Ruud Roosen has been appointed as fund director of the ASR Dutch science park fund by ASR Real Estate as of 1 February.

Ruud Roosen

Ruud Roosen

This unlisted real estate fund, with 250 million assets under management - including pipeline - invests in commercial properties in key Dutch science parks, with a strong focus on institutional investors.

In his new role as fund director, Roosen will pursue further growth for the ASR Dutch science park fund and establish new partnerships with universities, science parks and businesses.

Roosen gained experience as a fund director at Primevest Capital Partners and Bouwfonds IM, where he was responsible for the structuring, capital raising and acquisition for the second institutional parking fund and involved in the management of several parking funds.

Prior to this, he held the position of associate director at NIBC, where his primary task was setting up real estate products for the bank’s clients. As senior real estate fund manager at MN Services, he was responsible for real estate investments in the United States.