Nrep’s leadership team
Rune Kock, CEO
Rune Kock is CEO and Partner at Nrep.
Since joining Urban Partners (known as Nrep at the time) in 2012, Rune has been focusing on the sourcing and execution of real estate transactions and asset management across each of Urban Partner’s investment strategies in the Nordics as well as being part of the Investment Committee. Rune became CEO of Nrep in 2022. Additionally, he has the overall responsibility as Fund Manager for Urban Partner’s two residential focused funds, Nrep Development Fund 1 and Nrep Copenhagen Residential Fund.
Prior to joining Urban Partners, Rune was Head of Investments at ATP Real Estate, the property investment division of ATP, the largest pension scheme in Denmark and one of the largest in Europe. Prior to this, he spent nine years with Catella Corporate Finance, most recently as a Director with responsibility for transactions within the Danish real estate market. Whilst at Catella, he executed transactions with an aggregate value of over €1.8 billion across all property market segments.
Rune holds an M.Sc. in Economics from the Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, and the MRICS certification from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Jani Nokkanen, CIO
In his role as CIO in Nrep, Jani is the Chairman of the Investment Committee and serves as the Fund Manager of Nrep Nordic Strategies Funds I, II and III. Whilst at Urban Partners, Jani has been responsible for setting up the Nrep’s Finnish operations, including building the team and designing and executing the investment strategy. He has led and participated in a vast number of property and portfolio transactions in the Nordics across different real estate segments.
Prior to joining Urban Partners (‘Nrep’ at the time) in 2008, Jani spent five years as a Consultant and Project Leader at the Boston Consulting Group, where he gained experience in strategy, corporate finance and operations, and worked in both their Helsinki and New York offices. He was previously also involved in various M&A activities whilst at JP Capital, Nordic Advisor Group and Morgan Stanley.
Jani holds an M.Sc. in Economics (Finance) from the Helsinki School of Economics, Finland.
Nick Melgaard, COO
Nick Melgaard is COO at Nrep. Since joining Nrep in 2017, Nick has had broad exposure to all of Nrep’s real estate disciplines, working in multiple roles such as Investment Manager, being an integral part of building the platforms UMEUS and Noli Studios, and been part of the residential leadership team. Prior to joining Nrep, Nick spent a year at Danish house builder, HusCompagniet, working on business development, strategy and new markets. Before HusCompagniet, Nick spent three years at McKinsey & Co. where he gained experience within strategy, due diligence and business operations. In addition, Nick has worked with M&A at Deloitte and holds a M.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration from Aarhus University, Denmark.
nick.melgaard@nrep.com
Jens Petter Hagen, Partner
As Fund Manager, Jens Petter has the overall responsibility for Nrep’s Nordic Strategies Funds IV and V. In addition, Jens Petter is the head of Urban Partners’ operations in Norway and Head of the Urban Partners Partner Group.
Prior to joining Urban Partners (‘Nrep’ at the time) in 2015, Jens Petter spent nine years at the global private equity firm Advent International in London. During his time there, he coordinated Advent’s activities in the Nordic region for the last five years, focusing on deal sourcing and execution, portfolio management, and general network and brand building. Additionally, Jens Petter has experience in investment banking, having worked with Credit Suisse in New York and London.
Jens Petter holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia and spent two years studying Law at the University of Oslo.
Partners in Nrep
Nrep is part of the platform Urban Partners with a wider partner group. Here are the partners working within the Nrep strategy.
Alfred Eklöf
Since joining Urban Partners (‘Nrep’ at the time) in 2014, Alfred has led the Logicenters’ Nordic Strategy & Transactions team and executed numerous real estate transactions in Sweden across several of Nrep’s core segments, including logistics and residential. Alfred has played an instrumental role in establishing the Logicenters business line, shaping Nrep’s investment strategies in logistics and significantly strengthening the firm’s position as a leading logistics developer and investment manager in the Nordics. Furthermore, Alfred has had a leading role in establishing and managing Nrep’s core/core+ investment mandates since 2015 and is currently the Fund Manager of the NREP Income+ Fund. Alfred is a member of Nrep’s Investment Committee and part of the Nrep investment leadership group.
Prior to joining Urban Partners, Alfred was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company in Stockholm serving clients across Europe on a broad range of strategic topics in sectors such as private equity, automotive and technology.
Alfred holds an M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering & Management from Chalmers University
of Technology and dual M.Sc. degrees in Business Administration and Economics from the University of Gothenburg.
Jani Nokkanen
In his role as CIO in Nrep, Jani is the Chairman of the Investment Committee and serves as the Fund Manager of Nrep Nordic Strategies Funds I, II and III. Whilst at Urban Partners, Jani has been responsible for setting up the Nrep’s Finnish operations, including building the team and designing and executing the investment strategy. He has led and participated in a vast number of property and portfolio transactions in the Nordics across different real estate segments.
Prior to joining Urban Partners (‘Nrep’ at the time) in 2008, Jani spent five years as a Consultant and Project Leader at the Boston Consulting Group, where he gained experience in strategy, corporate finance and operations, and worked in both their Helsinki and New York offices. He was previously also involved in various M&A activities whilst at JP Capital, Nordic Advisor Group and Morgan Stanley.
