Dr. Christoph Schumacher joined NewAg in late 2025 as a shareholder and executive vice chairman of the board (Verwaltungsrat). Until mid-2024, he was the Global Head of Real Assets, Private Markets, and President & CEO of Manulife Investment Management Timberland & Agriculture Inc. in Boston/Zurich. Prior to joining Manulife Investment Management, Dr. Schumacher was Global Head Real Estate at Crédit Suisse Asset Management. From March 2011 until May 2017, he served as the CEO of Union Investment Institutional Property GmbH, Germany, where he was in charge of the institutional business and a member of Union Investment’s investment committee. Prior to this, Dr. Schumacher worked for Generali Real Estate in Cologne, Luxembourg, and Paris and as a lawyer at Linklaters in Berlin and London.

Dr. Schumacher studied at the universities of Freiburg, Geneva, and Bonn and holds a PhD from the University of Münster’s Institute of International Business Law.