Mitiska REIM is headquartered in Belgium and is Europe’s leading specialist investor in convenience real estate, comprising retail parks, multi-let light industrial, self storage and urban logistics projects. The company’s investment focus capitalizes on the converging trends across these sectors and the increasing demand for urban infill sites from a growing range of end-users that offer accessible locations, affordable buildings, flexible design and sustainable solutions.Mitiska REIM’s investment model is partnership-driven, positioning itself as an active, value-adding investor, in collaboration with experienced local co-investment partners in respective geographies. Its approach is to unlock opportunities and drive superior value creation through the execution of development projects and value-add acquisitions with subsequent active asset management.Mitiska REIM recognizes that achieving sustainable urban growth is an important issue and that ESG factors play a crucial role in being a responsible fund manager, and are a key driver in creating long-term value for all our stakeholders and for society by making our business and our managed assets ‘future-proof’. To read Mitiska REIM’s most recent ESG Report, please click this link.Over the past 12 years, Mitiska REIM has raised 5 funds and built a portfolio of 92 properties representing +/- 1,200,000m² gross leasable area across Belgium, The Netherlands, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Bulgaria. Mitiska REIM is a licensed alternative investment fund manager (AIFM) supervised by the Belgian regulator FSMA (www.fsma.be).

Mitiska is a family office who, for the last 50 years, has been an active investor in private equity, real estate and asset management. By bringing capital, operational experience and sector expertise, we help businesses to create value and successfully reach the next phase of their development.

Fun is a retail chain with more than 30 shops (+1500-2000m2) in Belgium specializing in the sale of toys, baby articles and seasonal goods. School and office supplies are also an important part of the product range. Fun is a business partner of major brands as Disney, Lego, Playmobil, Standaard Boekhandel, Studio 100, Party XL, Glamour Plaza, …

Helixir is active in the smoothie bar market with 9 kiosks in France and 4 in Belgium, where fresh and natural smoothies and fruit juices are served. The kiosks are mostly located in high-traffic locations such as shopping centres (e.g. la Défense in Paris, Woluwe Shopping Centre in Brussels) and airports.

As an entrepreneur, I developed a retail concept, called "rambagh", active within the home interior design & lifestyle market. +1000m2 shops offering exclusive major european brands ie concepts bringing eastern inspired lifestyle (la maison coloniale, gervasoni, mariage frère, le palais des thés, filocolore, estéban, ...). In 2008-2009, business was sold.

Various positions within Customer Marketing & Consumer Marketing, a.o. customer marketing manager Quick France-Benelux, brand/marketing manager of Aquarius, Fanta (launch of Fanta Pomelo), Nalu, Coca-Cola.

Various positions within Controlling, Retail Operations & Customer Services