AEW Europe

Managing Director

Stephan Boenning is Managing Director of AEW Deutschland (Düsseldorf). Here he is responsible for the acquisition of real estate single assets and portfolios. Mr. Boenning has been working in the real estate business for almost 15 years and prior to this role in AEW Europe he held various senior level positions. He was Managing Director of AXA Investment Managers and Aachener Grundvermögen, both A German Kapitalanlagegesellschaft, where he was in charge for real estate investments and fund managing. Before that he was working for WestInvest, a company of DEKA Investments as leader of the investment departement. In this roles he was able to originate new investments of around €3,5 bn. Mr. Boenning is a graduate of the Fachhochschule Nuertingen.

Director of Investments, Düsseldorf

Mr Kohlgrueber is Director of Investments of AEW Europe in Düsseldorf. Here he is primarily responsible for identifying, negotiating, structuring and closing real estate single asset and portfolio deals. Mr Kohlgrueber has been working in the real estate business for almost 19 years and prior to this role in AEW Europe, he worked at senior level in different companies. He was Head of Investment of the German insurance company ‘Gerling Konzern’, where he was in charge of real estate investments and Fund Management. Before that he worked for the ‘DIL – Deutsche Immobilien Leasing’, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank group. Here, his scope of responsibility reached from the structuring to the financing of new investments. In all those positions he was able to originate investments of around €2 billion. Mr Kohlgrueber holds a degree in Business Administration subsequently becoming a graduate of the Oestrich-Winkel European Business School (Immobilienökonom ebs). Since 1999, he has been an active member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.