Hines, the global real estate investor, developer and manager has today announced the appointment of Jan Hein Tiedema as senior managing director and country head for The Netherlands.
Tiedema is an experienced real estate executive with a deep knowledge of the Dutch market. Beginning his career at Jones Lang Lasalle where he worked at the agency team in Amsterdam, he then spent 15 years with real estate developer Edge.
Lars Huber, CEO of Hines Europe said: 'I am delighted to welcome Jan Hein to our European leadership team and look forward to working closely with him as he continues to build our firm’s platform in the Netherlands.
'Hines was established here in 2017 and today it forms an integral part of our European operations. We have long term plans to grow our presence in the market and are excited to appoint a leader of Jan Hein’s calibre to lead us on that journey.'
Said Tiedema: 'I am thrilled to be joining Hines at this exciting point in the firm’s history. Since the start of my career in real estate, Hines to me has been one of the leading real estate firms in the world. It is a great honour to become part of this amazing company.
'I look forward to working with all the talented and skilled colleagues and stakeholders to further grow the Dutch business. The firm is well known for its track record of investing in the Netherlands in the right way, and I have long been aware of its excellent reputation in the market, as both an investor and developer of best-in-class real estate.'
Hines owns or manages more than 735,000 m2 of real estate in The Netherlands on behalf of the firm’s clients and investors, with more than 690,000 m2 in logistics. In July, Hines completed the acquisition of a 20,000 m2 retail warehouse in Venlo, adjacent to its existing investment, Fresh Park Venlo, on behalf of the Hines Global Income Trust, Inc. (HGIT).
Tiedema succeeds Andy Smith in the role, who will continue to work as senior advisor to the business in the Netherlands.
