Team

Mr. de Chateau is a founding partner and the Chairman and CIO of Alma Property Partners. Mr. de Chateau’s primary role at Alma Property Partners is to lead the real estate investment activities including developing investment strategies, establishing partnerships and deal origination. He has over 25 years of experience in real estate investments and transactions in the Nordic market. Prior to founding Alma Property Partners, Mr. de Chateau was co-founder and CEO of Sveafastigheter, a leading Nordic private equity real estate company, and he is one of the most successful private equity real estate investors in the Nordic real estate market.

During his ten years at Sveafastigheter, Mr. de Chateau raised capital for and managed three successful Nordic real estate funds with combined equity capital of €500 million. Mr. de Chateau produced a net leveraged IRR of 22% from 2003-2014. Sveafastigheter’s first real estate fund, Sveafastigheter Sverige I, which focused on real estate investments in Sweden, ranks as one of the top performing real estate funds ever in the Preqin database. The fund is ranked eighth in IRR (net 56%) and has the fourth highest multiple (net 3.1x) among funds ranked in the Preqin top 20. Sveafastigheter’s second and third real estate funds – Sveafastigheter Fund II and Sveafastigheter Fund III – made investments in Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Estonia. In aggregate the three funds have delivered a net IRR to investors of 22%.

Prior to joining Sveafastigheter, Mr. de Chateau was responsible for setting up and heading Leimdorfer’s research and corporate finance activities. During his tenure, Leimdorfer acted as financial adviser in eight out of 13 takeovers of Swedish listed property companies. Among notable public to private transactions, Mr. de Chateau worked on, for example, Skandia’s acquisition of Diligentia, AP Fastigheter’s takeover of Diös and Länsförsäkringar’s acquisition of Humlegården, with an aggregate underlying property value in excess of SEK 23 billion. Mr. de Chateau is a board member of Atrium Ljungberg, one of the largest publicly listed Swedish real estate companies, and NCC, one of the largest publicly listed Swedish construction and development companies.

Mr. de Chateau holds an MSc in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Mr. Wobbeking is a founding partner and the CEO of Alma Property Partners. Mr. Wobbeking’s primary roles at Alma Property Partners are corporate strategy, product development and marketing, fund raising, fund structuring, investor relations, compliance and risk management. He has 23 years of experience in private equity real estate, corporate strategy and finance. Prior to founding Alma Property Partners, Mr. Wobbeking was a Business Development and Investor Relations specialist at Niam, a leading Nordic private equity real estate company.

From 2010 to 2013, Mr. Wobbeking raised over €1 billion in equity capital for two fund products at Niam. He played a lead role in raising €719 millon of equity capital for Niam Nordic V, which was the largest opportunistic real estate fund ever raised in the Nordic Region at that time. He also raised €300 million of equity capital for Niam Nordic Core-Plus, which was the first ever core-plus fund raised in the Nordic Region. During 2013-2014, Mr. Wobbeking originated and led the execution of the sale of 105 Finnish and Swedish properties from Niam Nordic Investment Fund III to Partners Group for €300 million. The transaction was one of the most complicated real estate transactions ever executed by Niam and enabled a divestment of all remaining properties in Niam Nordic Investment Fund III.

From 2007-2010, Mr. Wobbeking was a corporate strategy consultant at Bain & Company in Stockholm working primarily with Nordic companies. Prior to Bain, he lived in Boston (USA) and worked in venture capital at Advent International (2002-2005) and J.P. Morgan Partners (2000-2002) where he focused on making investments in the energy and technology sectors. Prior to working in venture capital, he spent two years in investment banking at Lehman Brothers in New York.

Mr. Wobbeking holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a BA in International Studies from Johns Hopkins University.

Mr. Annehed is a partner and the Chief Financial Officer of Alma Property Partners since 2015. Mr. Annehed’s primary role is to lead the overall group finance activities including fund structuring/ investor reporting, transaction support, debt financing, tax and cash optimization, business/financial controlling and regulatory requirements. He has 18 years of experience in financial services and private equity real estate. Prior to joining Alma Property Partners, Mr. Annehed was partner and CFO at NREP (Nordic Real Estate Partners), a Nordic private equity real estate company.

