ABOUT
Martin J. Brühl is a Senior European real estate investment executive with global investment and management experience as well as a proven track record in real estate consulting with major brands.
Successful in designing investment strategies and building global high quality real estate portfolios and teams with major asset managers, the 57-year-old, tri-lingual German has 33 years of industry experience.
Employment History
Currently benefitting from a sabbatical to travel, exercise and broaden the horizon beyond the world of real estate
04/2013 – 04/2025: Union Investment Real Estate GmbH
Since 03/2017: Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer
Chair of Investment Committee:
responsible for all real estate acquisitions and disposals in 25 countries globally (averaging EUR 3bn to 4bn p.a. with EUR 20bn transacted between 2019-2024)01/2016: Managing Director in charge of fund management responsible for 4 core retail funds with then EUR 30bn assets under management
04/2013: Executive Director, Investment Management Overseas, in charge of for building the investment management teams in the Americas (HQ New York) and in Asia-Pacific (HQ Singapore)
01/2013 – 03/2013: Travelling and personal development “in between jobs”
03/1999 – 12/2012: Cushman & Wakefield Inc. („C&W“)
01/2007: appointment to EMEA Board/Chairman C&W Nordics
09/2005: appointment to Managing Partner Germany
01/2002: invitation to become Equity Partner
03/1999: joined as Salaried Partner, Head of Valuation Advisory
10/1998 – 02/1999: Morgan Harrop Brühl Consulting GmbH, Frankfurt
Partner, Real Estate advisory boutique with 10 employees
03/1999: sale of the firm to Cushman & Wakefield
10/1996 – 09/1998: Arthur Andersen Wirtschafts- und Steuerberatungsgesellschaft
Manager in the Frankfurt based real estate consulting practice
09/1993 – 09/1996: DTZ Zadelhoff GmbH, Stuttgart
Assistant to the managing director
Professional Education
2012: Certification as Valuation Expert for mortgage lending purposes
CIS HypZert (MLV)
2000: Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS)
2000: Appointment as Sworn Valuer (öffentlich bestellter und vereidigter Sachverständiger) by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Greater Stuttgart Region
1995: Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS)
1990 – 1993: Bachelor of Honours/First Class, in Property Valuation & Finance
City University Business School, London
1988 – 1990: Banking diploma
Commercial and Savings Bank, Göppingen
1987 – 1988: Military service
Armoured Infantery Battalion 282, Dornstadt
1974 – 1987: Primary and secondary education, A-Levels (Abitur), Donzdorf
Professional and Board Memberships
09/2019 – 09/21: Chairman, Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE)
Trade organisation representing 200+ asset managers with USD 3 trillion of real estate assets under management globally
01/2017 – 09/2019: AFIRE, Member of the Executive Committee/Board and Treasurer
2017: Chair of the Real Estate Advisory Board, CASS Business School, London
2015 – 2016: 134th President of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
2011 – 2014: Member of the Leadership Team of RICS as Vice President, Senior Vice President and President Elect
2006 – 2010: Member of the Board of Metzler North America Inc., Seattle
2005 – 2008: Non-Executive Director of DawnayDay Treveria PLC, Isle of Man
2000 – 2004: Member of the Appraisal Committee of open-ended funds of asset managers DEGI and DIFA (Union Investment)
Languages
German
Mother tongue
English
fluent proficiency, spoken & written
French
fluent proficiency, spoken & written
Media
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As chairman of AFIRE
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Inauguration as the first non-British RICS President
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As CIO of Union Investment Real Estate GmbH