Sebastian Junghänel joins GTC as COO

Sebastian Junghänel has been appointed by the Supervisory Board of GTC S.A. as Member of the Management Board and Chief Operating Officer (COO), a position he will assume on 2 September 2025. The experienced executive and asset manager will be responsible, among other areas, for implementing the company’s strategy in the German market, where GTC holds a portfolio of 5,200 residential units with a total area of 325,000 sqm.

For over 18 years, Sebastian Junghänel has been active in the commercial and residential real estate sector in Germany and Central and Eastern Europe. He specialises in asset management, strategic and operational planning, and project development, with a strong focus on ESG and innovation. He has successfully led optimisation processes on multiple occasions and has built and scaled international teams.

As Co-Founder and Managing Director of ZEITGEIST Asset Management for over 11 years, he built from scratch a real estate portfolio worth €1 billion, covering residential, office, hospitality, and student housing projects across five CEE countries. Previously, he held senior management positions at the HOCHTIEF Group, where he was responsible for projects in Germany, Austria, Turkey, and the Czech Republic.

He holds degrees in Architecture from the Berlin University of the Arts and in Industrial Engineering & Management from the Technische Universität Berlin, complemented by specialised programs at European and U.S. universities in real estate, business strategy, and architecture.