Patrick Kanters

Biographie: Patrick Kanters is Chief Investment Officer Private Investments and Member of the Management Board of APG Asset Management. APG Asset Management is specialized in managing pension capital, offering asset management services to the pension funds of the government, education and construction sectors and housing corporations. First based in Amsterdam and in January 2022 relocated to Hong Kong, he is responsible for all real estate, infrastructure, natural resources and private equity activities and the asset owner partnering initiatives. The clients investment holdings are concentrated in securities of publicly traded real estate, infrastructure and natural resources companies and selected private entities, funds and co-investments in Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific. The responsibility for infrastructure was added in May 2012 followed by natural resources in April 2017. The responsibility for private equity was added in January 2019. In March 2023 Patrick was promoted to Chief Investment Officer Private Investments. Prior to joining APG (then ABP) in 2005, Patrick worked for ING Real Estate for 11 years. Most formerly he was Managing Director of the Investment Management department covering the European markets. From 2008 to 2017 Patrick has been member of the Board of Steen & Strom, the leading Scandinavian shopping center investor, operator and developer. In addition, Patrick has served as chairman of the Management Board of INREV, was ULI Executive Committee member and member of the Executive Board of the European Public Real Estate Association. Until the end of 2024 he served as member of the GRESB Foundation Board (GRESB was co-founded by APG) and is ULI Trustee. Patrick holds a MSc in Real Estate, Project Management & Housing from the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands and received a post doctorate degree in Real Estate from the University of Amsterdam. He has attended senior executive courses at INSEAD and Harvard.