Management structure

Apleona's operating business is organized into five business units (BUs). Apleona's headquarters are located in Neu-Isenburg near Frankfurt am Main. The main central functions and competence centers such as Digital Solutions, Green Real Estate and Apleona's energy management are also located there.

Executive Board Apleona Group

Apleona is managed by a 6-member board headed by CEO Dr. Jochen Keysberg and CFO Dr. Georg J. Fronja as well as the three COOs Michael Engel (International FM, ICC), Christian Kloevekorn (Infra Services) and Dr. Gert W. Riegel (integrated and technical FM DACH) and the CTO Dr. Pascal Engel (operational efficiency, innovation, green real estate and digitalization) and advised by an extended management board.

Management Board of Apleona

Dr. Jochen Keysberg FRICS
CEO Apleona Group

Dr. Georg Fronja
CFO Apleona Group

Michael Engel
COO Apleona Group

Dr. Pascal Engel
Chief Transformation Officer

[Translate to English:] Profil Christian Kloevekorn

Christian Kloevekorn
COO Apleona Group

[Translate to English:] Profil Dr. Gert W. Riegel

Dr. Gert W. Riegel
COO Apleona Group

Technical & Integrated FM DACH

The FM Dach BU provides real estate management as well as technical and integrated facility management for Germany (divided into four regions with a total of 16 branches), Austria and Switzerland.
COO Dr. Gert W. Riegel is responsible for the FM Dach BU.

Management

[Translate to English:] Profil Dr. Gert W. Riegel

Dr. Gert W. Riegel
COO Apleona Group

Peter Antic
COO Apleona FM DACH

Holger Stork
Finance Director BU DACH

Michael Dumke
MD Apleona Southwest

Dr. Frank Höning
MD Apleona Südost

Julia Rahner
CEO Apleona Real Estate Management

Michael Rohner
CEO Apleona Switzerland

Sebastian Vröhls
MD Apleona Midwest

Thomas Winter
CEO Apleona Austria

Erich Zanoni
MD Apleona Northeast

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Technical & Integrated FM International

BU FMI provides integrated, technical, infrastructural and commercial services in over 33 countries in the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East, Africa), which are clustered into a total of five regions.
COO Michael Engel is responsible for BU FMI.

Management

Michael Engel
COO Apleona Group

Neukam Andreas
COO Apleona FM International

Douglas Hogg
Finance Director Apleona FM International

Raphael Fainac
CTO Apleona FM International

Silvia Cacciavillani
Regional Head Italy

Ray Casey
Regional Head Northern Europe

Klaus Göthling
Regional Head East and North Africa

Sven Schmid
Regional Head Central Europe

Fabien Volson
CEO Western Europe

Lech Wodecki
Deputy Regional Head Central Europe

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Infrastructural FM

The Infra FM BU provides all services in the areas of cleaning, security, health care and property services in Germany through its regional and branch structure.
COO Christian Kloevekorn is responsible for the Infra FM BU.

Management

[Translate to English:] Profil Christian Kloevekorn

Christian Kloevekorn
COO Apleona Group

Rainer Ehrhardt
MD Apleona Security Services

Jan Störr
MD Apleona Property Services

Christian Müsche
Senior Sales Healthcare

Dr. Tobias Prietzel
MD Apleona Infra Services, Nordwest

Kadir Altintas
MD Apleona Infra Services

Oscar Felsenstein
MD Apleona Security Services

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International Corporate Clients

The ICC BU supports Apleona's key accounts across regional and national borders with integrated FM services based on results-oriented contracts and centralized key account management. The individual accounts are grouped into industry clusters, which means further specialization and even better customer support. COO Michael Engel is responsible for BU ICC.

Management

Michael Engel
COO Apleona Group

Denny Decker
COO Apleona ICC

Yannik Hoffmann
Finance Director ICC

Ralf Bumba
Cluster Head Financial Institutions

Klaus Göthling
Cluster Head Manufacturing & Transportation

Thilo Kälberer
Cluster Head IT & Technology

Jurgen Noyons
Cluster Director Healthcare and Life Sciences

Matthias Kronshage
Cluster Head Parcel, Mail & Logistics


Building Technology & Interior Fit-out

The installation units Apleona Wolfferts and Apleona R&M Innenausbau are combined in BU BTI. Both provide fit-out services for medium-sized and large projects throughout Germany via their network of branches, including in Luxembourg in the area of interior fit-out. CEO Dr. Jochen Keysberg is responsible for BU BTI.

Management

Horst Kever
CEO Apleona Wolfferts Gebäudetechnik

Klaus-Peter Neffgen
CEO Apleona R&M Ausbau

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News & Stories

13 Jan 2026, press release
Apleona is strengthening its position in Ireland with the Tim Kelly Group.

Through this partnership, Apleona Ireland is expanding the range of technical FM services it offers, as well as its capabilities for installing HVAC and electrical systems. CEO Dr Jochen Keysberg announced that Apleona will accelerate its efforts to make further acquisitions, strengthening its European platform across strong European economies by the end of this decade.

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Women@apleona
Apleona Women's Network officially launched

The Apleona network for women, known as 'Women@Apleona', started its activities with a launch event. Twenty-five participants from all business units gathered at the Kranichstein hunting lodge in Darmstadt.

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Expo Real-Panel
Apleona is a partner in the decarbonisation process.

Jennifer Gerigk (Decarbonisation Programme Director at Siemens Real Estate), Grit Liebermann (Head of CREM at Continental AG), Prof. Dr Alexander von Erdély (Spokesperson for the Executive Board at the Federal Agency for Real Estate Tasks) and Dr Jochen Keysberg (CEO). Moderator: André Eberhard (right) from Immobilienmanager.

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23 Sept 2025, press release
Apleona continues to expand Building Technology division

Apleona Wolfferts acquires SEG Group and its 260 technicians working across six sites in North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse, adding electrical engineering and HVAC to its range of services. Apleona is now a comprehensive full-service outfitter and decarbonisation partner for building technology and operations.

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Sustainability Report 2024 published
Making sustainable responsibility visible

For the fourth consecutive year, Apleona has demonstrated a reduction in emissions from vehicles, buildings and business travel per euro of revenue. Savings achieved through green real estate solutions at customer sites are 2.3 times higher than Apleona's direct emissions.

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Quality ranking
Apleonas Property Management takes the top spot

In the 2025 competence ranking of property managers in Germany by the management consultancy Bell, Apleona Real Estate Management took first place in the ‘large offices’ category.

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