Management team

Senior Operating Board

James Cornell

James Cornell

Chairman and CEO

James Cornell has a significant track record in financial services, technology and data. At the age of 31, he founded Lowell, a focused credit management start-up, which became one of the largest pan-European players in its sector, with more than 5,000 employees. After 16 years as CEO of Lowell, Cornell worked from 2019 to 2022 as an Operating Partner in the private equity industry.
Jaime Churruca

Jaime Churruca

CFO and M&A

Jaime Churruca has a degree in Business Administration and Management from the Autonomous University of Madrid and the Copenhagen Business School. He worked for 12 years in the Deals area of the consultancy firm PwC. Since 2016, he held different positions in the residential developer Vía Célere until he joined Tinsa in 2023.  

Teresa Coelho

Teresa Coelho

Global People & Sustainability Officer

Teresa Coelho has more than 20 years dedicated to Human Resources. Prior to joining Tinsa in 2023, Teresa was partner in charge of HR at KPMG in Spain and Andorra. She has also been HR Director at Amazon Spain and Italy, and she has hold various roles at Barclays Bank in Portugal, Iberia, Continental Europe and UAE.

Juan José Hernández

Juan José Hernández

Managing Director Latin America, Southern Europe and Corporate Services

Juan José Herández holds a degree in Law from the University of Extremadura and a master’s degree in Human Resources Management from IE. He was the director of Human Resources and Labour Relations for the Grupo Norte for four years. He began working at Tinsa in 2003 as HR director.
Ramón Mateos

Ramón Mateos

CIO

Ramón Mateos joined in Tinsa in 2014. He has worked for over 10 years as Chief Information Officer (CIO) in multinational companies, and has ample experience in the e-commerce and online travel sectors.
José Antonio Hernández

José Antonio Hernández

Chairman of Tinsa España

He joined Tinsa in 1995 as an external appraiser. After more than 20 years as Technical director of the company, he took over the general management of Tinsa España in May 2017. He was appointed executive chairman in April 2022.

Johan Drost

Johan Drost

Managing Director of Troostwijk

Johan Drost started at Troostwijk Group in 2021. He has held various board and management positions within the banking industry. His latest role before joining Tinsa was interim director within the BKR Foundation. 
Matthias Knabe

Matthias Knabe

Managing Director of on-geo

Matthias Knabe is a computer scientist. Previously he was managing director of a web and media design company. Matthias joined on-geo in 2011 and worked as a sales manager.

Nikolaus Persch

Nikolaus Persch

Managing Director of Persch Consult GmbH Chartered Surveyors

Nikolaus Persch is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS) and a HypZert (F ) certified valuer. He holds a diploma as a real estate economist (ADI). Since 2014 he is acting as a CEO for Persch Consult Chartered Surveyors.

José Rivera

José Rivera

Director of Digital Strategy and Transformation

Computer Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and MBA from IE Business School. He was founder of the online travel agency Rumbo, where he acted as CIO and General Manager.  He has held various management positions at Amadeus, Carrefour and Alterna. He joined Tinsa in 2022.

Luis Madeira

Luis Madeira

Value Creation Director

Civil Engineer and MBA, Luis Madeira has an extensive career as a strategy consultant and in executive positions in Financial Services and Real Estate. He has worked in companies such as PwC, Bain & Company and Mutua Madrileña. Luis joined Tinsa in 2022.

Europe Executive Team

Germany

Germany

Netherlands

Belgium

Matthias Knabe

Matthias Knabe

Managing Director of on-geo

Matthias Knabe is a computer scientist. Previously he was managing director of a web and media design company. Matthias joined on-geo in 2011 and worked as a sales manager.

Management Team

 
Nikolaus Persch

Nikolaus Persch

Managing Director of Persch Consult GmbH Chartered Surveyors

Nikolaus Persch is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS) and a HypZert (F ) certified valuer. He holds a diploma as a real estate economist (ADI). Since 2014 he is acting as a CEO for Persch Consult Chartered Surveyors.

Management Team

Johan Drost

Johan Drost

Managing Director of Troostwijk

Johan Drost started at Troostwijk Group in 2021. He has held various board and management positions within the banking industry. His latest role before joining Tinsa was interim director within the BKR Foundation.  

Luk Van Meenen

Luk Van Meenen

Managing Director of Troostwijk Roux Expertises

Master in Law & Criminolgy, Worked for high level international insurers and joined Troostwijk in 1993. Founding and managing partner of Troostwijk-Roux Expertises after MBO since 1997. Besides management, active as rics registered valuer and has a recognition of the Belgian Financial authorities (FMSA). Is also active as Business Interruption specialist and is lector for education of insurance brokers.

Management Team

Portugal

Italy

José Morgado

José Morgado

Managing Director of PVW Tinsa

José Morgado is a civil engineer. He founded PVW in 2003. José has been CEO and administrator in property development companies, director and manager of property investment funds and administrator of finance companies belonging to banks. He is a CMVM-certified valuer and associated member of the Portuguese Association of Engineering Evaluations.
Rolando Fritzsching

Rolando Fritzsching

Managing Director of Roux Italia

Rolando Fritzsching has a degree in Aerospace Engineering, started working as a valuer both in Plant & Machinery and Real Estate since 2000. In 2008 became the technical director of Roux Italy. He is accredited as MRICS and in 2018 he also assumed the role of CEO at Roux Italia.

