Our Team
At Avelios, our team collectively has over 100 years of investment experience and are united by a passion for outstanding service and an entrepreneurial approach to investing
Matthias Luecker – Chairman
Matthias Luecker is Chairman and Founder of Avelios, as well as Founder, Chairman and CEO of its sister companies, FREO Group and DC Max.
Matthias has more than 20 years of experience in real estate investments, financing and capital market products. Prior to establishing FREO in 2002 after leading a management buy-out from its predecessor company, FERI, Matthias was Development Manager at Tishman Speyer in Berlin where he focused on the analysis and conception of new projects.
He had previously gained institutional sales and corporate finance experience at various positions at Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, Tokyo and New York.
Matthias holds a business degree (“Diplom-Kaufmann”) from Frankfurt University, has completed the ‘’Japanese Language Proficiency Test” and is a respected thought leader on commercial real estate, speaking extensively on the topic, including as a lecturer of various classes and programs at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Matthias is also a philanthropist and co-founder of Dona Agito, which is a charity that promotes and pecializ help for refugees in Germany.
Duncan Souster – Chief Executive Officer
Duncan is Chief Executive and a founding member of the Avelios team.
Duncan has significant experience working at board level across both the charitable,commercial and financial sectors.
Duncan is a Managinng Director for Avelios sister company, FREO Group,and the former Chief Executive of The Jubilee Sailing Trust, where he led the charity’s international expansion and worked with prominent philanthropists and corporate partners to establish high-impact programmes of work.
Prior to this, Duncan was Global Sales Director of ManpowerGroup, a Fortune 500 business services firm, where he led on a complex transformation to improve the management of key accounts across 86 countries.
Duncan has a BSc (First Class) from University College London, is Chairman of London Nautical, a City of London Academy, a Development Board Member of British Exploring and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, where he sits on the Fundraising Committee.
Erwan Le Berre – Managing Director, Luxembourg
Erwan Le Berre is Head of Avelios Luxembourg and is responsible for the management of our investments. Erwan is also the Managing Director of Group Finance and Luxembourg, for FREO Group, a sister company to Avelios.
Erwan has over 15 years of experience in investment structuring and management, including roles with KPMG, PwC and Henderson Global Investors.
He studied economics and finance at the University of Rennes and qualified as a certified public accountant in both France (expert-comptable diplome) and Luxembourg (reviseur d’entreprises). He is also a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, pecializing in IFRS, and a member I Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
