Partners list

Katrien Depoorter, Director Group Internal Services Department at Proximus, holds a master’s degree in engineering and architecture. With 20 years

Professor Jan Peter Balkenende is Minister of State and was Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 2002 to 2010. During

César Frías Enciso is the CEO and design director of MORPH, an international company of more than 150 designers, architects

Since January 2023, David is co-Managing Partner of Colliers Belgium. David started out in 1997 at Colliers Auguste-Thouard, as Head

Gaétan Clermont is co-CEO and shareholder of the Eaglestone Group. Eaglestone Group is active in both real estate development and

Adel Yahia is the Managing Director of Immobel Belgium. He currently leads a team of about a hundred people and

Jo has been active in European real estate since 1997. After a first job as marketing director of a Belgian

Brecht Vandekerckhove is a geographer-urban planner and director of Atelier Romain. Brecht has over 20 years of experience in spatial

Mohamed Ridouani is the mayor of the city of Leuven, Belgium. He is dedicated to transforming Leuven into a thriving

Apolline Vranken est diplômée en architecture à l’ULB en 2017. Elle travaille pendant plus de deux ans comme chargée de

Jeroen Roppe is a passionate Brussels enthusiast. He works as a spokesperson for visit.brussels and is a presenter and moderator

Xavier Denis joined AG Real Estate in 2018 as Chief Developement Officer. He has over 20 years of multidisciplinary and

Throughout his career, Piet has gained over 20 years of experience in the global digital classifieds sector. In June 2021,

Jonathan joined Immoweb/AVIV Group two years ago as an economist specialised in the Belgian real estate market. Prior to this

Dirk Paelinck is a serial entrepreneur in innovative real estate concepts and in Property/Construction Technology, and the Chairman of the

CEO citydev.brussels – Benjamin Cadranel was born in Brussels on 12 September 1974, where he resides today. He obtained his

Yves Lemmens is the CEO of SLRB, the public interest institution responsible for developing and promoting public housing in the Brussels Capital Region. He graduated in Management and Applied economic sciences and started his career in the Federal Public Service Finance in 1979 as economist.

After studying law at ULB, Gilles Delforge began his professional life as a lawyer in 1998, specialising in property and urban planning law. He also taught urban and regional planning to future estate agents.

Stefaan Martel, managing director of Bopro, is known for his extended knowledge in all sustainable aspects of real estate. His

Stéphan SONNEVILLE has been Chief Executive Office of ATENOR since March, 2005. He started his career in 1986 at PWC, first as Auditor and then as Senior Auditor. He began to work for ATENOR in 1990 as Internal Auditor, then as Development Manager  and then became General Manager.

Frederic is Partner of Financial Advisory in charge of Real Estate, Infrastructure & Capital Projects and of Government & Public

Frédéric van der Planken, the founder and CEO of the Whitewood Group brings over 21 years of expertise in the real estate sector. Started in real estate at CBRE,  where he ultimately became Head of Capital Markets in Belgium and then on to CEE, he founded Whitewood in 2008.

Ms Suzy Denys has a master’s degree in law (Université Notre Dame de la Paix Namur and KULeuven) and a

Michel Van Geyte holds a master’s degree in applied economics and a postgraduate degree in real estate studies from the Catholic University of Leuven and a master’s degree in corporate finance from Vlerick Business School.

Erwin Vrijens is head of the Real Estate Division at the Flemish investment company PMV where, with a team of 10 colleagues, he enables the realization of socially responsible real estate through (alternative) financing, helps develop (polluted) areas and ensures the future of heritage by enabling economically profitable reallocation

Valérie leads the Development Departement of Whitewood and with her team she is in charge of the different real estate projects that Whitewood is currently realising.

In 2001 he joined the team of Freddy Thielemans, Mayor of the City of Brussels, as Head of Cabinet. In 2006, Philippe Close participated in the municipal elections and was duly elected, becoming Alderman for Staff and Tourism.