During his time at NREP, Mr. Annehed co-led the structuring of the Nordic Strategies Fund – FCP FIS (NSF I) with €400 million of equity committed including fund raising support and set up of the local infrastructure in Luxemburg. In addition, he participated in several major transactions including the divestment of the, at the time, largest prime logistics portfolio in the Nordics at €650 million.

Prior to joining NREP, Mr. Annehed worked as Head of Finance and member of the Scandinavian private division management team at RSA (Codan/Trygg Hansa), a company with annual premiums of SEK 10 billion and +1000 employees. Prior to this, he was Head of Business Control & Accounting at the Finnish utility group, Fortum and before that he held various management and analytical roles at GE Capital from 2004-2010.

Mr. Annehed holds a BSc in Business and Economics from Lund University, Sweden.

Mr. Albinsson is a partner and the Head of Asset Management at Alma Property Partners. Mr. Albinsson’s primary roles at Alma Property Partners are to lead the asset management activities and oversee asset value creations strategies. Stefan is responsible for the property development, to manage the asset management partner relationships and ensure the Almas investments comply up the company’s Responsible Investment Policy. He has 24 years of experience in real estate asset management, investments and transactions in the Nordic market. Prior to joining Alma Property Partners, Mr. Albinsson was a fund manager at Niam, a leading Nordic private equity real estate company.

During his seven years at Niam, Mr. Albinsson was the fund manager for two opportunistic Nordic real estate funds with a combined equity capital of €1.5 billion. Mr. Albinsson’s responsibilities were to actively develop the fund strategy, to lead the asset management and property development of the investments under management and to manage the timing and execute the divestment of the fully developed assets. From 2011 to 2016, Mr. Albinsson was the fund manager of Niam Fund IV, a €670 million equity capital fund, where he successfully developed and divested of all the funds properties and oversaw the final winding up of the fund. Under Mr. Albinsson’s management, Niam Fund IV delivered market leading returns with a net leveraged IRR of 15% and an equity multiple of 1.7x. From 2015 to 2018, Mr. Albinsson was the Fund manager of Niam Fund VI, the largest opportunistic real estate fund in the Nordic market at the time with equity capital of €800 million.

From 2007 to 2011, Mr. Albinsson worked as a Senior Transaction Manager at Aberdeen Property Investors and was responsible for acquisition and divestment project management and transaction origination for the Aberdeen real estate funds in Sweden. Prior to 2007, Mr. Albinsson held various investment banking, corporate finance, acquisition and investment management positions at DTZ, Prosper Capital, Lehman Brothers, Arthur Andersen and Nordea.

Mr. Albinsson holds an MSc in Real Estate Economics from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

Mr. Bachmann is an Associate at Alma Property Partners and a part of the real estate investment team in Denmark. Mr. Bachmann’s primary roles at Alma Property Partners are deal sourcing, transaction execution, market research and asset management.

Prior to joining Alma Property Partners, Mr. Bachmann worked for two years at Thylander in Copenhagen. During his time at Thylander, Mr. Bachmann conducted analyses of existing investments and new acquisitions. In addition, Mr. Bachmann worked at Catella Corporate Finance (2020-2021) and Carnegie Investment Bank (2018-2020) while pursuing his full-time studies.

He holds a BSc in International Business and a MSc in Finance and Accounting from Copenhagen Business School.

Ms. Flint is a Finance Manager at Alma Property Partners. She is responsible for the finance and controlling functions of Alma’s business in Denmark. Ms. Flint has 16 years of finance and controlling experience.

Prior to joining Alma, Ms. Flint worked for Danish Ship Finance as a Financial controller, where she was responsible for calculating capital requirements, financial and investor reporting as well as tax reporting. She also served as an employee elected board member. Prior to Danish Ship Finance, she spent five years at Deloitte Denmark as an auditor, focusing on audit of UCITS and Investment Management Companies but also served a broad spectrum of other clients.

Ms. Flint holds a BSc in Economics and Business Administration from Roskilde University.

Mr. Grothe is a Senior Associate at Alma Property Partners and a part of the real estate investment team in Denmark. Mr. Grothe’s primary roles at Alma Property Partners are deal sourcing, transaction process management, transaction execution support, market research and asset management.

