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Management Team
CEO, Management board member
Dr. Stefan Petrikovics
Stefan is the founder & CEO of SMG Holding, as well as founder & CEO of the SMG Recovery Platform. Over his career, Stefan completed in excess of EUR 5bn of transactions.
SMG Holding is a private tech-enabled investment firm with offices in Amsterdam, Berlin and Luxembourg.
Responsibilities for sourcing and execution across Europe.
— Vienna University of Economics and Business
PhD in Law
Theodor Körner Award (awarded by the Austrian president for academic excellence)
CFO, Management board member
George Aase
George is an experienced CFO and non-executive board member in publicly traded real estate firms, having served in listed businesses, under private equity & sovereign wealth ownership.
Amsterdam/Johannesburg listed commercial real estate developer / operator across Europe.
Pan-European developer and operator of large-scale warehouse assets.
Swiss listed Western European real estate group.
1984, Florida State University – BS accounting
2004, Stanford University Executive Management program
COO, Management board member
Liam Doyle
Experienced lodging COO and board member with a track record of validating and converting sites and implement change to develop platforms.
advising and investing in real estate and associated businesses.
Led operations in development of guest satisfaction, opening new locations and increasing profitability.
Led a transforming operation to develop a scalable tech-enabled platform with multiple integrated products. Grew from 8 to 24 sites.
Opened new jurisdictions, developed a pipeline for scaling in Europe and drove bottom line results.
Chief Compliance & Audit Officer, Management board member
Werner Weynand
Seasoned audit and compliance expert, having been with EY for more than three decades.
Management board member
René Geppert
René brings expertise in all aspects of real estate transactions. René is an experienced private equity real estate investor with 13+ years of successful execution track record.
Supervisory Board
Chairman, Supervisory Board member
Anand Tejani
Experienced investor having completed over EUR 25bn of transactions across various asset classes and geographies.
where he helped build TPG’s Real Estate business into a $10bn AUM business, serving on the investment committee and TPG’s European Executive Committee.
formerly Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst.
Supervisory Board member
Paul Johnson
Accomplished Hotel CEO and Director of a listed hotel group. Finalist in E&Y Entrepreneur of The Year.
providing advisory services for European Hotel Investors.
Member of the Executive Committee.
Led start up and through acquisitions grew to 54 hotels, before a sale for c.Eu600m.
Chief Risk Officer
Benoit de Belder
Seasoned risk manager, having been with NN Investment Partners (now Goldman Sachs) for more than 20 years, with a focus on regulatory compliance and risk management.
(EUR 45bn AuM)