1965, Hofheim, DE

Position

Member of the Board of Directors, independent member since 2021

Committees

Chairwoman of the Investment Committee
Member of the Nomination and Compensation Committee
Member of the Sustainability Committee

Education

Business Economist

Professional activity

Until 2019, Barbara A. Knoflach was Global Head of BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management (REIM) and Deputy CEO of BNP Paribas Real Estate S.A. in Paris. Prior to this, she worked in the financial hub of Frankfurt and held several leadership roles at SEB Asset Management, BfG Bank and Deutsche Bank. She was also a member of the Steering Committtee of the German Property Federation (ZIA) in Berlin and is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS). In addition, she has founded or co-founded serveral sustainable, innovative, forward-thinking platforms focusing on real estate, including LifeWorkSpace, Happy House and tinyBE.

Mandates outside Swiss Prime Site

Stock exchange-listed companies: Chairwoman and Senior Independent Member of CTP NV, Amsterdam; Independent Non Executive Director of the Board of Lendlease Group, Sydney, Australia 

Unlisted companies: Deputy Chair of the Supervisory Board of Aareal Bank AG, Wiesbaden; Chief Executive Officer of LifeWorkSpace GmbH, Hofheim am Taunus and its subsidiary Happy House GmbH, Frankfurt am Main; member of the Supervisory Board of Landmarken AG, Aachen; member of the Advisory Board of Wöhr + Bauer GmbH, Munich 

Key skills

Leadership, Strategy, Real Estate, Asset Management, ESG, Finance, M&A, Risk Management