About

Real estate company Corpus Sireo employs 560 staff in Germany and Luxembourg and administers retail and residential properties with a total value of €16.5bn. As Managing Director (HR and Legal Affairs), Bernd Wieberneit is a lawyer displaying ‘outstanding legal skills, who in legally and commercially complex situations manages to lead internal and external teams in a calm manner’, say observers. The market agrees that ‘his ability to judge quickly and the capability to make decisions in a pragmatic and efficient way’ have fuelled the company’s success. In his role, Wieberneit has initiated several structural changes, among them the introduction of target agreements as part of the pay package as well as goals for times of presence and training and legal meetings with the operational units on site. Previous career highlights include setting up the legal department, setting up new operational units domestically and abroad, and the challenge to gain permission for an innovative funds product; in his position, he particularly enjoys the freedom to shape and create things. External advisors should be ‘closer to their clients’.