Bart van Twillert is to replace Otto Ambagtsheer as new country manager for the Netherlands at Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, the shopping centre giant said this week.
Ambagtsheer is leaving to pursue a career outside the company, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield said in a statement. Van Twillert (pictured) has been director of operations for the Nordics at the Paris-headquartered group for the past three years.
As head of the Benelux operations, Ambagtsheer was closely involved in the transformation of Dutch shopping centre Leidsenhage into Mall of the Netherlands, currently the biggest project in Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield’s portfolio.
Van Twillert joined Rodamco Europe, which merged with Unibail in June 2007 to form Unibail-Rodamco, 12 years ago and has held various positions within the company, including director of development and investment management. In that role he was directly involved in the plans for the Mall of the Netherlands.