Prior to joining Alma Property Partners, Mr. Grothe worked for four and a half years at PwC as an M&A advisor mainly within the real estate sector. During his time at PwC, he worked primarily with real estate clients within the field of mergers, acquisitions, divestments and strategic advisory. Mr. Grothe has been involved in a substantial amount of real estate deals/projects as either a M&A, financial or strategic advisor. His role included day-to-day project management for transaction processes and strategic advisory assignments across all types of real estate segments. Prior to joining PwC, he worked as an investment analyst at Aon.

He holds a MSc in Finance and Investments from Copenhagen Business School.

Ms. Hellström Ängerud is an Associate at Alma Property Partners and a part of the real estate investment team in Sweden. Ms. Hellström Ängerud’s primary roles at Alma Property Partners are deal sourcing, transaction execution, market research and asset management.

Prior to joining Alma Property Partners, Ms. Hellström Ängerud worked for three years at CBRE Global Investors as a Senior Investment Analyst. During her time at CBRE, Ms. Hellström Ängerud conducted analyses of existing investments and new acquisitions, as well as asset management. Prior to joining CBRE, she worked at PwC within the Real Estate Corporate Finance division.

She holds a Msc in Real Estate and Construction Management Finance from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

Mr. Karkkolainen is an Associate at Alma Property Partners and a part of the real estate investment team in Finland. Mr. Karkkolainen’s primary roles at Alma Property Partners are deal sourcing, transaction execution, market research and asset management.

Prior to joining Alma Property Partners, Mr. Karkkolainen worked for three years at CBRE Finland’s Capital Markets team, most recently as an associate. During his time at CBRE, Mr. Karkkolainen focused on advising clients in real estate transactions across various property sectors. Prior to joining CBRE, he worked at Evli’s Corporate Finance team for nearly two years after completing his studies.

He holds a Msc in Economics and Business Administration, Finance from the Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki.

Mr. Landtman is a partner and is responsible for leading investment and asset management activities in Finland for Alma Property Partners. He primarily focuses on deal origination and leading the asset management activities for Alma in Finland. Mr. Landtman has nearly 20 years of experience within real estate private equity, investments and financing. Over the past 10 years he has completed and subsequently managed acquisitions worth more than €500 million in the Finnish market.

Mr. Landtman joined Alma Property Partners in 2016 from eQ Asset Management, a leading Finnish asset manager, where he was responsible for eQ Care, a real estate mutual fund with €450 million of assets under management. Between 2014 and 2016, Mr. Landtman was fully responsible for all aspects of the eQ Care mutual fund including completing investments. During his tenure, the fund grew five-fold from €90 million to €450 million. He was responsible for acquiring almost 90 properties for the fund, including the purchase of a €155 million portfolio.

Prior to eQ, Mr. Landtman worked together with Mr. de Château at Sveafastigheter. From 2010-2014, Mr. Landtman was part of the Finnish investment team at Sveafastigheter that acquired six portfolios with a value of €350 million for Sveafastigheter Fund III.

Prior to Sveafastigheter, Mr. Landtman worked in London for Veronis Suhler Stevenson, a media-focused private equity firm, where he completed equity transactions across Europe from 2006-2010. Before that he spent four years arranging and investing in mezzanine debt mainly in connection with European buyouts at Nordic Mezzanine, a UK-Finnish mezzanine investor.

Mr. Landtman holds a M.Sc (Econ.) from the Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration (Hanken) in Helsinki.

Ms. Luokkanen is a Director, Finance at Alma Property Partners. She is responsible for the finance and controlling functions of Alma’s business in Finland. Ms. Luokkanen has 15 years of real estate finance experience.

Prior to joining Alma, Ms. Luokkanen worked for Avant Capital Partners as a Finance Manager, where she was responsible for Avant´s financial administration, business controlling and investor reporting. Prior to Avant, she spent five years at Aberdeen Asset Management as a Senior Fund Controller focusing on financial reporting of real estate funds. Before that she worked for KPMG as an auditor in the Financial Services division.

Ms. Luokkanen holds a Master of Science degree in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Oulu, majoring in Accounting, and a Master of Science degree in Technology from Aalto University, majoring in Real Estate Management.

Mr. Meric is a partner and is responsible for leading the investment and asset management activities in Denmark for Alma Property Partners. Mr. Meric’s primary roles are deal origination, deal execution and leading the asset management activities in Denmark. He has over 10 years of experience within private equity real estate, investments and portfolio management.

