Frankfurt am Main, 22. January 2025 – ING Germany will transfer the responsibility for its commercial real estate financing business to Barkha Mehmedagic (46) on 1 February 2025. The division is part of ING's corporate banking business. The trained bank clerk and banker has been working in the real estate sector for almost 25 years and joins from Commerz Real AG, where she most recently acted as Global Head of Institutional Sales and Group Treasury and Managing Director of COMMERZ REAL Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH. Mehmedagic will report to Mariana Ziemer, Head of Sectors Germany, and Michael Shields, EMEA Head of Real Estate.
Barkha Mehmedagic succeeds Simone Schmidt at ING Germany, who has taken on a new role as Head of Portfolio Management within the bank. In her new role, Mehmedagic will be responsible for the commercial real estate financing business for Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic and will continue to develop it. ING Germany finances various asset classes, including logistics, residential, office and retail properties. ING is one of the world’s leading commercial real estate financiers in the real estate sector with a business portfolio of around EUR 30 billion.
"Barkha Mehmedagic knows the commercial real estate financing market inside out. Her proven expertise and network will help us to further expand this important sector in Germany," says Mariana Ziemer.
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