Members of the Management Team

Renée Verhulst (1971)

Renée Verhulst joined Vesteda on 1 May 2022 and was appointed as HR Director. Before joining Vesteda, she worked as Head of HR at Van Dorp, a leading technical services provider. Renée worked for over 20 years at the Achmea group, where she held several senior HR roles.

Michiel de Bruine (1966)

Michiel de Bruine joined Vesteda on 1 August 2024 and was appointed as COO. He has over thirty years’ experience in the real estate business. Before joining Vesteda, he worked for eighteen years in various roles at Bouwinvest, lastly as Director Dutch Residential Investments. Michiel studied Law at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. 

Supervisory Committee

The Supervisory Committee supervises how the Manager executes its task, as well as the general course of the fund, on behalf of the participants in the fund. The Supervisory Committee has established rules regarding it’s processes and governance in its by-laws.

The Supervisory Committee shall have at least five members, with the exact number to be determined by the participants. At present, the Supervisory Committee comprises five members.

The Supervisory Committee has an Audit Committee and a Nomination and Remuneration Committee, both of which are governed by by-laws. The Supervisory Committee shall meet as often as it deems necessary, but at least four times a year, to discuss the results of the fund, the quarterly unaudited financial reporting and the valuation of the fund’s portfolio.

The members of the Supervisory Committee are appointed, suspended and dismissed by the participants with due observance of any nominations made and a profile as set forth in the Terms and Conditions. They are appointed for a period of four years, which term may be extended once by four years. Each participant that individually holds and each group of two or more participants that jointly holds at least 25% of the participation rights is entitled to nominate one member of the Supervisory Committee. The fund strives to achieve the best possible balance among its members in terms of gender, expertise and experience in the fields of management, compliance, risk management, financial reporting, funding, real estate and real estate funds.

All resolutions of the Supervisory Committee are adopted by a simple majority. Each member of the Supervisory Committee is entitled to one vote. In the event of a tied vote, the resolution at issue will be rejected. The Supervisory Committee may also pass resolutions in writing. A member of the Supervisory Committee will not participate in deliberations or decision-making within the Supervisory Committee if they have a direct or indirect personal interest in the matter in question that conflicts with the interests of the joint participants.

Role

The Supervisory Committee supervises the policies and functioning of the Manager and the general affairs of the fund. The Manager is responsible for involving and informing the Supervisory Committee, ensuring that the fund is supervised in an optimal manner. The Manager holds regular consultations, both formally and informally, with the Supervisory Committee and its sub-committees on the strategy and policies of Vesteda as a whole. By attending these meetings, the members of the Supervisory Committee have ample opportunities to interact with Vesteda’s executives. In addition, the members of the Supervisory Committee have individual meetings with Vesteda executives on an ad-hoc basis.

Remuneration of Supervisory Committee members

For the remuneration of the Supervisory Committee, please see the Remuneration report or Note 30 to the consolidated financial statements.