About us

Peter Kuiten has been working in project development since 1990. After completing his Engineering studies at the University of Applied Sciences in 's-Hertogenbosch, he started his own architectural agency, giving him his first taste in project development. In 2002, Peter founded the company Certitudo Capital with a focus on Private Equity and M&A activities. Five years later, the organisation became part of the Certitudo Capital Group. Together with Niels de Bruijn and Tessa Kuiten, Peter completes the management board of Certitudo Capital.

After graduating in Private Law, Niels de Bruijn completed his vocational education in Real Estate Law from the Dutch Bar Association. As a lawyer specialising in Construction Law and Private Law, he worked at ARAG and as corporate lawyer at Elzent Investments. Niels has been working at Certitudo Capital since 2008, initially as property lawyer. In 2015, he also became co-director of Certitudo Capital Group.

Tessa Kuiten attended the Koning Willem I College in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, where she studied Banking, Insurance and Real Estate. She then attained her propaedeutic diploma in Management, Economics & Law. Tessa has been working at Certitudo Capital since 2008. On 1 January 2019, she was appointed Managing Director. She manages the organisation together with Peter Kuiten and Niels de Bruin.

Karin has been part of the Certitudo Capital team since February 2019. As extension and right-hand woman of management, she performs a wide range of secretarial tasks.

Maurice Beks has been in the accountancy game for over 16 years. He worked at KPMG, among others, where he was responsible for overseeing auditing projects as Audit Manager. Maurice has been working at Certitudo Capital as Financial Manager since May 2016. In his role, he holds final responsibility for the Finance department and reports directly to management.

Gert-Jan de Rooij has a wealth of experience in the field of retail property. For more than 17 years, he was employed at A.S. Watson H&B Continental, twelve of which he held the position of Real Estate Director. Gert-Jan joined the Certitudo Capital team in July 2017 and manages the entire iRetail portfolio. In his role as Chief Investment Management, he is also responsible for the structuring and investment management of the group.

Niek Broeijer worked at Dollard Capital for over five years after previously working for five years at Hanzevast Capital as Finance Director. Before that, he held various positions within the banking sector. Niek has been employed with Certitudo Capital since September 2017. As Chief Structured Finance, he is responsible for risk & compliance and structured finance within the Certitudo Capital Group.

Robert Ciggaar has over 3.5 years of experience as Senior Asset Manager with Hudson Advisors and Propertize. In his role there, he was jointly responsible for optimising the portfolio. Prior to that, he worked at PingProperties. Robert has been employed with Certitudo Capital since January 2019. His arrival is a welcome addition and boost for our Asset Management team. Among other areas, Robert's main focus is on the Amsterdam portfolio.

Stan Kleuskens completed the Real Estate and Brokerage course at Fontys Hogeschool in February 2019. He did an internship at Certitudo Capital for a year and also worked on his graduation project here. Stan has been employed by our company since 1 March 2019. As Assistant Investment Management he assists Niek Broeijer with his activities in the risk&Compliance and structured Finance.

As an extension of the Investment- and Asset Management, Anouk performs various secretarial duties. She has been working at Certitudo Capital since 2015. Before Anouk joined Certitudo Capital, she worked at medical device supplier NTOC medische techniek BV and Titus Brandsmalyceum secondary school in Oss.

After completing his Economics and Electrical Engineering studies, Roeland de Gruyter began his career at Deloitte Corporate Finance. He then worked in the banking sector for more than eight years as manager of special management. As of October 2018, Roeland has brought his extensive experience in the field of business management, corporate finance and restructuring into the Certitudo organisation. He is responsible for the participations within Certitudo Capital.

Chris van den Dungen worked for many years at Lisman Inter Holding. In 2011, he made the switch to Certitudo Capital where he is responsible for all project development activities of the Certitudo Capital Group.

Niels Marijnissen attained his Master of Real Estate degree at the TIAS Business School of Tilburg University. He has been working in real estate since 2007. In November 2016, Niels joined the team at Certitudo Capital. Under the supervision of Chris van den Dungen, he is responsible for the new construction project development within the Certitudo Capital Group.

Bart van Hoek studied Engineering & Management; a contractor's education with a strong practical focus. Certitudo Capital has been Bart's place of work since 2015, where he is responsible for technical project development.

Wilbert Smits attended the Avans University of Applied Sciences, where he studied Engineering Business Administration. He completed his internship at Certitudo Capital and began his career here in 2015. Wilbert is the first assistant of Chris van den Dungen and, in that role, is closely involved with the project development activities within the Certitudo Capital Group.

Yasmine Bouatou completed her studies in Building Management & Real Estate in 2016. She then spent her first working years gaining experience with different project developers. In 2018, Yasmine joined the team at Certitudo Capital. As junior project developer, she is involved with a variety of project development activities under the management of Chris van den Dungen.

Noortje Kuiten completed her Accountancy studies and subsequently joined Certitudo Capital in 2010. Together with Mimi Commandeur, she looks after the entire financial administration of all companies and participations within the Certitudo Capital Group.

Mimi Commandeur has many years of experience in various administrative positions at different companies. Mimi began working at Certitudo Capital in 2018. Together with Noortje Kuiten, she looks after the entire financial administration of all companies and participations within the Certitudo Capital Group.

Kees Maas has been employed with Certitudo Capital since 2016. In the Finance department, he is the right-hand man of financial manager Maurice Beks.

Nona Kuiten worked for a collection agency for a number of years before joining the Certitudo team in August 2017. She is responsible for the switchboard operations and for welcoming our visitors. Besides that, Nona also carries out various secretarial tasks.

After completing his Facility Management study, Rob Visser worked for TCN Property Projects and ARRA Management, amongst others. His responsibilities included the technical and facilities management of the property portfolio. In 2015, Rob joined the team at Certitudo Capital where he looks after the property management of various projects.

Joep Hover is currently studying Corporate Real Estate. He does this next to his job at Certitudo Capital, where Joep has been responsible for the property management of the commercial real estate since 2015.

Bart Korthals completed his education in Property and Real Estate in 2007. He subsequently gained experience as property manager with Camelot Property Management. Bart has been part of the Certitudo team since 2015. He is responsible for the administrative and technical side of the property management.

Vincent van Herpen passed his propaedeutic exam in Engineering Management and subsequently began his university Business Studies. Vincent has been working at Certitudo Capital since February 2017, where he handles the technical management of the entire portfolio of the Certitudo Capital Group.

Krystle Hoogerbrugge has been working at Certitudo Capital since 2010. She is, together with Eefje van Eijck and Lonie Jongejan, the point of contact for all tenants in the iResidence housing portfolio. In her role, Krystle is jointly responsible for all rental activities of the properties.

Eefje van Eijck joined the property management team at Certitudo Capital in 2015. The team, which is made up of Krystle Hoogerbrugge, Lonie Jongejan and herself, is the point of contact for all tenants in the iResidence housing portfolio. In her role, Eefje is jointly responsible for all rental activities of the properties.

Lonie Jongejan previously worked for a real estate agent before joining Certitudo Capital in 2018. Together with Krystle Hoogerbrugge and Eefje van Eijck, she is the point of contact for all tenants in the iResidence housing portfolio. As such, Lonie is jointly responsible for all rental activities of the properties.