Jani holds an M.Sc. in Economics (Finance) from the Helsinki School of Economics, Finland.
Jens Petter Hagen
As Fund Manager, Jens Petter has the overall responsibility for Nrep’s Nordic Strategies Funds IV and V. In addition, Jens Petter is the head of Urban Partners’ operations in Norway and Head of the Urban Partners Partner Group.
Prior to joining Urban Partners (‘Nrep’ at the time) in 2015, Jens Petter spent nine years at the global private equity firm Advent International in London. During his time there, he coordinated Advent’s activities in the Nordic region for the last five years, focusing on deal sourcing and execution, portfolio management, and general network and brand building. Additionally, Jens Petter has experience in investment banking, having worked with Credit Suisse in New York and London.
Jens Petter holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia and spent two years studying Law at the University of Oslo.
Joonas Lemström
Joonas is heading Urban Partners’ office in Helsinki and leads the Finnish investment team, including transaction, asset management and development functions. He has 15+ years of experience from real estate investments and has during his years at Nrep been responsible for property investments, development projects and asset management across segments.
Prior to joining Urban Partners, Joonas spent 6 years at Jones Lang LaSalle, most recently co-leading the local retail team and working as a consultant in major shopping center development projects.
Joonas holds a Master of Science degree in real estate economics from Aalto University, School of Science, Helsinki.
Petri Valkama
Petri heads Nrep’s logistics business Logicenters. Previously, he focused on M&A and Strategic Transactions within Nrep and led numerous property and portfolio transactions and developments across real estate segments. He played a key role in establishing Nrep’s property development approach in Finland and the Living segment across the Nordics. In addition, Petri has led the development of Nrep’s Serviced Living investment strategy (Noli Studios) and the earlier residential ground rent investment strategy.
Prior to joining Urban Partners Petri was a Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company in Helsinki for five years, where he was a core member of the local leadership team and led large transformation projects for multinational Nordic companies.
Petri holds an M.Sc. in Business Strategy and Applied Mathematics from the Aalto University, School of Science, Finland.
Rune Kock
Since joining Nrep in 2012, Rune has been focusing on the sourcing and execution of real estate transactions and asset management across each of Nrep’s investment strategies in the Nordics as well as being part of the Investment Committee. Rune became CEO of Nrep in 2022. Additionally, he has the overall responsibility as Fund Manager for Nrep’s two residential focused funds, Nrep Development Fund 1 and Nrep Copenhagen Residential Fund.
Prior to joining Nrep, Rune was Head of Investments at ATP Real Estate, the property investment division of ATP, the largest pension scheme in Denmark and one of the largest in Europe. Prior to this, he spent nine years with Catella Corporate Finance, most recently as a Director with responsibility for transactions within the Danish real estate market. Whilst at Catella, he executed transactions with an aggregate value of over €1.8 billion across all property market segments.
Rune holds an M.Sc. in Economics from the Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, and the MRICS certification from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Thomas Riise-Jakobsen
Thomas is heading Urban Partners’ office in Copenhagen. He is also leading the Danish investment team, including transaction, urban relations and development functions. Thomas has 20+ years of experience from real estate investments and, during his years at Nrep, has been responsible for property investments, development projects and asset management across various segments.
Prior to joining Urban Partners, Thomas worked as an Investment Manager at Cushman Wakefield (RED Property Advisors), where he focused on real estate transactions in the retail and office space in Denmark. He also gained experience as a Project Manager at TK Development in Copenhagen.
Thomas holds an M.Sc. in Economics from Aarhus Business School, Denmark. He also qualified as a Chartered Real Estate Agent with a Bachelor in Commercial Property Valuation from CBC Copenhagen, Denmark.
Toke Sundenæs Clausen
Toke is the Head of Nrep’s Commercial Business Line. He leads a Pan-Nordic team and is responsible for Nrep’s investments and portfolio in the commercial segments, e.g. hotel, care office, retail, and light industrial.
Since joining the firm in 2015, Toke has driven investments, refurbishments and developments across office, hospitality, living and retail segments with a combined
GAV of more than €4bn. He has been a leading part behind Nrep’s first hotel investments as well as developing Nrep’s Office strategy and portfolio which is managed under the Woods brand.
Toke holds an M.Sc. in Finance from Aarhus University, Aarhus School of Business from where he graduated in 2011.
Carl-Adam von Schéele
Carl-Adam is Head of Nrep in Sweden and plays a key role in cementing the business as a leading investor in this market, with a portfolio of approx. €5,2bn of assets, predominantly concentrated in the residential and logistics sectors, while being instrumental in establishing its successful care home investment platform. Carl-Adam also co-leads the Urban Partners Swedish organization.
Prior to joining Urban Partners in 2018 (‘Nrep’ at the time), Carl-Adam worked as Investment Manager at MTGx Modern Times Group and spent almost six years at McKinsey & Company in various client serving roles.
Carl-Adam holds a MSc in Finance from Stockholm School of Economics.