BF.capital, BF.direkt's subsidiary handling real estate debt, has recruited Markus Kipp as managing director for its investment team.
According to BF.capital, Kipp brings long-term experience in arranging complex financing deals and in managing debt portfolios to the job.
Trained as a certified business administrator, Kipp will take charge of the operational management of the investment team of BF.capital in his new role.
Reporting to Manuel Köppel, BF Group's chief investment officer, he will overhaul the structuring of new financing arrangements in the whole-loan and mezzanine-loan segment, while also reviewing its management of portfolio property transactions and the portfolio management.
Köppel said: 'Markus Kipp is an experienced professional, and will employ his expertise to help us further expand the whole-loan and mezzanine-loan business.
'We are currently investing on behalf of our two active investment funds, and are moreover in the process of structuring promissory note loans that will be placed on a deal-by-deal basis.'
Jan von Graffen, managing director of BF.capital, added: 'Our plans for the years ahead include a substantial increase in assets under management. So, we are glad about the staff reinforcement and the new impulses we will gain for our team through the onboarding of Markus Kipp.'
Kipp has spent more than 10 years in the banking sector, including roles at Südwestbank for six years, holding various positions. Prior to that, he worked for Investkredit Bank in Frankfurt am Main and for Ernst & Young in Mannheim, among other firms.
