Koen Nevens

Real Estate expert - Manager/leader with International experience. Passionate about commercial real estate and people.

Brussels Metropolitan Area

About

During the past 27 years, I advised private and institutional clients (tenants, investors and developers) on their complex commercial real estate strategies and implementations. The past 10 years I combined this with a role as CEO, manager/leader, defining group strategy at the EMEA Board level and ensuring that about 1500 people in the 5 countries I was looking after got fully behind the plan and jointly exceeded them every year as a real team. The biggest joy was to grow the company true both talent development and M&A. Leading the merge between C&W and DTZ in Belgium, Luxembourg, Sweden, Germany and The Netherlands was a fantastic experience. As was the acquisition of ADMOS. The combination of management and top client development has been a real pleasure.

Experience

  • Senior Advisor at MECCO
    Apr 2026 - Present · 4 mos

    Happy to have joined MECCO as senior advisor on the private Real Estate portfolio of the Mestdagh family.

  • Retail Estates NV (3 yrs 9 mos)
    • Member of the Management Team - Head of Business Development outside Benelux
      Nov 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 9 mos

      As member of the Management Team, responsability to develop the strategy to invest in a third country outside Belgium and The Netherlands. Between 04/2024 and 04/2025: combining the role as CBDO with heading up the Property Management Team.

    • Board Member
      Jul 2025 - Jul 2025 · 1 mo

  • Board Member at BLSC - Belgian Luxembourg Council of Retail and Shopping Centers
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Business Owner - Strategic Real Estate Advisor and Manager at KOEN NEVENS BV
    Apr 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 4 mos

    Strategically advising instituational investors on their retail aquisition/disposal programs in Benelux and France, with a focus on Retail Parks and Out-of-Town retail in general.

  • Strategic advisor retail portfolio at Equilis Europe at Equilis Europe
    Oct 2021 - Oct 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

    As independent strategic senior advisor, I supported Equilis in the disposal of their retail portfolio across Europe.