DHS REIM - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- ESG Director / Sr. Technical Manager
Chris is responsible for the technical management of the portfolio under management. Within his role, he is responsible for the day-to-day technical management as well as the execution of extensive capex and sustainability programs. Next to the technical management of the portfolio under management, Chris is involved as technical advisor during due diligence processes and development projects.
Before Chris joined DHS REIM he worked as a Senior Technical Property Manager for CBRE managing and being responsible for the portfolio amounting 250,000 sqm LFA (logistics and office space). Prior to working for CBRE, Chris was a technical manager for Verwey Vastgoed.
Chris holds a bachelor's degree in Real Estate and Brokerage from the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences.
Job Titles:
- Managing Partner / Fund Management
Joep has an extensive, 15+ years experience, in the Dutch industrial and logistic real estate market and is the former Head of Asset Management of Urban Industrial where he was the first employee and has been involved from the start. The total portfolio had an LFA of over 800.000 sqm, 100 highly management intensive assets, approximately 100 tenants, totalling to close to EUR 1.5bn AUM with an occupancy rate of almost 100%.
Responsible as Head of Asset Management for EUR 1.5bn AUM, 100 assets, 400 tenants, 800.000 sqm.
Prior to that he was a director of Cairn Real Estate (AIFMD license) where he was approved by the AFM (Dutch Financial Authority) on suitability and reliability for leading a real estate management company. In this role he has been responsible for the optimization of the overall returns to its shareholders (family offices, high net worth individuals), in total EUR 750mn AUM.
Before joining Cairn Real Estate, Joep was a fund manager for several ABN AMRO MeesPierson real estate funds; EUR 700mn AUM and responsible for acquisitions and dispositions, asset management, reporting and equity raising amongst (inter)national investors.
Laurens is in his role as Deal Lead responsible for sourcing the best opportunities for investors meeting the investment criteria of our funds. Also within this role he is involved within the Investment Management team during the acquisition process and underwriting of the business plan. Prior to this role, Laurens was Asset Manager within the DHS REIM team.
Laurens holds an academic master's degree in International Management and Finance from Nyenrode Business University.
Rajeev Manna - Chief Investment Officer
Rajeev is responsible the diligent execution of transactions and is also involved in the sourcing of investment opportunities. With his in-depth knowledge and transactions experience, Rajeev is leading the acquisition process and the underwriting of the business plan.
In total he executed over 30 transactions with a total worth if over 1 billion in the Benelux. Having worked on both the investment and asset management side he is also well experienced in optimizing investor returns.
Before he joined DHS REIM Rajeev worked for Edmond de Rotschild and Generali Real Estate.
Rajeev holds an academic master's degree in finance.
René worked in the Benelux real estate market for over 15 years. René was Managing Director within Edmond de Rothschild Benelux (prior Cording Real Estate Group) and was leading the Investment teams in his role as Head of Investment. Also he was a member of the General Management Committee and the Investment and Risk Committee.
Within this role he has performed over 40 acquisitions and sales between 2016 and 2020.
Before that René worked in the banking sector and was responsible for disposing of commercial real estate portfolios in the Netherlands. Prior to that he was responsible for the acquisitions and disposals of the Cromwell property group throughout Benelux with a special focus on offices, logistics and (multi-let) light industrial.
In total he executed over 2 billion in transactions in The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg in the sectors of offices, logistics & residential.
On Asset Management René is well experienced in optimizing real estate portfolio performances by actively (out) performing the agreed business plans upon acquisition.
René holds an academic master's degree in Real Estate from Amsterdam University and is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
Sofie keeps operations running efficiently. She is responsible for bookkeeping, daily operations, facility issues, administrative items, and she frees up the team to serve clients by seeing to these behind-the-scenes items.
Wouter has been working in the Dutch real estate market for approx. 20 years and is experienced in the fields of logistics, light-industrial and offices.
At DHS REIM Wouter is responsible for (re)-development of logistics, light-industrial and offices. He will be focusing on initiating, acquiring, developing and the execution of large (re)-development and investment projects.