Kingstone Real Estate appoints new Advisory Board member

Kingstone Real Estate, a Munich-based family-owned investment manager, has appointed Harald Kraus to its Advisory Board.

Harald Kraus

Kraus, a former long-time management board member at Sparkasse Rosenheim-Bad Aibling, will focus on the "Banks and Financial Service Providers" segment of the Advisory Board.
With over 40 years of banking and finance experience, Kraus's expertise includes commercial lending, international business, proprietary trading, and strategic investment management. 
He retired from Sparkasse Rosenheim-Bad Aibling, where he oversaw the commercial loan division and trading operations since 2014. 
Going forward, Kraus will work as an independent consultant. He also has experience as a supervisory board member for organizations such as Bayerische Landesbrandversicherung and the housing association of the Rosenheim district.
Tim Schomberg, the CEO and co-founder of Kingstone Real Estate, said:  “With Harald Kraus, we won a prominent member of the banking sector with a known track record for our Advisory Board who has been our business partner for many years. Given his extensive expertise with regard to the interests of institutional investors and to the requirements of real estate financing in a volatile market environment, he will contribute valuable input to this panel of experts." 
Harald Kraus added: “Between my stints with various savings banks in Southern Germany, I served on the senior management level of Bio-Gate AG, a health technology vendor, for almost nine years. One of my jobs as CFO was to prepare and execute the company’s initial public offering. I’m therefore in the fortunate position to bring the experiences and angles of both sides - bank and business - to the table as I join the Advisory Board of Kingstone Real Estate."
Kingstone Real Estate specializes in real estate investments across the DACH region, Poland, and the Benelux countries, managing roughly €1 bn in real estate assets.