BUSINESS MODEL
SIGNA Prime Selection AG is the largest company in SIGNA’s real estate division, with a gross asset value of 20.4 billion euros. It focuses on the investment in and long-term holding of exceptional properties in prime inner-city locations.
The company intends to hold such assets over generations. The vast majority of assets is located in prime inner-city locations in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and the Northern part of Italy.
SIGNA Prime SelectionBoard of Management
Timo Herzberg
Timo Herzberg has been working for SIGNA since the beginning of 2017. As CEO of SIGNA Prime Selection AG and SIGNA Development Selection AG, he is responsible for and manages all real estate activities in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. He is also a member of the Supervisory Board of SIGNA RFR US Selection AG. Timo Herzberg has been a member of the SIGNA Group Executive Board since December of 2018. He can look back on over 20 years of experience in the real estate investment and development business with national and international as well as private and institutional real estate investors. In 2006, he founded the Signature Capital Group Germany, which he led as Director and Managing Director.
Manuel Pirolt
Manuel Pirolt has been CFO of SIGNA Prime Selection AG since 2013 and CFO of SIGNA Development Selection AG (since its foundation in 2014) and a member of the Executive Board of SIGNA RFR US Selection AG. Since 2011, he has worked for SIGNA, where he has been active in the areas of Corporate Finance, Investment Controlling and Transaction Management. He began his professional career at BDO Austria in the areas of auditing, special audits and transaction consulting. In addition to his main focus on the construction and real estate industry, he supported clients from a wide range of sectors.
Tobias Sauerbier
Tobias Sauerbier has been a member of the SIGNA Prime Selection AG and SIGNA Development Selection AG Management Boards since March of 2019. Previously, he held numerous management positions, including as Managing Director of IFM Asset Management GmbH and as a Member of the Board of IFM Immobilien AG (2009-2013), as Managing Director of GWH Bauprojekte GmbH (2013-2015) and most recently (2016-2019) as a member of the Management Board of project development company Groß & Partner. Mr. Sauerbier graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering at the Wiesbaden University of Applied Sciences and studied Real Estate Economics at the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel.
Claus Stadler
Claus Stadler has been a Member of the Management Board of SIGNA Prime Selection AG and SIGNA Development Selection AG since April of 2020. As COO-Austria, his work focuses on SIGNA’s Austrian real estate projects. Mr. Stadler has been Managing Director of BAI since August of 2020. Claus Stadler has 15 years of management experience in large-volume real estate developments throughout all of Austria. In his most recent position, he was general representative of the UBM management. Before that he was Managing Director of the Porr Group, and prior to that Managing Director of ÖBB Immobilienmanagement GmbH.
SIGNA Prime SelectionSupervisory Board
Dr. Alfred Gusenbauer
Dr. Alfred Gusenbauer was Austria’s Chancellor. After leaving the political arena, he accepted several selected Supervisory Board mandates, including Chairman of the Supervisory Board of STRABAG, one of Austria’s largest construction groups, as well as SIGNA Prime Selection AG, SIGNA Development Selection AG and SIGNA RFR US Selection AG. Since the 2009 winter semester, he has also been a Visiting Professor at the US Ivy League Harvard University. Alfred Gusenbauer is regarded as an expert in the areas of foreign, security and economic policy. He has been awarded several prestigious national and international prizes.
Dr. Karl Stoss
Dr. Karl Stoss holds a Doctorate in Business Administration. At the beginning of his career, he was a partner at the MZSG – Management Zentrum St. Gallen – as well as a lecturer at the University of Innsbruck. In 1997, he became Deputy Chairman of the Board of Österreichische Postsparkasse AG, and in 2001, he joined the Board of Raiffeisen Zentralbank AG. In 2005, he became CEO of Generali Versicherung AG. From 2007 until the end of 2017, Karl Stoss was CEO of Casinos Austria AG, and he was elected President of the Austrian Olympic Committee in 2009.
Robert Peugeot
Since 2002, Robert Peugeot has been Chairman of the Board of the listed investment company Peugeot Invest, one of Stellantis N.V.’s three main shareholders. In 2019, Peugeot Invest became a shareholder of SIGNA Prime Selection AG, and in 2021, he became a shareholder of SIGNA Development Selection AG.
Christoph Stadlhuber
Christoph Stadlhuber is Member of the SIGNA Group Executive Board, Managing Director of SIGNA Holding GmbH and Member of the Supervisory Boards of SIGNA Prime Selection AG and SIGNA Development Selection AG. He started working at SIGNA in 2011 and is supporting all real estate activities in Austria with his strong network and years of real estate experience. He completed his studies in Spatial Development and Planning at the Vienna University of Technology. Among other positions, he was Chef de Cabinet of the Austrian Federal Minister of Economics and Labour, Dr. Martin Bartenstein. From 2003 to 2011, he was Managing Director of Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft m.b.H.
