GE Capital Real Estate

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Nordic Management Team
Johan Wästlund
Managing Director, Nordic Region

Johan joined GE Real Estate as Underwriter in September 2004 and was appointed Risk Manager in October 2005. Johan has extensive experience in corporate and real estate transactions. Between 1998 and 2004, Johan worked as Project Manager at the Corporate Finance department at Carnegie in Stockholm. Prior to that, Johan was employed within GE's Financial Management Program where he among other things worked with business development at GE Capital's headquarters in Stamford and internal auditing for Corporate Audit Staff at GE Power Systems in New York.

Johan was appointed Managing Director of the Nordic Region in September 2008.

Johan holds a MSc in Finance from Gothenburg School of Economics and a CFA (Certified Financial Analyst) from Stockholm School of Economics.

johan.wastlund@ge.com


 
Karmen Bergholcs
Legal Counsel

Lennart Sten, Managing Director, announces the appointment of Karmen Bergholcs. She will be responsible to co-ordinate outside counsel in the preparation, negotiation and completion of all legal documentation in standard asset purchase agreements, corporate transactions and debt transaction, provide overall legal and compliance support to the Nordic platform, perform day-to-day management of all external  lawyer relationships.

Karmen has a Master in Law from Stockholm University. Her former job was as a legal expert in mergers and acquisitions at Advokatfirman Vinge.

karmen.bergholcs@ge.com


 
Johanna Blom
HR Manager, Nordic Region

Johanna Blom was appointed HR Manager for GE Capital Real Estate Nordic on Sept. 1, 2009. Johanna started her career at GE in 2008 as HRM for Finance and Asset Management. Johanna has a broad experience within HR and has worked as an HR generalist with different areas of responsibilities since 2003. Prior to joining GE Capital Real Estate Johanna worked as an HR advisor at Linklaters.

Johanna holds a Master in psychology from the University of Linköping and she has also studied international economy at University of Auckland in New Zealand.

johanna.blom@ge.com


 
Svante Sjöqvist
CFO, Nordic Region
Svante Sjöqvist holds the position of CFO at GE Real Estate since December 2007. The last couple of years Svante has been working at GE Money Bank in different positions. His last position was CFO for the Swedish platform. Prior to joining GE Money Bank Svante worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers and during this period he was stationed in London for a few years.

Svante holds a Master of Accounting from the Gothenburg school of Law and Economics.

svante.sjoqvist@ge.com

 
Thomas Svensson
Head of Asset Management
Thomas Svensson was appointed Head of Asset Management on November 1st 2007 for GE Real Estate Nordic. Thomas has years of experience within property management. At the acquisition of Skanstornet in 2006 Thomas was working as Asset Manager for the Gothenburg district. He held this position within GE Real Estate until he was appointed Head of Asset Management. Prior Thomas worked as Asset Manager at Postfastigheter AB as well as building contractor for NCC and ABV. Thomas holds a Master of Engineering from Chalmers.

thomas.svensson@ge.com


 

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