Barbara A. Knoflach is Co-Founder of tinyBE gGmbH, a non-profit company with the goal to create an interactive and inspiring field of experimentation and experience for potential living models in the future. From 2015 to 2019 Barbara was Deputy Chief Executive and Global Head of Investment Management of BNP Paribas Real Estate. She was responsible for defining the strategy for the Investment Management business line and leading its effective execution in eight countries: France, Italy, Germany, United-Kingdom, Spain, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands. Under her leadership assets under management grew from € 22bn to € 30bn in Institutional Funds, Retail Funds and Separate Accounts/Mandates. The Retail Funds received several performance awards. Prior to joining BNP Paribas Real Estate, Barbara was CEO of SEB Asset Management AG from 2005 to 2015 and Managing Director of the investment company SEB Investment GmbH since 1999. She oversaw the Global Real Estate activities of the group with Assets under Management of € 12bn invested in over 20 countries on three continents. She was awarded best fund manager in several categories for almost 10 years in a row. Barbara joined SEB Bank in 1994. From 1986 to 1993 she worked for Deutsche Bank thereof five years as analyst in International Project Financing. Barbara has served on several supervisory boards: from 2016 to 2019 as Chair/Member of the board of the Private Equity company HQ Capital, from 2011 to 2016 as Board Member of CA Immo, from 2011 to 2013 as Chair of the Board of TLG Immobilien (appointed by the Ministry of Finance in Germany for the privatization of the company, completed in 2013) and from 2006 to 2013 as Member of the Board of the consulting and research company bulwiengesa. Barbara Knoflach is involved in numerous associations and organizations in the real estate industry. She was Board Member of AFIRE and Trustee of ULI. She is Member of the Executive Committee of ZIA Zentraler Immobilien Ausschuss e.V and Chairwoman of the Advisory Board of IREBS International Real Estate Business School at Regensburg University. Barbara holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Applied Sciences in Mainz. She was elected a fellow of RICS in 2018.