Mr. Meric joined Alma Property Partners from Sampension where he was Senior Portfolio Manager and a key member of the Real Estate & Infrastructure team managing a global portfolio of EUR 2.5bn. The portfolio consisted of listed and unlisted real estate assets mainly in Europe and North America as well as infrastructure assets. During his tenure, Mr. Meric conducted direct transactions worth €600 million. Mr. Meric’s role was portfolio construction & strategy, deal sourcing and execution.

Before joining Sampension, Mr. Meric was an Investment Manager in SF Management, a Danish real estate investment management firm based in Copenhagen and London. During his tenure, he completed investments in Denmark worth €350 million on behalf of various real estate private equity funds and family offices. His main role was deal sourcing, transaction process management and deal execution.

Prior to joining SF Management, Mr. Meric worked as a senior associate for Sadolin & Albæk (now Colliers). He was part of the capital market team working with advisory services in connection with structured sale processes involving property companies, property portfolios and large single properties.

Mr. Meric holds a MSc in Finance and Accounting from Copenhagen Business School.

Mr. Pehrsson is a partner at Alma Property Partners and a part of the real estate investments team. Mr. Pehrsson’s primary roles at Alma Property Partners are to lead the Swedish real estate investments team and to manage deal originations as well as real estate transactions. Mr. Pehrsson has 15 years of experience within real estate investments and management consulting.

Prior to joining Alma Property Partners, Mr. Pehrsson worked for Cromwell Property Group, a leading Australian property investment and funds management group listed in the S&P/ASX 200, where he is leading the investment management activities in the Nordics. During his tenure at Cromwell Property Group, Mr. Pehrsson conducted transactions worth €300 million, including a 27-asset portfolio for €109 million jointly acquired with Goldman Sachs in June 2018.

Prior to Cromwell Property Group, Mr. Pehrsson worked together with Mr. de Château at Sveafastigheter (later renamed to Brunswick Real Estate). From 2008 to 2017, Mr. Pehrsson was part of the investment team and focused on value-add investments, primarily across Sweden and Denmark, and conducted close to 30 transactions for Sveafastigheter Fund III, Fastighets AB Regio (jointly with AP3 – the third Swedish national pension fund) and additional investment mandates. Mr. Pehrsson has additionally served as fund manager for an investment mandate with Partners Group exceeding €700 million in AUM.

Prior to Sveafastigheter, Mr. Pehrsson worked as Management Consultant at Accenture. Between 2006 and 2008 he worked with global clients across multiple industries to improve their profitability primarily via supply chain management projects.

Mr. Pehrsson holds a MSc in Computer Science and Industrial Economics from Lund University, Sweden. Mr. Pehrsson also conducted a scholarship program at the Imperial College London, U.K., specialized in finance and computer science.

Mr. Repton is a Director on the real estate investments team at Alma Property Partners. Mr. Repton’s primary roles at Alma Property Partners are deal sourcing, transaction process management and transaction execution.

Prior to joining Alma Property Partners, he worked as an Investment Manager at Brunswick Real Estate (former Sveafastigheter) for four years. During his time at Brunswick, Mr. Repton conducted transactions in Sweden of a gross asset value of €200m and was involved in the fund raising and set up of the Finnish real estate company Kielo where he conducted transactions of a gross asset value of €400m. Prior to joining Brunswick, he worked as an analyst at RBS Nordisk Renting for two years.

Mr. Repton holds an MPhil in Land Economy from the University of Cambridge and a BSc in Real Estate Finance from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

Mr. Salonen is an Associate at Alma Property Partners and a part of the real estate investment team in Finland. Mr. Salonen’s primary roles at Alma Property Partners are deal sourcing, transaction execution, market research and asset management.

Prior to joining Alma Property Partners, Mr. Salonen worked for two years at CapMan Real Estate in Helsinki as an Investment Analyst. During his time at CapMan Real Estate, Mr. Salonen conducted analyses of new acquisitions and existing investments, as well as asset management plans. Prior to joining CapMan Real Estate, he worked for nearly two years at HLP Corporate Finance in Helsinki.

He holds an M.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration, Finance from the Aalto University School of Business.

