Josef Filser

Josef Filser has taken over as Head of Hospitality Germany at Cushman & Wakefield. In this new role, he is responsible for all transactions and lettings as well as strategic advisory mandates for the international real estate consultancy's Hospitality division in Germany. The 36-year-old reports to Alexander Kropf, Head of Capital Markets Germany at C&W, and succeeds Stefan Giesemann, who has left the company.

The proven hotel expert has more than ten years' experience in hotel consulting and joined C&W in 2020. He spent eight years with JLL first in London and then, for five years, in Munich.

Josef, a graduate of the renowned EHL Hospitality Business School, recently conducted the sale of a Munich B&B hotel with 135 rooms by Al Zayani Investments, Bahrain, to Abrdn Investments Germany for C&W on the seller's side. He also advised on the acquisition of Bierwirth & Kluth Hotel Management, one of the leading hotel operators in the DACH region, by the Borealis Hotel Group.