Martin Rodeck

Biography: Martin Rodeck, Dipl.-Bauingenieur / civil engineer, is Managing Partner of Blacklake Management Partner and was Executive Managing Director of EDGE in Germany. After an apprenticeship (“Stammhauslehre”) at Siemens AG in Berlin and Munich he studied Bauingenieurwesen / Civil Engineering at Technische Universität in Berlin. During his studies he gained intensive experience in Real Estate & Construction Project Management at SMV Bauprojektsteuerung in Berlin and BuroFour in London. Before joining EDGE, he had other professional positions at Siemens Real Estate, IVG Immobilien AG and ECE Projektmanagement. Martin Rodeck sits on the Executive Committee of the ULI Urban Land Institute and has been the ULI Local Chair Berlin since 2019. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the ZIA German Property Federation and, as Chairman of the ZIA Innovation Think Tank, has been responsible for the strategic management of the topic of innovation & digital in the German real estate industry since 2015. He is considered one of the leading experts in the field of "digital transformation" in the real estate industry and supports established companies as well as start-ups with his expertise. Since 2021 he has been sitting a member of the advisory board of BeyondBuild, an investment company for digital business models and products. Nonetheless his core field of experience is project development with its multidimensional challenges in land acquisition, planning & building rights, product design, construction, corporate advisory & leasing as well as financing and capital market transaction.