Diligencia Real Estate is led by its founder and owner Mark Zimmermann. He is a graduate in Business Studies (Diplom-Betriebswirt) and an expert in the real estate sector.

In his career so far, Mark Zimmermann has facilitated real estate transactions in Europe worth a total of 750 million Euro and has successfully managed property portfolios worth more than 400 million Euro in Germany and Europe.

Before founding Diligencia Real Estate, Mark Zimmermann was Transaction and Asset Manager at Catella Real Estate AG KAG. While there he led numerous property acquisitions and was responsible for the asset management of a commercial property portfolio in northern Germany and Scandinavia.

As Acquisition Manager at MEAG MUNICH ERGO Asset Management GmbH, Mark Zimmermann supervised the acquisition of a pan-European logistics property portfolio. While working for US real estate fund manager Invesco Real Estate GmbH he was jointly responsible – on site in Munich and in Prague – for property acquisitions in Central and Eastern Europe.

Before starting his professional career, Mark Zimmermann achieved considerable success as a member of the German national fencing team. He was placed in the world rankings and has won the German individual championship and several national team championships.