Berlin Hyp executive board
The Board of Management of Berlin Hyp currently consists of three members. Our goal is the sustainable development of our company – for our owners as well as for the good of our customers and employees.
We are developing the Bank’s strategic orientation and working in a spirit of trust with our Supervisory Board and employee representatives.
Sascha Klaus
Chair of the Board of Management
Responsible for:
Credit
Human Resources
Audit
Corporate Strategy
Valuation
Governance
Finance and Banking
Communication and Marketing
Information Technology
Risk Controlling
Organisation
„We would like to remain our customers’ preferred partner in future too. That’s why we are creating significant room for new ideas.“
Sascha Klaus has been Chair of the Board of Management of Berlin Hyp AG since 1 October 2016 and also a member of the Board of Management of LBB Holding AG. He joined Berlin Hyp as a member of the Board of Management on 1 September 2016.
At Berlin Hyp, he is responsible for the Corporate Strategy, Communication and Marketing, Governance, Loans, Staff, Valuation, Risk Management and Audit divisions.
Klaus most recently worked at Hypothekenbank Frankfurt (formerly Eurohypo). In his position as a member of the Board of Management there, he was responsible for the commercial real estate financing business from 2012 onwards and in addition for Public Finance and Treasury since 2014. At the same time, he was a member of the Divisional Board for non-core assets at Commerzbank.
The Luxembourg-born Franco-German Sascha Klaus joined the Deutsche Bank Group in 1990, where he completed his training and worked parallel to obtaining a degree in business administration at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.
In 2000, he moved to Dresdner Kleinwort, New York, where he held the position of Head of Financial Institutions – Group Risk Management from 2003 from 2003 onwards. In mid-2008, Sascha Klaus returned to Europe, where, after various national and international management positions in risk management at Dresdner Bank-/Commerzbank Group, he was
appointed to the Board of Management of the Eastern European holding company.
Gero Bergmann
Chief Market Officer
Responsible for:
Real Estate Finance
Portfolio Management
Treasury
„Only in this way can we react swiftly and more precisely to requirements.“
Gero Bergmann has been a member of the Board of Management of Berlin Hyp AG since January 2011. He is responsible for the Portfolio Management, Real Estate Finance and Treasury divisions.
Bergmann holds a law degree and joined the real estate business of Berlin Hyp/Landesbank Berlin in 1999. In his most recent previous role as Head of Real Estate Sales, he was responsible for international and special business.
Since 2011, Gero Bergmann, together with other leading personalities in the real estate business, actively supports the work of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) on the Executive Committee and since 1 July 2018 as Chairman ULI Germany.
Following his bank traineeship at Berliner Bank, Gero Bergmann completed his degree in law at the Free University Berlin and, following his legal articles, worked as a lawyer in a Berlin law firm until 1999.
Alexander Stuwe
Chief Representative
Responsible for:
Risk Controlling
Valuation
Credit
Risk Management
Alexander Stuwe has been managing director of Berlin Hyp AG since 1 January 2020. His areas of responsibility include risk controlling, credit, risk management and valuation. In addition, he also strengthens the Board of Management of Landesbank Berlin Holding AG as managing director.
The graduate economist began his career at Berliner Volksbank, where he worked primarily in controlling and risk management until 2010. After working for Sparda-Bank, Stuwe was member of the Executive Board of FMS Wertmanagement Services in Munich from 2012 to 2017, where he was responsible for finance & risk as well as COO. This also included credit and market operations, human resources, compliance, audit and legal. Alexander Stuwe’s last position was as head of Risk Controlling at Nord/LB.