Andrea Leu will lead Group of Fifteen from July 1st
The association Group of Fifteen gets a new management. The merger of 24 companies in the real estate industry will be headed by Andrea Leu from July 1st. She succeeds the founder of the club, Heinz Specker.
As of July 1st, the Group of Fifteen association will be headed by Andrea Leu. According to a media release from the merger of 24 companies in the real estate industry, the founder of the association, Heinz Specker, is stepping down as Managing Director of the Group of Fifteen after 20 years. He founded the club in 2002 together with Marina de Senarclens. Since then, Specker has established it as an important exchange platform for the Swiss real estate industry.
“Heinz Specker, together with the board, positioned the Group of Fifteen as an important think tank. I will continue his work and take up topics that will have a significant impact on the future of the Swiss real estate industry and discuss their consequences for the industry," Andrea Leu is quoted as saying.
The new managing director is the managing partner of Senarclens, Leu + Partner AG . The communications agency is active in the fields of technology, education and science. According to the press release, Leu is very familiar with the Group of Fifteen. Her agency has been responsible for managing the office since the founding of the Group of Fifteen and she organizes the annual symposium with around 400 participants.
The date for the next symposium is already mentioned in the association's newsletter. The 22nd symposium of the Group of Fifteen will take place on January 25, 2023 in the garden hall of the Kongresshaus Zurich. The motto is: "I commute – therefore I am?!"