Karl Gernandt
Karl Gernandt has been a Member of SIGNA Prime Selection AG’s Supervisory Board since July of 2020. Since the end of 2018, he has been Executive Chairman of Kühne Holding AG, which bundles all investments of the company owner, Klaus Michael-Kühne. Mr Gernandt joined Kuehne + Nagel in 2009 as a delegate of the Board of Directors. From 2011 to 2016, he was the Executive President of the Board of Directors, and since 2016, he has been its Vice President. Karl Gernandt is also Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Hapag-Lloyd AG and Member of the Supervisory Board of VTG AG, as well as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of KLU Kühne Logistics University, Hamburg.
Dr. Susanne Riess-Hahn
Dr. Susanne Riess-Hahn can look back on many years of political experience. She was sworn in as Vice Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Austria in 2000. Following her departure from the political arena, Ms Riess-Hahn has been CEO of the Austrian Wüstenrot Bausparkassen- und Versicherungsgruppe since 2004, and she also sits on numerous supervisory boards, such as the General Council of Oesterreichische Nationalbank.
Dr. Karl Sevelda
Dr. Karl Sevelda has over 40 years of experience in the banking sector. He worked at Creditanstalt-Bankverein for over 20 years before joining Raiffeisen Bankengruppe in 1998, where he was responsible for RZB’s corporate customer business until 2010. Between 2010 and 2013, he was Deputy Chairman of the Managing Board of Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI), and from June 7, 2013, he was its Chairman until 2017. The merger of RBI with its parent company RZB was completed towards the end of Dr Sevelda’s term of office, resulting in structural improvements and increased transparency.
Karl Samstag
Karl Samstag was a Member of the Board of Directors from 1991 to 2002, and from 1995 onward he was Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bank Austria Creditanstalt, which he chaired between 2003 and 2004. Since then, he has sat on supervisory boards in various companies, including Unicredit Bank Austria, VAMED, Oberbank, Bank für Tirol und Vorarlberg, and PORR.
Michael Siefert
Michael Siefert has been a Member of the Supervisory Board of SIGNA Prime Selection AG since 2022. He is Managing Director and head of the European business platform of Madison International Realty. He has 26 years of experience in investment related fields focusing on indirect investments in Real Estate and Venture Capital. Prior to joining Madison in 2003 he served at GUB, a German venture capital firm. He is based in Frankfurt.
SIGNA Prime SelectionReal Estate Portfolio
Investor RelationsTRUSTFUL CAPITAL MARKET DIALOGUE
As a leading real estate company, integrity, responsibility, fair play, compliance, and transparency constitute the essential foundation of SIGNA Prime Selection AG We are mindful of economic, environmental and social aspects as we regard raising the value of our assets and the company as our duty and our goal.
Our cooperation with investors is characterized by transparency, equal treatment, openness and trust.
In the continuous exchange of information with our investors focus on efficient, direct and user-oriented communication to ensure the long-term success of our company.
The annual and consolidated financial statements of SIGNA Prime Selection AG are audited by KPMG Austria GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungs- und Steuerberatungsgesellschaft. KPMG also evaluates the compliance with the Austrian Corporate Governance Code. Additional information about our Compliance Guidelines can be found here.
Investor contact
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Sustainability at SIGNA Prime Selection AGActing responsibly as a core value
As a major real estate developer and investor in Europe, SIGNA Prime Selection AG adheres to the guiding principles of sustainable development and corporate management. In addition to economic interests, environmental and social aspects are systematically taken into account in SIGNA’s business decisions and value-creation processes.
Economic success, integrity and social responsibility are equivalent goals for SIGNA. With its “Our sustainable SIGNAture 2025” principles, SIGNA has defined a holistic sustainability strategy for three fields of action: “Sustainable Buildings”, “Attractive Employer” and “Corporate Governance and Compliance”.
In September 2022, SIGNA Prime Selection AG achieved an excellent result in its ESG rating by the Sustainalytics rating agency. SIGNA Prime’s ESG risk rating is currently 9.7 (“negligible risk”) on a scale from 0 to 100, with 0 representing a negligible ESG risk.
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At the end of 2022 SIGNA Prime has been awarded ‘Prime’ status in the sustainability rating by ISS ESG, a leading global research and rating agency. In the ESG Corporate Rating the company achieved a ‘C+’ score.
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