Hans Op 't Veld
Principal Director Responsible Investment, PGGM
Hans Op ‘t Veld is Principal Director Responsible Investment at PGGM, focusing on
building out the Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform (SDI
AOP), which is an asset-owner led cooperation between APG, Australian Super, BCI
and PGGM aimed at accelerating investments in the Sustainable Development Goals.
As Head of Responsible Investments he previously led a team of 16 professionals
looking after the implementation of responsible investment in PGGM’s ¤240bn
investment portfolio. Op ‘t Veld joined PGGM in 2007 to head up its listed real estate
department before assuming to his current position in 2018. Furthermore, he serves
on the General Board of Eumedion. In an academic capacity, he is a Research Fellow
at the Amsterdam School of Real Estate. Op ‘t Veld has a background in international
real estate investment, strategy, investment allocation and performance measurement.
Prior roles include Director of Property Vehicles from 2003 at IPD (now part of MSCI).
Before that from 2001 he worked at investment bank Kempen’s corporate finance
practice in Amsterdam with a focus on real estate. Prior to that he was Partner
at Global Property Research (GPR), which specialises in strategy consulting,
benchmarking and performance measurement of listed real estate securities from
its inception in 1996. Op ‘t Veld holds an MSc in Financial Economics from the
Maastricht University and is a PhD candidate at Tilburg University.
