Utrecht is the most sustainable ‘office city’ in the Netherlands

I joined Colliers in October 2016 as Marketing Manager. Today  I'm the Chief Growth Officer and responsible for the sustainable growth of the company. A cross-functional job including marketing, sales, research & data, products and finance.

The teams marketing & business development, research & data and property marketing are responsible for strengthening the Colliers brand through integrated content marketing, programs focussing on high client satisfaction, and client centered product development. We also advice shopping mall owners on positioning, branding and marketing activities.

After studying Business Economics at the University of Tilburg I started my career at DLL Financial Services as marketer (4.5 years), followed by a senior marketer role at Achmea (4 years). Before I joined Colliers I worked at ABN AMRO as Senior Marketer International Clients (5 years) where I was among others responsible for the marketing activities of ABN AMRO Real Estate.

Dré is Partner, Executive Director Capital Markets & Agency and member of the board at Colliers. He  is responsible for Capital Markets in the sectors offices, retail, industrial& logistics and residential. Besides his responsibility for Capital Markets, he is also responsible for the Agency Departments offices, retail and industrial & logistics at Colliers.

I joined  Colliers as a Research consultant in 2020. My main focus is on the office market and partially the retail market. The research team collaborates with other business lines by providing data and data-analyses. Another main occupation of the team is the publishing of news articles on different topics within the field of real estate. Next to this, I develop dashboards and tools to translate data into market knowledge and visualizations.

Before joining Colliers, I worked for a.s.r. real estate as a researcher. 

With over 10 years of industry experience across different sectors, Arjan leads the ongoing development and implementation of the Colliers sustainability strategy in the Netherlands, which focusses on improving ESG performance and managing associated risk for a range of occupier and investor clients. He is passionate about driving sustainability in all aspects of the business to preferably exceed stakeholder expectations. Arjan is also part of the ESG Subject Matter Experts Group for the Colliers property management teams across EMEA providing strategic advice on technology deployment, net zero strategies, EU carbon compliance, workplace wellbeing, and the impact that these trends have on service delivery.

Arjan is a regular presenter on sustainability topics and represents Colliers on various industry groups.

Contact Arjan if you'd like to discuss:

• Development and implementation of ESG & Net Zero strategies
• SFDR, CSRD and EU-Taxonomy consultancy
• ESG data management & reporting
• Community engagement and health & wellbeing
• Renewable energy in commercial property