Our story

IMMO is Europe’s first technology-led residential real estate platform, designed to create quality portfolios of existing single-family rental (SFR) housing at speed and scale.

We’ve built a unique end-to-end solution, providing institutional partners with sourcing, acquisition, portfolio management, lettings and property management, enabling them to drive performance and maximise returns.

Founded in 2017, we have assembled an experienced team of 150+ which includes successful entrepreneurs and industry leaders with expertise from McKinsey, Goldman Sachs, Blackstone, Uber, HSBC, Amazon, Procter & Gamble, BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, Google and many more.

We have an established presence in the UK, Germany, Spain, and India and have been awarded “Tech Pioneer” by the World Economic Forum.

Our Leadership Team

We’re committed to making IMMO a great place to work, for ourselves and our investors.

Senior Leadership

Hans-Christian Zappel
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer
Hans-Christian Zappel
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer
Hans-Christian is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of IMMO. He is an entrepreneur, investment professional, venture and distress specialist, and an award-winning innovator. Prior to starting IMMO, Hans-Christian co-founded Knomi, a London-based retail technology startup that revolutionised the in-store shopping experience for customers of brick-and-mortar retailers. In 2016, Hans-Christian was recognised by Forbes as ’30 under 30’ for his role as a leading entrepreneur and commerce innovator. Before Knomi, Hans-Christian worked as an investment professional covering distressed investing, restructuring and M&A.
Avinav Nigam
Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer
Avinav Nigam
Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer
Avinav is the Co-founder and Chief Operating officer of IMMO, where he oversees the business, technology, and organisation. He has over 16 years of experience in building industry-leading tech companies, and has previously held leadership positions at Procter & Gamble and Walt Disney. Avinav has multi-sector experience in scaling high performance organisations from scratch to several thousands of staff.
Samantha Kempe
Co-founder & Chief Investments Officer
Samantha Kempe
Co-founder & Chief Investments Officer
Samantha is the Co-founder and Chief Investments Officer at IMMO. She has over 16 years of real estate experience and is a Chartered Surveyor, MRICS in Real Estate Finance and Investment. In 2010, she was fast-tracked to one of PwC’s youngest managers in their Business Recovery team before moving into private equity at The Blackstone Group. Her real estate acumen includes investment analysis, execution of both value-add asset management and workout strategies of direct real estate, and real estate loans for institutional investors. Samantha holds a MSc in Real Estate Investment (Distinction) from Kingston University and an MBA from London Business School.
Arik Benzino
Chief Commercial Officer
Arik Benzino
Chief Commercial Officer
Arik Benzino is Chief Commercial Officer at IMMO. He is an entrepreneur, operator, executive, and investor. Arik has over 20 years of experience in Real Estate & high growth technology companies. Prior to Immo He was President at Alfred, the leading resident management platform for multifamily in the US. Before Alfred, Arik served as Regional President and COO at WeWork, where he oversaw WeWork’s business across the US, Canada, and Israel.At WeWork, Arik 5X the region revenues in 2 years to a peak of $1.8B and 5X the membership base to 400K+. Arik was the Founder and CEO of Elbit Trade & Retail, which brought brands such as The Mango, Gap, Old Navy, and Banana Republic to Israel, Eastern Europe, and India.
Hima Mandali
Chief Technology Officer
Hima Mandali
Chief Technology Officer
Hima is a senior technology executive with repeated success scaling and building A+ teams in the development of proprietary technology and transforming business performance. Hima is exceptionally skilled in design of innovative architecture standards, technology platforms and utilising data to create competitive advantage through in-house products. His two most recent significant tenures include Solarisbank AG driving 10x growth and €100+ million revenue in 3 years; and as a senior executive at CapitalOne creating proprietary fintech products. What sets Hima apart is his ability to understand where tech can transform the value chain enhancing customer experience, whilst minimising demand for human intervention. Hima holds 7 technology patents and a masters degree in Robotics from TU Dortmund, Germany.
Thomas Fuehrich
Chief Legal Officer
Thomas Fuehrich
Chief Legal Officer
Thomas is the Chief Legal Officer at IMMO and a founding member of the company with extensive knowledge of German real estate law and European financial regulation. He is a qualified lawyer in Germany, England and Wales with over 10 years of international private law and regulatory experience. Before IMMO, he was the Head of Regulatory and Financial Compliance at Raisin GmbH and acted as counsel for Volterra Fietta, a boutique law firm specialising in International Law and Dispute Resolution. Previously, Thomas was a Research Fellow at Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg & St. Catherine’s College, University of Oxford.
Lasse Christensen
Chief of Staff
Lasse Christensen
Chief of Staff
Lasse is Chief of Staff at IMMO and a founding member. He is responsible for IMMO’s Strategy and Growth efforts while also managing Data and Market Intelligence. Previously, Lasse was Director at the Digital Agency Lion & Lion, responsible for winning and managing significant accounts like Google, L’Oreal and Nestle while building a successful analytics and marketing function. Before this, Lasse worked as a management consultant at QVARTZ (part of Bain & Company), conducting strategy projects across Scandinavia and Germany.
Ali Hararwala
Head of Product
Ali Hararwala
Head of Product
Ali is the Head of Product at IMMO, building technology for customers, users and partners across the business. Ali has over 18 years of cross-functional experience in commodities, healthcare, travel, and finance having built products and processes working in business and technology roles across 5 continents. Prior to joining IMMO, Ali founded a market-first aggregator for decentralized protocols on the ethereum blockchain.

