01Quest Funds
Quest Funds GmbH, founded in 2019, has a 10-strong team responsible for the fund and asset management of the private client funds formerly launched under Nordcapital and Hesse Newman in the real estate sector.
The company currently manages a portfolio of 11 funds with 11 properties in Germany and the Netherlands with around 180,000 m2 and a volume (assets under management) of around 650 million euros.
Management

Florian Wagner
Curriculum Vitae
Florian Wagner has been working in various management positions in the Erck Rickmers Group since 2003. Initially, he supported the development of the newly founded real estate division at Nordcapital and was responsible for this division as managing director from 2007 onwards. After Nordcapital’s real estate division has been transferred to Quest Funds, he took on the position of Head of Investment Management Private Clients. He has been managing director of Quest Funds since December 2023.
Florian Wagner is a business graduate with a degree in business administration from the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel and completed training as a banker before his studies. Before joining the Erck Rickmers Group, he was Acquisition Manager at DB Real Estate.

David Falcone Schlüter
Curriculum Vitae
David Falcone Schlüter has been serving as Head of Investments at the group holding company of the Erck Rickmers Group since 2021. In this role, he is responsible for managing investments across a diverse range of asset classes. As of May 2025, he has additionally assumed the position of Managing Director of Quest Funds.
He holds a dual degree with a focus on Shipping and Ship Finance from the Hamburg School of Business Administration. Prior to joining the Erck Rickmers Group, David Falcone Schlüter gained extensive experience at PwC, where he worked in transaction and restructuring advisory, and later held a position in corporate development at Zeaborn Holding GmbH & Co. KG. He began his professional career at the Hamburg-based shipping company Aug. Bolten.