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Organisation MD Hotel Investments B.V. (MDHI)Company Profile MDHI is one of the initiators of the fund and an experienced hotel investment and hotel asset management company that originated from the Amsterdam based Eden Hotelgroup. MDHI is led by its shareholders Mr. L.D.H. Dijkstra and Mr. J. Mees. The Eden Hotelgroup is also shareholder in MDHI. More information is available through www.mdhi.nl. Mr. L.D.H. Dijkstra Léon Dijkstra (1967) graduated in Business Administration at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The subject of his final thesis for this degree was ‘Financial Valuation of Hotels’. He built up experience in financing and investment analyses with firms such as Real Estate Bank FGH and the hotel consultancy Horwath Consulting. In the past few years he focused on the growth of the Eden Hotelgroup, the family business of his parents. Four hotels with the same criteria as the fund were acquired, a fifth is under construction. These acquisitions and their turnarounds act as an example of a successful execution of a strategy similar to that of the fund. In the beginning of 2002 he initiated together with Mr. Mees MDHI and the fund. Mr. J. Mees Joost Mees (1964) graduated in Law at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. During his study he started at MSR Consulting, an international consulting firm focusing on Total Quality Management, Customer Satisfaction Management and Business Process Redesign. Clients were listed companies, especially banks and insurance companies. From 1998 he worked as Senior Consultant for Aon Risk Consultants (ARC), the risk management consulting firm of Aon Corporation. Aon is a listed company on the Chicago and New York stock exchanges and one of the largest insurance brokers in the world. He was responsible within ARC for the execution of Enterprise Risk Management Studies and Due Diligences in merger and acquisition projects for the larger international venture capital and private equity companies and therefore has a vast experience in advising on investment issues. Mr. Mees was also responsible for executing risk management studies in the leisure industry. Early 2002 he initiated together with Mr. Dijkstra MDHI and the fund. Responsibilities of MDHI in the fund management Mr. Dijkstra and Mr. Mees and employees of MDHI will act as the front office of the fund management and they are the primary contact for prospects and the hotel management of the portfolio companies. MDHI will take the lead in the assessment of investment opportunities and the monitoring of results and developments in the portfolio companies. The hotel management and investment experience at MDHI will be used in the front-line of the investment and portfolio management activities. Back to the fund management |
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