Cromwell promotes Wouter Zwetsloot to Head of Real Estate Europe

In this role, he will take on additional responsibility for the overall property and asset management of Cromwell’s €3.7 billion AUM in Europe, as well as continuing to head up the Benelux region.

Mark McLaughlin, Managing Director Europe at Cromwell Property Group, commented: “Wouter is an integral part of the European team. His depth of experience from a career spent in asset and investment management, combined with his unrivalled knowledge of our European platform, means he will play a key role in ensuring the successful execution of our strategy for Europe.”

Wouter Zwetsloot, Head of Real Estate Europe at Cromwell Property Group, added: “The creation of this role reflects the recent shift of emphasis in our business towards managing assets for the long-term on behalf of an increasingly diverse range of investors. The real estate team will have a strong focus on co-ordinating all aspects of asset and property management, ranging from tenant customer relationship management to ensuring operational consistency and efficiency across regions.”

Having joined Cromwell in 2008, Wouter has built up extensive knowledge and experience of the European platform and broader investment market from various roles, including as asset manager with responsibility for all assets in the Amsterdam region and as Head of Investment Management in 2016, prior to becoming Managing Director of Benelux in 2017.

In his new role, Wouter will take on additional leadership responsibilities for asset management and property management of the European platform. He will also become more involved representing the platform and advisory function at the highest level with investors, clients and partners.

Wouter has a degree in real estate from Greenwich University in London and a master’s degree in real estate from the Amsterdam School of Real Estate.