Curriculum Vitae
Managing Director – BB-Immobilienservice GmbH (BBIS),
Bau- und Projektentwicklungsgesellschaft mbH der Unternehmensgruppe Bankgesellschaft Berlin (BPE)
BBIS and BPE were subsidiaries of Bankgesellschaft Berlin designed for special real estate projects. These included the work-out of problematic real estate loans and the construction of Lausitzring, a EUR 200 million multifunctional racetrack and testing facility designed for Formula 1, long distance, motorbike and oval racing (CART, NASCAR)
Overall responsibility for this project, including:
- supervision of legal and administrative steps in the acquisition of this project from the initial investors
- restructuring of the project with new partners to enable its realization
- project management during the construction and pre-opening including steering the civil engineers of the various specialist areas as well as public licensing and sport permit procedures
- negotiations with racing organizations (FIA, CART, NASCAR, Indy Racing League, DMSB, FIS) and testing organizations (e.g. DEKRA) to ensure inspection and permits for the racetrack
- public relations and coordination of all partners of the project including government sponsorship