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Pantera

Real estate is our passion

Professional support for developers and investors

Pantera AG is a subsidiary of Nexity, the leading real estate developer and service provider in France. Our expertise ranges from land acquisition and securing planning permission to turnkey project development as well as customized services for third parties.

Our goal: excellent execution of real estate projects

Our expertise – in use throughout Germany

With years of experience as a real estate developer on the German market, our DNA is technical, but our mandate goes beyond development: we translate operational expertise into investment performance. Since our founding in Cologne in 2009, we have gained valuable experience throughout Germany and expanded our know-how in a wide variety of real estate segments. With an interdisciplinary team at our offices in Cologne and Berlin, we operate nationwide.

Monument protection

The revitalisation of listed, historic buildings – especially for conversion into high-quality residential properties.

Operator properties

Student housing and micro-apartments.

Urban districts

The development of mixed-use districts comprising offices, retail and residential buildings.

Trust & Oversight

Our Supervisory Board

Fabrice Aubert Pantera

Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Fabrice Aubert

Hans-Gerd H. Jauch

Member of the Supervisory Board

Hans-Gerd H. Jauch

About Us – Pantera

Member of the Supervisory Board

Carl-Emmanuel Panhard

Prof. Dr. Thomas Zacher

Member of the Supervisory Board

Prof. Dr. Thomas Zacher

Fabrice Aubert is General Secretary of Nexity and has had a varied career. He began as an auditor at the Conseil d’État (French Council of State) and later served as an adviser in various ministries. From 2017 to 2019, he worked in the cabinet of President Emmanuel Macron. At Nexity, he held several positions before becoming General Secretary in 2019. Since February 2022, he has also been a member of the board of pantera AG. Fabrice Aubert is a graduate of ENA, the Institut d’études politiques de Paris and Columbia University, and an alumnus of the University of Chicago. He is also a member of the Conseil d’État.

Hans-Gerd H. Jauch, attorney at law, has worked as a bankruptcy and insolvency administrator and in restructuring advisory since 1995. As a founding partner of GÖRG Rechtsanwälte, he built up an insolvency administration department there. Since 2019, he has been Managing Partner of Jauch Dahl Linnenbrink Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, which specialises in restructuring (corporate and real estate law / litigation). He has been a member of the Supervisory Board since July 2022.

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Prof. Dr. Thomas Zacher is an attorney, certified specialist in tax law and in banking and capital markets law, and a tax adviser. He heads the Cologne law firm Zacher+Partner and lectures in business law and management at the Fachhochschule der Wirtschaft in Bergisch Gladbach. He has been a member of the Supervisory Board since pantera AG was founded in 2009.

Lise-Marie Bechmann

Member of the Supervisory Board

Lise-Marie Bechmann

Lise-Marie Bechmann gained over 12 years of experience at Franco-German law firms in Paris, specializing in advising German companies in France. For the past three years, she has worked in the international legal department of Nexity SA, where she is responsible for international legal matters. Her expertise and dedication led to her appointment as a member of the Supervisory Board of pantera AG in September 2023.
Lise-Marie Bechmann, a lawyer, studied business and criminal law at the University of Clermont-Ferrand, France. She furthered her education with a Master's degree in International Business Relations from the universities of Freiburg and Créteil.

The minds behind Pantera AG

Our Management Board

Valérie Bensiek

Chairwoman of the Management Board

Valérie Bensiek

Andrea Jahn

Member of the Management Board / CFO

Andrea Jahn

Valérie Bensiek is German-French and has been Chairwoman of the Management Board (CEO) of Pantera AG since 2025. She holds a degree in business administration and an MBA. She began her career in management consulting before taking on various leadership positions in the travel and tourism sector, including as Managing Director for Germany at the French travel provider Club Med. Since 2018, she has held senior roles in the real estate industry, particularly in operating real estate (including student housing and senior living). In 2023, Valérie Bensiek was appointed French Foreign Trade Advisor (“Conseillère du Commerce Extérieur”) and in this honorary role contributes to strengthening Franco-German economic relations.

Andrea Jahn is an experienced finance professional with more than 15 years of experience in the German real estate sector. She earned her master’s degree in economics at the renowned Corvinus University of Budapest. She began her career in auditing before moving into the real estate industry. For twelve years, she worked for GSG mbH, a company of the CPI Group and a leading provider of office and commercial space in Berlin. She then moved to Sirius Real Estate, a listed company specialising in industrial real estate, where she headed the Financial Controlling department. Since 2024, Andrea Jahn has served as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of pantera AG, and since 2025 she has been a member of the company’s Management Board.

Our Team

Artur Bartholomäus

Artur Bartholomäus

Gabi Bohlem

Gabi Bohlem

Georg Zintzen

Georg Zintzen

Houssein Yazdi

Developer

Houssein Yazdi

Pavananthan Ponnambalam

Pavananthan Ponnambalam

Petra Peine

Petra Peine

Morteza Siakali

Morteza Siakali

Carla Gebert

Carla Gebert

Julia Wendler

Julia Wendler

Kristina Vogeler

Kristina Vogeler

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Expertise at your side

Whether buying, selling, planning or developing – we support you with expertise and passion. Discover our first-class real estate projects or learn more about our tailored services, from land acquisition and securing planning permission to planning, consulting and turnkey delivery. Let’s make your vision a reality together!