JAMES BAUER
Managing Director, REAG Germany, Frankfurt
Member of the Advisory Board, REAG
The Real Estate Advisory Group is an international real estate service provider in investment advisory, technical services, environmental, research, hospitality, NPLs, and valuation. Mr. Bauer was formerly a director at Calliston Development, and before that worked in the field of real estate extensively in the US. A native of Chicago, he was educated in the US and Germany, and gained international working experience prior to REAG where he is responsible for Germany and central and eastern Europe.

DOUGLAS EDWARDS
Managing Director
Corpus Sireo, Luxembourg
Douglas Edwards is Managing Director of Corpus Sireo Investment Management, based in Luxembourg. Corpus Sireo is a European asset manager for commercial and residential real estate, with AUM of €15.4bn. Operating out of Luxembourg and Frankfurt, Mr. Edwards is responsible for Corpus Sireo’s business with international clients wishing to invest in Germany and requiring asset management or advisory solutions for their existing German investments.

ANDREW M. GROOM
Internat. Director, Head of Valuation & Transaction Advisory Germany
Jones Lang LaSalle, Frankfurt
Global real estate services group Jones Lang LaSalle employs over 45,000 staff in 60 nations, and is one of the largest realtors in Germany. Mr. Groom, who heads a 70-person valuation/due diligence team, led development of the innovative VICTOR prime office indicator and is also responsible for key clients, business acquisition, portfolio strategy and risk assessment. With over 20 years’ experience, he has been based in Germany since 1992 and previously worked with other major realtors in Europe.

TIM ANDREAS LASYS
Managing Director
Catella Property Advisors, Frankfurt
Catella is a European finance group with some 420 employees in 24 cities, active in corporate finance and asset management. Hr. Lasys, who joined the board of Catella Germany in August, has some 30 years' experience in real estate, funds and institutional investment. Previously MD at Commerz Real Special Funds, responsible for institutional investors, he holds a Master in economics from the Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.

ALEXANDER VON CRAMM
Chief Financial Officer
Prime Office REIT, Munich
Recently converted to a REIT, Prime Office has a portfolio of €1bn in high-quality German office property. Hr. von Cramm, after studies in the US, began at Deutsche Bank and moved to Morgan Stanley. He subsequently helped establish Loyalty Partner, the operator of the Payback customer loyalty and reward system. He then worked for an SDAX-listed real estate firm and a listed residential property company as CEO before joining Prime Office in 2007.