Thomas Wiegelmann
OPM '17
Dr. Thomas Wiegelmann has more than 25 years of experience in institutional real estate, covering investment, asset management, development and M&A.
Before co-founding BLUE Asset Management with two partners in 2009, he worked in real estate consulting and held senior roles in corporate finance, global capital markets and principal investing. BLUE operated as an investment and asset management platform focused on the DACH region. The firm served sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, private equity firms and family offices. By year-end 2018, BLUE had €1.2 billion in assets under management.
In 2019, Schroders Group acquired BLUE as part of its expansion in private assets. Following the acquisition, Thomas served as Managing Director at Schroders until year-end 2024, with a focus on strategic partnerships.
Over his career, he has been responsible for more than €4 billion in real estate transactions. He advises institutional investors, family offices and real estate firms on negotiations, strategy and investment management.
As Managing Partner at VARi Knowledge Partners, Thomas works at the intersection of real assets and generative AI. The firm provides advisory, research and executive education and develops proprietary AI tools and real estate-specific use cases. It is a strategic partner of the Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance at the University of St. Gallen.
Thomas is an Honorary Professor at University College London and a lecturer at the University of St. Gallen. His academic work and teaching focus on negotiation, investment, M&A and generative AI in real estate.
He holds a PhD from Bond University and is an alumnus of Harvard Business School’s Owner/President Management Program as well as INSEAD’s International Directors Programme. He has been a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors since 2009 and is a member of ULI.
Thomas is an ILA Certified Director and a member of ILA, the Luxembourg Institute of Governance as well as the Swiss Institute of Directors. He serves on the Harvard Real Estate Alumni Board and the Advisory Board of UCL’s Bartlett Real Estate Institute. He is an advisor to Antler, a global early-stage venture capital firm.
