KINGSTONE Real Estate appoints new leadership for advisory board

KINGSTONE Real Estate (KRE) has announced changes to the leadership of its advisory board. Benedikt Gabor, head of the real estate department at Nordrheinische Ärzteversorgung, has been appointed as chairman, succeeding Dr. Eckart John von Freyend, whose term has ended. Martin Führlein, CEO of Pegasus Capital Partners, has joined the advisory board and will serve as deputy chairman.

The advisory board, established in 2019, provides strategic guidance to KRE. Gabor, who had been deputy chairman since 2023, will continue to oversee the German institutional investors segment. His previous roles include positions at Deutsche Rückversicherung AG, VöV Association of German Public Insurers, Catella Real Estate AG, and Deutsche Immobilien Leasing GmbH.

Führlein, taking on the deputy chairman role, brings extensive capital markets experience. In addition to leading Pegasus Capital Partners, he serves on the Supervisory Board of PSD Bank Nürnberg eG and has previously held board positions at GRR AG and GRR Real Estate Management.

KRE’s Managing Partner, Dr. Tim Schomberg, acknowledged the contributions of the outgoing chairman: “We appreciate Dr. Eckart John von Freyend’s leadership and support over the years. We look forward to continuing our collaboration with Benedikt Gabor in his new role and welcome Martin Führlein to the board.”

Other members of the KRE advisory board include Andreas von Buttlar, CEO and founder of Spinone Equity; Prof. Dr. Kerstin Hennig, head of the FS Real Estate Institute at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management; and Philipp Wehle, former CFO of Global Wealth Management at Credit Suisse.