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Management of ECE

Management of ECE

Joanna Fisher

CEO ECE Marketplaces

Joanna Fisher

Joanna Fisher has been CEO of ECE Marketplaces since 2021 and is responsible for the entire shopping center business in the ECE Group. She has been CEO since 2014 and most recently headed the center management and thus the portfolio business of ECE in this function. She started her career at ECE in 1998 as a center manager at various locations in Germany and abroad, in particular in Eastern Europe.

In addition to the management and numerous restructurings of existing properties, she was also responsible for the opening and market launch of shopping centers. From 2011 to 2013, she was initially responsible for various regional areas as Regional Director Center Management. Subsequently, as Senior Director, she took over the responsibility for new markets and thus the supervision of ECE developments in countries such as Italy, Denmark, Turkey, and Qatar.

Joanna Fisher was born in Szczecin in 1973 and studied business administration at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), specializing in marketing and controlling. She has been Chairwoman of the European Council of Shopping Places since 2023.

Robert Heinemann

Managing Director Corporate Operations & Solutions ECE Group Services

Robert Heinemann

Robert Heinemann has been Managing Director of ECE since 2017. At ECE Group Services, ECE's service company, he is responsible for Accounting, Commercial Property Management, Compliance, Data Protection & Security, Corporate Insurance Management, Information Technology, Legal, Organizational Development, People & Office Management and Sustainability & Corporate Communications.

He began his career at ECE in 1999 in Corporate Communications. He initially became Head of Department, Press Spokesman and Director in 2006 before moving to Center Management in 2013, where he took over responsibility for the operations of around 120 shopping centers in six countries as Senior Director.

At the same time, Robert Heinemann was a member of the Hamburg Parliament for eleven years and is now involved in the plenum of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, the HDE, the European Council of Shopping Places, the Economic Council and as a board member of the "Lebendige Stadt" foundation.

Robert Heinemann was born in Hamburg in 1974. He trained as a banker, completed a part-time degree in business administration at the FernUniversität Hagen and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

Jan Lorenz

Chief Financial Officer Corporate Governance & Finance

Jan Lorenz

Jan Lorenz has held the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of ECE Marketplaces since 2026.

His career at ECE began in 2009 as an Asset Manager. After three years, he took on management tasks as Team Leader and later as Director in Accounting in 2012. Following an internal restructuring, he assumed responsibility as Director Controlling & Risk Management, where he was also responsible for Treasury.

As Managing Director Finance for ECE Marketplaces, Jan Lorenz will be in charge of the Accounting, Controlling, Risk Management, Legal and Insurance Management departments from 2026.

He was born in Rostock in 1977 and studied business administration at the Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel after serving as a regular soldier.

International branches

As a globally networked and internationally active company, we have local branches, subsidiaries or joint ventures in all countries in whose markets we are active. Through them, we ensure the proven quality of the services we offer.