Team

Lars Almquist
Chairman of the Board

Lars has many years of experience in finance and real estate from Stockholm, Brussels and London. He has held senior positions within CBRE (Sweden), as Nordic Head of Research & Consulting at JLL and as Sweden CEO and Nordic Business Development Manager for Barings Real Estate (formerly Cornerstone), one of the world’s largest real estate investors. Lars has previously worked at the Moderates’ party office and has held various political positions of trust.

+46 (0)70 720 86 74 lars.almquist@wakip.se

Rolf Dickson Könberg
Senior Partner

Rolf has many years of experience in municipal decision-making processes and real estate development projects, including as chairman of the board of Svenska Bostäder, business area manager at Centrumutveckling, head of Sweden for Cornerstone’s real estate fund Nordic Retail Fund and as an advisor to real estate investors in housing, offices and community real estate. Rolf has previously held several positions of trust for the Moderates in Sundbyberg, Solna and Stockholm municipality, where he was a member of the Municipal Board.

+46 (0)70 777 23 77 rolf.konberg@wakip.se

Richard Hellmark
Senior Partner

In the role of strategist and advisor, Richard has many years of experience in helping his clients succeed in a range of projects within housing, real estate and sustainable urban development issues. Richard also acts as an advisor to municipal decision-makers regarding real estate development projects. He has many years of experience in politics, municipal decision-making processes, public decision-making and understanding the importance of nurturing/developing new relationships with relevant decision-makers.

+46 (0)70 193 77 00 richard.hellmark@wakip.se


Mikael Aklint
Senior consultant

Mikael has many years of experience in planning, land and development projects and is well acquainted with the municipal decision-making process with a bearing on detailed planning and implementation. He has held several leading public positions in the area of urban planning in Järfälla and Täby, among others, and also has experience from the private developer side within the Skanska Group. Mikael is a civil engineer (civil engineering) from KTH.

+46(0) 70 452 72 52 mikael.aklint@wakip.se

Gergana Almquist, Ph.D.
Senior Analyst

Gergana holds a Ph.D in European Innovation Policy from Copenhagen Business School and a Masters in Business (Dipl.Kff.) from Universität zu Köln, Germany. Her professional experience includes roles as an investment analyst at Aberdeen Real Estate Fund Managers in Copenhagen and as a private investor and senior equity analyst in Stockholm. She possesses expertise in asset modelling, valuation, investment management, and business development. Gergana is fluent in six European languages.

+46 (0)76 313 25 44 gergana.almquist@wakip.se


Marianne Reimers
Member of the board

Marianne is chief physician at Stockholm Hospital and conducts research at Karolinska Institute. She is a senior physician in geriatrics. Marianne has previous experience as a board member in STIM and Swedbank Västerort. Marianne has run a music publishing house and worked as a journalist on Svenska Dagbladet’s editorial page. She has also been president of Stockholm University’s student union.

+46 (0)70 421 73 96 marianne.reimers@wakip.se