from 1995 to 2006, eckart john von freyend was ivg's ceo. at the end of his contract on july 1, 2006, he was appointed to the supervisory board of the company, where he remained until april 2010. his successor as ceo of ivg immobilien ag was wolf leichnitz. on september 30, 2008, leichnitz resigned for personal reasons. leichnitz was followed on november 1, 2008 by gerhard niesslein as executive chair of the company. after niesslein had unexpectedly not renewed his contract, which expired at the end of october 2011, wolfgang schäfer, the former cfo, followed as chief executive officer on november 1, 2011.