Tia van Beek

Tia is Director transactions for the Netherlands at Principal Real Estate Europe, part of the Principal Finance Group, a leading global investment manager offering retirement services, insurance and asset management to businesses, individuals and institutional clients.

Founded in 1897 and member of the Fortune 500. NYSE listing with ticker PFG, market cap ci. $ 18,6 billion. Over 15.000 employees in offices worldwide. With $ 82 billion real estate assets under management, Principal Real Estate Investors in one of the top 10 largest global real estate managers by AUM.

Before joining Principal Real Estate Europe, Tia was a Director with private equity group, Antea Vastgoed Management. Prior to that, she was Asset Manager at Uni-Invest (currently Merin), where she was responsible for the performance of a portfolio of warehouses and offices in the Rotterdam and Eindhoven area, with a total area of 800,000 sqm. From 2004 to 2008, Tia worked for Shell Real Estate and was involved in acquisitions, dispositions and asset management in the EMEA region. Before joining Shell, she worked with NS Vastgoed, the development department of the Dutch railroad, marketing developments and acquisitions. Tia began her career with DTZ, as a real estate agent.

Tia is a Dutch native and is fluent in English, German and Dutch. She holds a law degree from the University of Leiden and a degree in real estate from NVM SOM.