Henderson Park, the new European real estate investment platform founded by Nick Weber, has appointed Gijs Molenaar as head of asset management.
Henderson Park launched in September 2016 having raised $500 mln (now €467 mln) from three cornerstone investors. Its investment transactions to date have been the acquisition of Paris' largest hotel, Le Méridien Étoile, and a 172-unit private rental sector residential portfolio in Central London.
Commenting on the appointment, Weber said: 'Having already made two significant acquisitions and with a strong pipeline of further investment opportunities, we have appointed Gijs to focus specifically on the business plan implementation of our key assets. As head of asset management Gijs will assist and advise our deal teams while working closely with and overseeing our local operating partners as we seek to create value for our clients.'
Molenaar will report directly to Weber.
Molenaar has 17 years of experience in real estate asset management in Europe, and joins Henderson Park after three years as a senior vice president at Cerberus Capital in London, where he was responsible for its pan-European non-performing loans and direct asset structures. This included overseeing the asset management of over £10 bn (€12 bn) of assets in Cerberus' European 'top of the book' and complex asset portfolios.
Previously, Molenaar was a director of asset management at UK REIT Hammerson in London from 2012 to 2014, prior to which he spent three years as development director at European retail property specialist Redevco.
