Logistics property giant Goodman has announced two major changes to its senior management team, in a move which highlights the growing importance of Europe to the group's global development and investment platform.
Logistics property giant Goodman has announced two major changes to its senior management team, in a move which highlights the growing importance of Europe to the group's global development and investment platform.
Danny Peeters, CEO of Continental Europe, (PICTURED) has been appointed as an executive director to the Goodman board effective 1 January 2013. He has also become one of two Goodman members on the board of the joint venture with Wtorre to enter the Brazil market.
Philippe Van der Beken has been appointed managing director Continental Europe. He is responsible for Goodman's activities across Continental Europe and reports to executive director Danny Peeters. He previously worked at Goodman from 2005 to 2008 as executive corporate transactions and member of the board of managers of the pan-European logistics real estate fund Goodman European Logistics Fund (GELF).
Between 2008 and 2010 he pursued an entrepreneurial venture to develop real estate projects in Europe and Brazil. Most recently he was general manager at Inter Real Estate Trusty (IRET) a Brussels-based property developer of inner city mixed-use projects.