Capital Markets Leadership

Ruediger Kimpel
Independent Director to the Board
Ruediger Kimpel
Independent Director to the Board
Ruediger is an Independent Director to the Board at IMMO. Having worked previously at Corestate Capital, JP Morgan and Blackrock he has built a strong business relationship with institutional investors globally. With over 25 years in Sales Management he also has been responsible for valuations and portfolio management at Luxembourg AIFMs and is an accredited Director at the Luxembourg and German Banking authorities (CSSF and BaFin).
Mariyam Dahodwala
Head of Strategic Finance
Mariyam Dahodwala
Head of Strategic Finance
Mariyam is Head of Strategic Finance at IMMO with over 10 years of investment banking and capital raising experience. Having previously worked at Goldman Sachs, Mariyam has advised blue chip companies and founder-led startups on M&A and capital raising transactions worth over $20+ billion. Mariyam has extensive experience in executing capital raising transactions including investor targeting, positioning, marketing, valuation & structuring, diligence and final deal negotiations.
Alex Dyroff
Head of Capital Markets
Alex Dyroff
Head of Capital Markets
Alex Dyroff is Head of Capital Markets at IMMO. He joined IMMO from Divvy Homes, a $2 billion US-based property-technology startup that buys homes on behalf of renters and helps them become homeowners. Before Divvy, Alex was an investment banker at Barclays for more than a decade, where he covered a variety of industries in leveraged finance and high yield syndicate in New York and London. Alex holds a bachelor’s degree with honors from Williams College, where majored in Economics and History and was captain of the alpine ski team.
Max Rodman
Head of Investment Strategy
Max Rodman
Head of Investment Strategy
Max is Head of Investment Strategy at IMMO, in which capacity he leads the formation of investment theses and programs in close collaboration with the market intelligence team. Prior to IMMO, Max spent 7 years at Round Hill Capital, where he worked across real estate, operational and venture investment platforms, with a focus on residential operational assets. Max’s Max holds a BA with Distinction from Yale University and an MBA from INSEAD.

