Maarten van der Spek
Global Head of Strategy, BNP Paribas Real Estate   

Maarten van der Spek is Global Head of Strategy at BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management (BNP Paribas REIM). A graduate of the Universities of Amsterdam and Tilburg, van der Spek has over twenty years of experience in research, market analysis and investment strategy for leading investment managers and institutional investors. Prior to assuming this newly created role, he was Senior Strategist at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority for the five years and Head of Private Real Estate Strategy at PGGM Investments from 2009 to 2016, following more than ten years at ING REIM, where he was initially Senior Account Manager before being appointed Managing Director Research & Strategy Continental Europe in 2004. Based in Paris, van der Spek will manage an international team spread over several major European cities.  
Maarten van der Spek