Christof Winkelmann
Member of the Management Board
Administration
Aareal
Germany
Biography
Christof Winkelmann has been Member of the Management Board at Aareal Bank AG since 1 July 2016 and is responsible for the markets in the Structured Property Financing segment. Prior to this, Christof Winkelmann was Head of the Special Property Finance division of Aareal Bank. He first worked for Aareal Bank from 2000 to 2006, being responsible for the Bank's hotel financing business. He moved to Zurich-based Valartis Bank in 2006, as a Managing Director, returning to Aareal Bank in 2008 as Managing Director Special Property Finance. In this function, he was responsible for the Bank's Special Property Finance business, i.e. financings for hotels, retail and logistics properties. Mr Winkelmann started his career at the Palace Hotel, New York City, and with consultancy firm Arthur Andersen in Frankfurt/Main. Christof Winkelmann was born in 1975 and studied Hospitality Management and Business Adminstration at the University of Las Vegas, Nevada. He is a member of the Lodging Industry Investment Council (LIIC), the International Council of Shopping Centres (ICSC Europe) and the Urban Land Institute (ULI Europe), among others.
Research Interest
Business development
