Sirius Real Estate promotes MD to new executive role

Sirius Real Estate PLC() has promoted managing director Rüdiger Swoboda to a newly created executive role of chief operating officer.

As part of his extended remit, Swoboda will continue to oversee customer sales and lettings activities, while also taking responsibility for business operations at an executive level, Sirius said a statement.

This will include standardising operational processes across the business; managing Sirius’ relationships with its tenants and customers; and ensuring that occupier demands are met from a facilities, service and asset management perspective, the German business park specialist added.

Swoboda will retain his position as managing director in parallel with the COO role and will continue to report to chief executive Andrew Coombs, the statement said.

He joined Sirius in 2010 as a sales director before being promoted to the position of joint managing director of Sirius Facilities.

Andrew Coombs said: “Over the last ten years at Sirius, Rüdiger has made a significant impact in shaping and standardising our customer sales platform, contributing substantially to our growth as a business.”