Ms. Strandänger is Chief Sustainability Officer of Alma Property Partners. Mrs. Strandänger’s key role at Alma Property Partners is to lead the sustainability strategy implementation, strengthening and improve the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in close collaboration with the Alma organization and stakeholders. She has 10 years of experience from working with sustainability in finance, real estate and other sectors. Prior to her position as CSO for Alma Property Partners, Ms. Strandänger was Head of Sustainability at Magnolia Bostad, Manager for Sustainable Finance Services at KPMG, Sustainability Specialist & Head of Sustainability Ambassadors Forum at Nordea Group’s Sustainable Finance team and Business Developer incorporating ESG issues at Nordea Life & Pensions. 

During her career, she has improved ESG performance in previous roles by setting Science-Based Targets, conducting materiality assessments, incorporating ESG in strategies, implementing climate-related risks within risk frameworks aligned with TCFD, participating in industry initiatives, implementing Green House Gas reporting, contributing to issuing green bonds and working with sustainability reporting.    

Ms. Strandänger has studied Sustainable Finance at the University of Oxford, Social Auditing (SA 8000) at Social Accountability International and holds a BSc in Business and Economics from the Uppsala University.

Mr. Svenbrink is Head of Finance and Controlling at Alma Property Partners. His primary roles are leading the Nordic finance division (including Tax), fund reporting to investors as well as supporting transaction processes with structuring, tax and finance related matters. Mr. Svenbrink has more than 12 years of work experience including approximately 7 years at EY as a certified auditor within the real estate sector from 2011-2017.

He worked primarily with real estate clients including listed companies, private companies and funds, but also conducted client work in the energy, e-commerce and industrial sectors. The role included overall responsibility of the audit process, acting as client contact and audit reporting. Furthermore, during his time at EY, Mr. Svenbrink participated in numerous educational programs within areas such as international accounting, group consolidation and tax. Mr. Svenbrink holds a Master of Science degree in Business Administration, with a major in Accounting, from Uppsala University. He also has experience in IFRS accounting and INREV reporting.

Mr. Wocalewski is a Senior Associate at Alma Property Partners and a part of the real estate investment team in Sweden. Mr. Wocalewski’s primary roles at Alma Property Partners are deal sourcing, transaction process management, transaction execution support, market research and asset management. He has experience within private equity real estate, public equity and management consulting.

Prior to joining Alma Property Partners, Mr. Wocalewski worked at Svenska Handelsbanken (2018-2019), ABG Sundal Collier (2016-2017), and Agenda Retail Group (2014-2016) while pursuing his full-time studies. In addition, Mr. Wocalewski has been a successful track & field athlete representing Sweden in international competitions. Mr. Wocalewski holds a BSc in Business & Economics and a MSc in Finance from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Mr Forslund is a Portfolio Manager at Alma Property Partners. His primary role is to manage and develop the portfolio management process across the organization to ensure that Alma delivers market leading investor and ESG reporting.

Prior to joining Alma Property Partners, Mr Forslund worked for almost seven years at Grosvenor Europe in Stockholm as an Assistant Manager within the Finance and Asset Management team. During his time at Grosvenor Europe, Mr Forslund worked primarily with retail assets and conducted fund level performance analysis of existing investments and new acquisitions, as well as asset management. 

Mr Forslund holds a Master of Science degree in Economics, from Stockholm School of Economics.

Mr. Sjökvist is a Fund Controller at Alma Property Partners and a part of the finance team in Sweden. His primary responsibilities are within financial controlling and investor reporting.

Prior to joining Alma Property Partners, Mr. Sjökvist held a similar position at the real estate private equity firm Areim, working as the designated Fund Controller for their fourth value add fund with €685 million in commitments including co-investment capital. Mr. Sjökvist also has experience from auditing, working as a Senior Associate at KPMG in Sweden, primarily working with clients in the real estate sector.

Mr. Sjökvist holds a BSc in Business and Economics from Uppsala University.

Mrs. Jenny Brännmark works as an Office Manager at Alma Property Partners. She organizes and coordinates administration duties and office procedures for the offices in Stockholm, Helsinki and Copenhagen. Her primary role is to manage the daily office environment and ensuring the smooth running of the Alma offices. She coordinates events and meetings and is the first point of contact for clients, visitors and suppliers.

Prior to Alma, Mrs. Brännmark worked four years at Semrén & Månsson Arkitekter, where she was responsible for running the Stockholm office.  

Prior to Semrén & Månsson Arkitekter, she worked four years as an Office Manager at Tobin Properties.

Mrs Brännmark holds a degree from Berghs School of Communication in advertising, marketing and print production management.