As from 1st January 2022, Niels Bruijninckx has joined Edmond de Rothschild REIM Benelux as Director of Investments. Niels is focussing on the further growth of assets under management with new acquisitions in the industrial and office sector. Edmond de Rothschild REIM has just completed successful capital raising campaigns and brought about growth in the various funds.
Onno Scheij, Head of Benelux, and Robbert Bakhuijsen, Head of Investments, are pleased to strengthen the team and are certain that Niels will make an important contribution with his extensive experience in the commercial sector.
Niels’s task is to further increase investments in the various real estate investment vehicles of Edmond de Rothschild in the Benelux, such as the Edmond de Rothschild European Industrial Fund (EIREF), Benelux Commercial Real Estate Fund (BCREF) as well as other mandates.
Niels (41) graduated in Real Estate Finance at the University of Amsterdam and started his career in 2006 at OVG Project Development as Commercial Manager. After a short period at Regus in the Amsterdam Area he made a career switch to Asset Management. In his last role he was a senior Asset and Transaction Manager at M7 Real Estate, responsible for offices and last mile logistics.
Robbert Bakhuijsen commented, “From the outset, Niels will focus on promising strategies that meet the current needs in the post-pandemic Benelux real estate markets. His focus will be on asset classes such as urban industrial and logistics, which are strengthened by long-term trends such as urbanization, e-commerce growth and last-mile delivery, and meet the needs of clients in the Benelux.”
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The Edmond de Rothschild Real Estate Investment Management platform acts through local operational entities in Switzerland, France, the UK, Benelux and Germany. It now comprises over 120 real estate professionals in nine offices (in seven countries) and manages real estate assets worth more than CHF 12 bn (more than €12 bn).
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As a conviction-driven investment house founded upon the belief that wealth should be used to build the world of tomorrow, Edmond de Rothschild specialises in Private Banking and Asset Management and serves an international clientele of families, entrepreneurs and institutional investors. The group is also active in Corporate Finance, Private Equity, Real Estate and Fund Services. With a resolutely family-run nature, Edmond de Rothschild has the independence necessary to propose bold strategies and long-term investments, rooted in the real economy. Founded in 1953, the Group now has CHF 168 billion of assets under management, 2,500 employees, and 32 locations worldwide.