as Head of project management in Germany. Markus is responsible for HILLWOOD project design, construction, management and cost controlling.
Markus has 25 years of industry experience and has been playing a significant role in industrial development in Germany with key account costumers and new clients. In different functions such as development director or technical consultant he covers the sales process in the commercial point of view as well as the technical aspects. He has also been successful in accompanying customers with their expansion into other European countries.
Prior to joining Hillwood Markus worked six years as international development director for GSE Group, the leading French construction company. Prior to that Markus was key account manager at the Goldbeck Group, Germany's leading logistics construction contractor. In this function he was responsible for the complete building process, starting with the design, project management and after care. The balance points of his projects were industrial buildings, logistic platforms, multi storey car parks and conference centers.
Markus holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the University in Giessen, a European welding engineer certificate and a master of business administration (Diplom-Ingenieur Maschinenbau und Diplom-Beriebswirt VWA). He is fluent in English and is German native speaker.
Oleksandr Szafranski
Financial Controller
OLEKSANDR SZAFRANSKI is a Financial Controller at Hillwood and joined the Team in August 2021. He is based in Luxembourg and his primary responsibilities include oversight of the accounting and financial reporting for Hillwood's developments within Germany.
Prior to joining Hillwood, Oleksandr was a Client Service Supervisor at BBH focusing on reporting & consolidation of Real Estate Funds for 4 years and an auditor at EY for 4 years.
Oleksandr holds a Master's in Accounting and Financial Management from Jagiellonian University in Krakow. He is fluent in English, German, Polish and Ukrainian.
Sandi Mujkanovic
Asset Manager
SANDI MUJKANOVIC joined the Hillwood Team in June 2022 as Asset- and Development Manager for the German Portfolio . In this position he is responsible for management and controlling of the realized assets while steady seeking for new investment opportunities in Germany.
Before joining Hillwood, Sandi was Assistant to the CFO and beside that the Project controller at Harpen Immobilien GmbH. Back then his focus laid in the support and management of commercial developments as well as budget creation and controlling. Also, Sandi was responsible for insurance- and land registry management for the Harpen group.
Sandi holds several degrees in real estate management like the bachelor professional in real estate and a real estate economist title. Nevertheless, he continues to study for another bachelors degree in real estate management while working in fulltime at Hillwood. He is a native speaker in German as well as Bosnian, speaks English fluently and has a working knowledge in Spanish.
