BWRE currently manage more than €400m AUM across various vehicles with a team of more than 20 professionals.
The founding partners, Hortensia Bermejo and Wynn Williamson, have worked together in the Madrid real estate market for more than 20 years.
The business is wholly owned by the partners and is fully independent.
Co-founder & Managing Partner
As the former Director of Madrid at Aguirre Newman, Hortensia oversaw all operations in the Head Office of the company which reached 300+ persons across business lines in Agency, Investment, Management, Architecture and Consultancy. She has degrees in law and business administration, management and marketing as well as a Masters in Financial Management and an Executive MBA from the ESIC Business & Marketing School.
Co-founder & Managing Partner
During his time in Aguirre Newman, Wynn handled some of the largest transactions in Spanish market history including Torre Bankia in 2007 (+€800 million) and Torre Picasso in 2011 (+€400 million). He has an undergraduate degree from New York University where he graduated Summa Cum Laude and a Masters Degree in Real Estate Sciences from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) and Nottingham Trent University.
He is the author of the book “Kicking the Bricks: A Practical Guide to Commercial and Residential Real Estate Investment”. He is originally from New Jersey (USA) and has lived in Madrid since 2005.
Managing Partner
Expert in real estate investment and management. She began her career in the real estate team of Arthur Andersen over 20 years ago, where she specialized in financial-strategic consultancy and value creation of large real estate portfolios. She then worked at consulting firm Aguirre Newman (now Savills), where she built new teams and services in Corporate Finance and Hotels. In 2007, she joined GE Capital Real Estate, focusing on the acquisition and management of large projects and asset and debt portfolios in Spain and globally whilst based in the United States. It was there she started to get involved in the world of entrepreneurship and digitalization of the sector, both as an investor and advisor.
With a passion for innovation and organizational transformation, she returned to Spain in 2019 and joined Deloitte as a Managing Partner in the Commercial Real Estate advisory practice. Finally, in 2022, she joined BWRE as a new partner, with the objective of driving the development of new projects and diversifying the platform as a whole.
Gonzalo Sauco
Business Development Director
With more than 25 years in the real estate sector, he has held positions such as General Director at ROAN, Madrid Director at Renta Corporación, Commercial Director at SEPES, and General Director at Aguirre Newman Agency, occupying different positions of responsibility.
Licensed in Law and graduated with an Executive Master in Business and Real Estate Management from the Instituto de Empresa.
Mariano Jeva
Financial Director
Specialist in working capital management and project financing.
Extensive experience in tax, labour and accounting advice.
Álvaro Alonso
Asset Management Director
Graduated in ADE, Master in Management from the Instituto de Empresa and Master in Finance from the University of California Irvine.
Álvaro started his career as a Financial Auditor at PwC; Director of Business Development in various companies in the sector, managing international projects with the United Nations and national projects (offices and residential).
Juan Farina
Technical Director
13 years of experience in Comprehensive Project Management.
Previously worked as Project Manager in residential projects: Spain, UK and South Africa.
Diploma in Architecture and a Master in PCM.
Julián Sánchez
Property Director
He has more than 20 years of experience in building administration and management.
He has worked for 13 years in Promociones Zara and Fuentelarín where he led “build to sell” and “build to rent” projects.
Victoria Ballestero
Financial Manager
More than 6 years of administrative and accounting experience in multinationals such as Carrefour and Aliseda Inmobiliaria, as well as Senn Ferrero y Asociados.
Graduated in ADE, rigorous and committed to the functions and tasks associated with my area, as well as to the work team.
Clara Piñas
Asset Manager
Clara holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering, and a Master’s degree in Real Estate Management from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Prior to joining BWRE, she worked in the Commercial Real Estate team at Deloitte Financial Advisory.
Sebastián Sosa
Analyst
Graduated at IE Business School in ADE with a specialization in finance.
He has lived in Mexico, Hong Kong and Spain for the last 10 years and has a multicultural perspective on different markets.
Cristina González
Office Manager
Administrative support, organizational and commercial tasks.
Cristina has more than 16 years of experience as a Personal Assistant in law firms and investment funds. She has trained in Secretarial Management, Human Resources and realised an Executive Program in General Business Management at UEM.
María Victoria García
Architecture Project Manager
With over 17 years of professional experience in the development and management of real estate projects, María has been involved in the execution of international projects in the Middle East, such as the Westin Doha Hotel, Al Sadd Sports Pavilion, and the Military City for the Ministry of Defense of Qatar (ISF). More recently, she has worked as a Project Manager in Spain, managing significant projects in Madrid. She holds a degree in Architecture and a Masters in Real Estate Management.
Julián Uceda de la Fuente
Project Director in Architecture
Julián is a licensed architect and certified Autodesk BIM Manager with 8 years experience as construction manager and over 5 years experience as a Certified BREEAM ES Asessor and advisor in sustainable architectural projects.
Jesús Martín
Project Manager in Architecture
With over 8 years of experience, Jesús has worked for architectural studios, construction companies and real estate consulting firms. He completed his Architectural training with a Masters in the Rehabilitation and Sustainability of Buildings.
María Jesús González
Property Team
Maria Jesús has more than 30 years of experience in the management of residential buildings.
She has Professional Training in the administrative and commercial branch, with various studies and qualifications
Gonzalo Bárcena
Commercial Team
He has over 5 years of sales and marketing experience. He has worked at Inmobiliaria Promotora Española and Canon España.
He has degrees in Marketing & Business Management at ESIC.
Ana Carolina
Property Team – Administrative
With more than 10 years of experience in the Administrative and Marketing field, Ana has worked for various companies in the retail, luxury, and real estate markets. She holds a degree in Engineering with a Masters in Business Management and Administration.
Germán Agudo
Property Team
With over 5 years of experience in incident management, maintenance, logistics, and team organization, Jesús has gained expertise in both the real estate and industrial sectors having worked at companies like IPE Seguridad and Línea Directa.