Pascal Amann has been appointed senior director of origination for Helaba's real estate business in France. Amann has over 25 years of experience in various positions in the French real estate business covering the investment, treasury and lending side of the business. He has been chief financial officer for French property company Bail Investissement and senior originator for Westimmo Paris, where he successfully built up the lending business with French counterparts.

In his new post, Amann will be based in Paris to further strengthen Helaba's local branch. The appointment is in line with Helaba's intention to further promote its traditionally strong real estate lending activities in one of its global core markets.