Dirk Popielas
Managing Partner
Actuary (DAV)
Dirk has over 35 years of experience in life and pension insurance. He was Managing Partner and CIO of a life insurance run-off platform in Germany, 15 years as Managing Director in insurance asset management and investment banking at Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Natixis, and CEO Germany of Sedgwick Noble Lowndes and Mercer.
Anja Nieberding
Managing Director
Anja has 25 years of experience in financial services with focus on asset management. Most recently, she was Managing Director at Goldman Sachs and prior to that Country Head Germany for NN Investment Partners. Previously she worked for Vontobel Asset Management, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank.
Michael Kutzer
Chief Actuarial and Risk Officer
Actuary (DAV)
Michael has over 25 years of experience in life and financial reinsurance. Most recently, he was the Head of Germany for SCOR Global Life. Before that he set up the pension reinsurance business for Munich Re in the UK.
Sebastian Stehling, CFA
Head of Investments
Sebastian has over 15 years of experience in asset management and consulting. He was Head of Outsourced Asset Management at Prime Capital, where he was responsible for the holistic construction & management of run-off portfolios in liquid and illiquid investments. Prior to that, he worked for Mercer Germany in the area of investment consulting for institutional investors.
Dr. Wolfgang Zauner
Senior Advisor Origination
Wolfgang has 26 years of experience in corporate banking with focus on global client relationship management and business development in capital markets, structured finance and asset management. Most recently, he was active as Co-Founder and Investor in the FinTech space, and before that 20 years in corporate and investment banking at J.P. Morgan and Bank of America in London, New York and Frankfurt.
Isabella Üfler
Vice President
Isabella has been with DBR since 2020. She has many years of experience in the analysis, valuation and structuring of complex pension buyout transactions.
Previously, she worked in Financial Services Audit at KPMG and at Prime Capital AG. She holds an M.Sc. in Accounting & Finance.
Steffen Veit
Vice President
Steffen is a business lawyer (LL.M.) and has over 6 years of experience in the field of SPA & Dispute Advisory, with a focus on the contractual drafting of pricing-relevant matters in M&A transactions and related disputes. Most recently he worked as a manager in Transaction Services at Deloitte.
Alessa Eigenseer
Executive Assistant
Alessa has almost 20 years of experience in management assistance, including finance, IT and management consulting.
Most recently, she worked for 6 years as a management assistant in a private equity owned industrial services company.
Nancy Kabisch
Finance Manager
Nancy has over 20 years of experience in finance and the real estate industry. She is a certified accountant and real estate economist (GdW).
Most recently, she worked as a managing director or board member in various companies in the Rhine-Main region.
Aurora Schneider
Associate – Junior Actuary Longevity/Pensions
Aurora is a mathematician and a certified pension specialist (DVA). She worked for seven years in actuarial consulting, focusing on the preparation of actuarial reports. Most recently, she was employed at AXA Konzern AG in Wiesbaden, and prior to that at compertis GmbH, a partner of R+V Versicherung.
Dr. Wolf Becke
Chairman of the Advisory Board
Wolf was CEO of Hannover Life Re, and Executive Board member of the Hannover Re Group for 20 years, and has over 30 years of experience in life and health reinsurance internationally. He is a Board member and advisor to several international life and reinsurance companies.
Joachim Menke
Vice Chairman of the Advisory Board
Joachim is the chief representative of the Duke of Croÿ and his family, and Managing Director of the Duke of Croÿ’s administration. He held executive and senior management positions in the agriculture trade, logistics and industry with Agravis, Champagne Céreales and Deutsche Cargill.
Hans D. Ohlrogge
Member of the Advisory Board
Hans was CEO of IBM Pensionskasse and IBM Pensionsfonds, and for 20 years an Executive Board member of all IBM pension corporations in Germany. Previously, he held several senior management positions at IBM, including Head of Internal Audit Central Europe and Chief of Staff Treasury Germany. He is a Board member and advisor to several companies and organisations.
Kai Kaufhold
Member of the Advisory Board, Actuary (DAV)
Kai is Managing Director of Ad Res Advanced Reinsurance Services, an actuarial consulting firm specializing in longevity risk. Previously Kai was Partner and Head of Longevity & Prediction Consulting at NMG Consulting and Managing Director at Manulife Reinsurance.
Tanja Gharavi
Advisor, Asset Management
Tanja was CIO and Executive Board member of Hamburger Pensionsverwaltung and several pension funds including Hamburger Pensionskasse and Hamburger Pensionsrückdeckungskasse. She has 35 years of experience in institutional asset management.
Dr. Thomas Bloch
Senior Advisor
Thomas has 20 years of experience in financial services with focus on corporate finance/M&A as well as wealth and asset management. Most recently, he spent six years as Co-CEO and CFO of a digital wealth manager, and before that eight years in investment banking at J.P. Morgan.
Prior to his current role as Senior Advisor, Thomas was co-founder and Managing Partner of DBR Holding.