Real Estate Leadership Team

Rikard is Head of Real Estate at Niam Group.

He has worked at Niam since 2010 and leads the real estate business, including acquisitions, fund- and asset management, financing across the Nordics.

Prior to joining Niam, Rikard spent 16 years with the Real Estate and Development divisions of the Skanska Corporation and served most recently as Country Manager for Skanska's Commercial Development operations in Czech Republic. Prior to this he also held various project management positions within the Skanska Group in Sweden.

Rikard holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Civil Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden and has completed the Executive Program at IMD Business School, Switzerland.

Daniel Andersson is the Head of Acquisitions at Niam.

He is responsible for sourcing, negotiating and executing real estate transactions in Sweden. Daniel has 20 years’ experience in real estate transactions in the Nordics and before joining Niam, he worked for three years as Partner & Head of Real Estate Corporate Finance at the Norwegian investment bank Arctic Securities.

Prior to that he worked for seven years as Head of Capital Markets and Nordic coordinator at CBRE.

Henrik Gerdin has been with Niam since 2018, and previously from 2007 to 2016. He is the Fund Manager for Niam VI and Niam VIII and has overall responsibility for the funds.

Prior to joining Niam as a Fund Manager in 2018, he was Head of Transactions at the Swedish listed company Kungsleden, and before that worked at the transaction team at Niam as a director. Henrik began his career at PBB’s London office in the structured finance & investment banking department.

Victor Wettergren is the Fund Manager of Niam Core-Plus funds.

Prior to re-joining Niam in 2015, Victor spent 8 years with Newsec Asset Management where he held various management positions including Head of Transaction & Analysis and most recent, Key Account Manager on the Niam account. He was also a member of the Management Team at Newsec and Partner at Stronghold.

Victor commenced his career in 2000 at Swedish listed real estate company Drott.

Erik Rydström has been with Niam since 2012. He is the Fund Manager for Niam VII and is responsible for the asset management activities and business plans within the fund.

Prior to joining Niam AB, he spent two years as the Property Director and Deputy CEO of Storebrand Fastigheter AB. From 2005 to 2010 he was a director and member of the management team at Fastighets AB LE Lundeberg.

Antti Muilu is the Country Manager and Head of Acquisitions and Asset Management for Finland. He joined Niam in 2017 and has 15 years of experience investing in real estate, both from an institution’s perspective as well as from an investment company’s perspective.

Antti joined Niam from pension company Mutual Pension Insurance Company Elo, where he headed their real estate investments in Finland from 2014 to 2017.

Jacob de Lichtenberg is the Country Manager and Head of Acquisition and Asset Management for Denmark since July 2023. Jacob has previously served as Head of Niam’s Danish transaction team since 2019.

Jacob holds an MSc in Finance and Investments from Copenhagen Business School and joined Niam from Cushman & Wakefield | RED, where he was a senior associate focusing on advisory and valuations.

Morten Roland is Country Manager in Norway and has over 20 years' experience and demonstrated history of working in the real estate industry. Morten joined Niam in January 2023 after having been engaged through his own management and investment company since August 2021.

Prior to that, he has held positions in leading companies such as DNB Næringsmegling (Director transactions), Arctic Securities (Partner and Project Broker) and Bertel O. Steen Eiendom (Property Manager and Marketing Director).