Operations Leadership

Moritz Heck
Country Manager, Germany
Moritz Heck
Country Manager, Germany
Moritz is leading the operational business across sourcing, refurbishment, lettings and property management of IMMO’s portfolios in Germany. Prior, Moritz excelled at launching digital ventures and growing agile organizations to deliver innovation through both, consumer and business serving digital product portfolios. With 15+ years of management experience across the travel, retail, energy and automotive industry some of his previous roles include serving as a digital product manager with McKinsey, or as CFO and COO with the fintech start-up Stocard (mobile wallet application excited to Klarna for 113.Mio). Moritz holds an MBA and a Master in Advanced Finance from IE Business School in Spain.
Ángel Araujo
Country Manager, Spain
Ángel Araujo
Country Manager, Spain
Ángel leads our efforts in Spain. With an almost 20 year career working in high demanding roles across investment banking, technology companies, and executive roles in well-known startups, he has managed investment, product, data, strategy and sales teams. After having worked in companies such as Google and Booking.com, his background of dealing and building relationships have given him a unique knowledge for contributing to a company’s growth of any size or industry. All in all, Ángel has a deep understanding of the skills the company needs for ensuring his team delivers what our stakeholders need yet never forgetting the IMMO mission. Ángel also holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Universidad de Navarra.
Charlie Pushman
Head of Finance
Charlie Pushman
Head of Finance
Charlie is the Head of Finance at IMMO, with over 14 years of experience in finance and operations. This includes 5 years in investment banking (specialising in structured trade products) and 2 years as a commercial advisor at the Cabinet Office, helping structure and launch a pan-Government public-private joint venture Charlie has been specialising in residential real estate for a number of years, including advising UK local authorities on how to scale their residential portfolios for social housing. Charlie holds an MBA from London Business School and is a CFA Charterholder.
Ashita Sharma
Head of Process & Experience
Ashita Sharma
Head of Process & Experience
Ashita heads Process Excellence & Customer Experience at IMMO and is focussed on building Global Capabilities. She has over 10 years of experience working for fast growing start ups and helping them scale efficiently. Her expertise lies in building processes & products that keep the customer at forefront and ensure sustainable growth. Prior to joining IMMO, Ashita has worked at CARS24 and Deloitte.
Carthage Murphy
Head of Asset Services
Carthage Murphy
Head of Asset Services
Carthage Murphy is the Head of Asset Services at IMMO. He is an architect, having previously worked with David Chipperfield (2023 Pritzker Prize winner), operator and process optimiser. He leads the technical diligence and renovation of IMMO homes. With 10+ years’ experience in architecture, real estate private equity, and management consulting he ensures that we keep the quality, cost and timelines of our developments as we scale. Carthage holds a masters in Architecture from UL, and an MBA from INSEAD.
Dawid Baranowski
Head of Marketing
Dawid Baranowski
Head of Marketing
Dawid is the Head of Marketing at IMMO. Dawid has over 10 years of cross-functional experience in real estate and proptech, having built sales and operations functions, as well as leading product development and design in previous roles. Prior to joining IMMO, Dawid founded a market-leading lettings and real estate advisory firm in Italy; and created a property management platform with a Seedcamp-backed startup.

We manage the entire real estate value chain from end-to-end

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We have offices in the UK, Germany, Spain, and India.

150+

Strong team, made up of diverse cultures with one single mission.

$2.5bn

In capital commitments to deploy strategically across Europe.

Where you’ll find us

UK office

2H Woodstock Studios
36 Woodstock Grove
London, W12 8LE
United Kingdom

Hamburg office

Waterloohain 9
22769 Hamburg
Germany

Cologne office

Friesenplatz 4
50672 Cologne
Germany

Spain office

Calle de Lagasca, 135,
28006 Madrid
Spain

Chennai office

428 Workafella, Level 4 Tower A, Rattha TEK Meadows Rajiv Gandhi Salai (OMR),
Sholinganallur Chennai, 600119
India

Gurgaon office

Awfice, 6th Floor, Ambiance Mall, Ambiance Island
DLF Phase III Sector 24
Gurgaon Haryana, 122022
India

In line with our commitment to sustainability, IMMO is a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment and is a corporate member of the Urban Land Institute.

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