Derk Welling
Senior Responsible Investment & Governance Manager, APG Asset Management   

Derk Welling is Senior Responsible Investment & Governance Manager at APG Asset Management and the ESG integration lead for the global real estate investments. He is a member of the GRESB Real Estate Standards Board, the CRREM Investor Committee and PRI Real Estate Advisory Committee. Until January 2021, he was also a member of the INREV Sustainability Committee and the initiator and co-founder of the Dutch Green Building Council, aiming to adapt BREEAM to the Netherlands. Before joining APG Asset Management, Welling served for 10 years as Head of Sustainability at REDEVCO, a private retail real estate investment manager, where he developed and executed the sustainability strategy for the global portfolio and set up the internal and external corporate responsibility reporting processes. He was member and co-chair of the ICSC Sustainability committee. Before REDEVCO, he worked at Ballast Nedam, a Dutch construction firm, where he set up the corporate purchasing department. He also worked as a consultant with PwC. Welling studied Civil Engineering at the Delft University of Technology and holds a PhD in Management Science from the University of Groningen. In 2014 he attended the Oxford Impact Investing program at Saïd Business School, as well as the Impact Investing program at the Duisenberg School of Finance. Subsequently he participated in the leadership development program at IMD Lausanne. He also holds a MSc in Investment Management (RBA / CEFA) from the VU University Amsterdam.  
Derk Welling