Spain Executive Team

Jose Antonio Hernández

Jose Antonio Hernández

Chairman of Tinsa Spain

He joined Tinsa in 1995 as an external appraiser. After more than 20 years as Technical director of the company, he took over the general management of Tinsa España in May 2017. He was appointed executive chairman in April 2022.

Management Team

Manuel Suárez

Manuel Suárez

Managing Director at DataCentric

With a degree in Physical Sciences from the Madrid Universidad Autónoma, Manuel has been in management positions in the fields of Big Data and Business Intelligence for over 20 years in companies such as Experian and Arvato. He joined DataCentric in 2014 as Operations Manager and later, Chief Data Officer. He has been Managing Director since July 2020.
José Antonio López

José Antonio López

Managing Director of Taxo

Graduate in Building Engineering from the Coruña University and Technical Architecture from the Valencia Polytechnical University. He has held different positions at Tinsa as director for Spanish sales and regional director for East and South Spain. In 2017, he became Managing Director of Taxo Valoración. 
Yolanda Prieto

Yolanda Prieto

Managing Director at Balkide

Architect by the University of the Basque Country, in 1998 she joined Balkide (former LKS Tasaciones) as an appraiser. She later held the positions of Head of Internal Training, Technical Manager, Head of Quality and Head of the Mortgage Appraisal Area. Since 2005 she has formed part of the company’s Management Committee, which in 2020 became part of the Tinsa group.

America Executive Team

 Jesús Ramón Orozco

Jesús Ramón Orozco

Managing Director of Tinsa México

Jesús Ramón Orozco de la Fuente joined Tinsa Mexico in 2004 after two years in the company’s Spanish offices. Married with two children, Jesús Ramón Orozco was head of valuations until his appointment as director of Mexican operations in February 2017.
Felipe García

Felipe García

South LatAm Managing Director

With an architect’s degree from the Andrés Bello University, Felipe García has a postgraduate degree in Preparation and Assessment of Property Projects from the University of Chile. He has worked in companies involved in property consultancy. In 2009 he joined Tinsa Chile where he became Managing Director in 2015.

Patricia Segarra

Patricia Segarra

Managing Director of Tinsa Ecuador

She has held different roles in Business Management and Sales in a number of companies. Patricia Segarra started in the property valuations sector in 2004.  Nine years later, she took charge of  Logical Value, which became part of Tinsa in 2016.

Juan Camilo Castaño

Juan Camilo Castaño

Managing Director of Tinsa Colombia

Juan Camilo has almost 15 years of experience in the property and valuations sector. He joined Tinsa in 2012 when it merged with ZALA Colombia group where he was deputy manager.
Edgardo Leopoldo Aguilar

Edgardo Leopoldo Aguilar

Managing Director of Tinsa Argentina

An architect trained at the Catholic University of Santa Fe with a post-graduate degree in Valuations and assessment of property investments projects, Edgardo Aguilar started his professional career over 30 years ago in various development companies. He was instrumental in setting up Tinsa in Argentina in 2000.  

Natalí Lizárraga

Natalí Lizárraga

Managing Director of Tinsa Peru

Natalí is an industrial engineer from the University of Lima and has held leadership positions in Sales, Talent Management, and Operations in multinational Information Technology companies. She´s certified in management areas such as Keys to Managing People from IESE Business School, The Science of Well-Being from Yale University, and Design Thinking from the University of Virginia.

Ramón Vargas

Ramón Vargas

Managing Director of Tinsa Costa Rica

Ramón Vargas has more than 35 years of experience in the management of audit, credit, risk, commercial and financial institutions. He holds a Master’s Degree in Economics and a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the Interamerican University of Costa Rica, with a specialisation in Banking Risk from the Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey (Mexico).

Africa Executive Team

Fatima Marrakchi

Fatima Marrakchi

Managing Director at Tinsa Maroc

Architect from National School Of Architecture of Rabat, Fatima Marrachki has a master’s degree in Real Estate management from Paris Dauphine University. She started her career as an architect then as architectural projects manager in several architectural firms before joining property and real estate valuation industry.

Management Team

Board of Directors Tinsa Group

James Cornell

James Cornell

Chairman and CEO

James Cornell has a significant track record in financial services, technology and data. At the age of 31, he founded Lowell, a focused credit management start-up, which became one of the largest pan-European players in its sector, with more than 5,000 employees. After 16 years as CEO of Lowell, Cornell worked as an Operating Partner in the private equity industry.
Thilo Sautter

Thilo Sautter

Director

Thilo leads the Portfolio team at Civen. Previously, Thilo was Managing Director at Investcorp in London, where he was responsible for private equity investment in German-speaking markets. He was also a member of the Investment Committee and Head of the Business Services sector team.

Jesús García

Jesús García

Director

Jesús García is a member of the Business Services sector team at Cinven. Prior to joining Cinven, Jesús was at McKinsey & Company, where he focused on Private Equity across a variety of sectors.

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