Well-known Dutch real estate professional Jaap van der Bijl is to take charge later this year at Altera Vastgoed, a private Amsterdam-based real estate business with 鈧�1.8 bn of assets under management.
Van der Bijl replaces Ren茅 Hogenboom MRICS as managing director and CEO of Altera on 1 November. Hogenboom retains an advisory role until December this year.
Altera Vastgoed operates three sector-specific funds, covering residential, retail and industrial real estate in the Netherlands, on behalf of pension funds, insurance companies and other professional investors.
Van der Bijl has been managing director of investor relations at Syntrus Achmea Real Estate & Finance, one of the largest real estate businesses in the Netherlands, since 2013. Syntrus Achmea REF has 鈧�14 bn of real estate and mortgages under management on behalf of Dutch pension funds. Between 2008 and 2013 Van der Bijl was senior head of sales & client services Northern Europe at AXA Real Estate.
Van der Bijl has also been a frequent panellist at PropertyEU investment briefings on behalf of Syntrus Achmea REF in recent years.
