German lender Berlin Hyp has announced the appointment of Maria Teresa Dreo to the Bank’s Board of Management, responsible for real estate financing sales and the -Group business as well as the Bank’s Treasury.
Dreo, who will take up her new role in May 2021, will succeed Gero Bergmann who left Berlin Hyp at the end of 2020 to join BayernLB.
‘I am very pleased that with Maria Teresa Dreo, we will be gaining a proven real estate and sales expert for Berlin Hyp. She has spent her entire career in the real estate sector and brings excellent market expertise,’ said Helmut Schleweis, Chair of the Supervisory Board of Berlin Hyp.
Berlin Hyp’s Board of Management will consist of three members: Sascha Klaus as Chair of the Board of Management, Maria Teresa Dreo with responsibility for the market divisions and Alexander Stuwe as Chief Risk Officer.
Dreo was previously a member of the Executive Board at Arwag Holding in Vienna, Austria, where she was responsible for project development and acquisition. She also had a particular focus on project conception and planning in the affordable housing segment, including infrastructure facilities. Prior to this, Dreo held various professional and management positions at the UniCredit Group (or predecessor institutions) from 1999 to 2019. Born in Austria, she began her professional career at PSK Bank in Vienna.
