Real estate investor and manager Cromwell Property Group (“Cromwell”), has promoted Gwendal Kalkofen to the role of Head of Real Estate Finance, Europe. In this role, he will be responsible for managing the Group’s lending relationships in Europe.
Gwendal joined Cromwell in 2015 as Capital Markets Manager and oversees the European real estate finance function. He has responsibility for raising new debt and managing existing facilities on behalf of all Cromwell’s European funds and mandates, as well as providing advisory and execution services on interest rate hedging and credit risk issues.
Prior to joining Cromwell, Gwendal worked within the property finance sector from 2010, holding positions at Pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG and Wells Fargo Bank, acquiring over 10 years’ pan-European structured finance experience. He holds an MSC in Economic Geography from the Universität Augsburg.
Mark McLaughlin, Managing Director, Europe at Cromwell Property Group, commented: “We are delighted to be able to promote Gwendal from within the organisation, which is testament to the strength of talent we have in the Cromwell team. I am looking forward to working with him as we continue to grow assets under management in Europe”.