Philipp, an Austrian national, has nine years’ experience in real estate principal investing. Before joining Benson Elliot Philipp was an Executive Director in Goldman Sachs’ Real Estate Principal Investment Area, managers of the c. $26 billion Whitehall Funds. Philipp joined Goldman Sachs in 2000 and, during his tenure, managed transactions across Europe, including retail, office and residential investments, development fundings and the acquisition of non-performing loan portfolios. From 2004 Philipp’s activities were focused primarily on the German, Austrian and Swiss markets, during which time he played a leading role in the acquisition of over €4.2 billion of property assets.

Philipp holds a Masters in Finance & Real Estate from the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel (Wiesbaden), Germany.