Colliers is strengthening its valuation expertise in Germany and is gaining Sebastian Gerhardt , an experienced valuation specialist, as the new Managing Director of Colliers International Valuation GmbH. He will thus be responsible as Head of Valuation in Germany. With its launch on 1 May, the realignment of the valuation management at Colliers has been completed.
Gerhardt will take over all original management tasks in the valuation area, customer management, the expansion and expansion of customer relationships as well as business development. In addition, together with Managing Director Markus Thormann , he is responsible for the further development and expansion of the Germany-wide valuation team at the Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich offices. Thormann joined Colliers at the end of 2025 and is responsible for the technical areas of data, processes and digitalization within Valuation.
The IREBS real estate economist and Chartered Surveyor (MRICS) is moving from CBRE to Colliers. Gerhardt spent a total of thirteen years at CBRE, where he has been Head of Commercial Valuation since 2019 and has led the entire commercial valuation practice with a high-performance, interdisciplinary team. Earlier positions were JLL in Berlin and Kemper’s Consulting in Düsseldorf.
Ulf Buhlemann, Head of Non-Transactional Business at Colliers Germany, says: “I am very pleased that we have been able to win such a top-class and experienced valuer for Colliers in Sebastian Gerhardt. Sebastian brings in-depth expertise in the professional management of commercial portfolio valuations and in the management of large teams. He is the ideal complement to Markus Thormann to further establish and expand Colliers’ valuation in Germany in terms of expertise, technology and efficiency.”
With the new dual leadership, Colliers is realigning its valuation division and creating the basis for further growth. The focus is now on the organic expansion of the team. Colliers also plans to fill the position of Senior Director Valuation at the Munich office. This puts Colliers in a strong position for the valuation of residential and commercial real estate on the Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich axis.
