Key Takeaways
- • Bert Hesselink has been appointed head of industrial and logistics at CBRE, succeeding Michal Bezděka, who is relocating to Germany for family reasons.
- • Hesselink brings more than fifteen years of commercial real estate experience in the Czech Republic and the Netherlands, most of it within CBRE.
- • Publisher context indicates CBRE Investment Management appointed Hesselink as EMEA Customer Relationship Management Logistics Lead, a role that extends his logistics remit across the region.
- • Hesselink previously moved from CBRE to CTP, where he led CEE business development with a focus on the Czech market, before returning to the CBRE group.
Summary
Bert Hesselink has been appointed head of industrial and logistics at CBRE, taking over the position from Michal Bezděka, who has decided to relocate to Germany for family reasons. The appointment was reported by EurobuildCEE, and the source material does not specify the effective start date.
Hesselink has more than fifteen years of experience in commercial real estate in the Czech Republic and the Netherlands. He began his career in 2001 as an office agent in the Amsterdam branch of CBRE and relocated to Prague in 2004. At CBRE he has held a range of roles, including business development director, operations director, head of workplace strategies, head of the office agency and head of the industrial agency. He also chairs the real estate committee of the American Chamber of Commerce.
Publisher materials indicate that CBRE Investment Management has separately appointed Hesselink as EMEA Customer Relationship Management Logistics Lead, a role described as reinforcing the firm's focus on logistics clients across the region. Trade coverage of that move describes him as a former CTP executive. Prior to rejoining CBRE, Hesselink served at CTP, where he took charge of business development for the company's CEE operations with a focus on the Czech market.
The move consolidates Hesselink's logistics responsibilities at CBRE at a time when industrial and logistics real estate remains a core allocation theme for institutional investors in Central and Eastern Europe.
Hesselink has more than fifteen years of experience in commercial real estate in the Czech Republic and the Netherlands. He began his career in 2001 as an office agent in the Amsterdam branch of CBRE and relocated to Prague in 2004. At CBRE he has held a range of roles, including business development director, operations director, head of workplace strategies, head of the office agency and head of the industrial agency. He also chairs the real estate committee of the American Chamber of Commerce.
Publisher materials indicate that CBRE Investment Management has separately appointed Hesselink as EMEA Customer Relationship Management Logistics Lead, a role described as reinforcing the firm's focus on logistics clients across the region. Trade coverage of that move describes him as a former CTP executive. Prior to rejoining CBRE, Hesselink served at CTP, where he took charge of business development for the company's CEE operations with a focus on the Czech market.
The move consolidates Hesselink's logistics responsibilities at CBRE at a time when industrial and logistics real estate remains a core allocation theme for institutional investors in Central and Eastern Europe.
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