Karim Esch joined the management board of Union Investment Real Estate GmbH on 1 July 2025. He is responsible for investment management. Before being appointed to the management board of Union Investment Real Estate GmbH, he was authorised signatory and then managing director for institutional client business at the relevant sister company, Union Investment Institutional Property GmbH. He has many years of experience in the real estate fund business. Karim Esch joined Union Investment in 2011.