BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Steen & Strøm’s Board of Directors currently has five members, elected by the General Meeting. Pursuant to the company’s articles of association, the Board of Directors shall consist of between five and seven members. The Board of Directors also acts as the Audit Committee.
Chairman of the Board
JEAN-MARC JESTIN
Jean-Marc Jestin has been Chairman of the Klépierre Executive Board since November 7, 2016, after serving as Chief Operating Officer and member of the Klépierre Executive Board since October 18, 2012. Previously, Jean-Marc Jestin held a number of positions in real estate companies. He was Chief Financial Officer and then Chief Operating Officer of the pan-European platform Simon Ivanhoe from 1999 to 2007. He then joined the Unibail-Rodamco International teams, acting as Deputy Chief Investment Officer in charge of acquisitions, sales and M&A transactions.
Jean-Marc Jestin started his career in 1991 at Arthur Andersen in an audit role where he contributed to the development of the real estate practice.
Jean-Marc Jestin, 53 years old, is a graduate of the HEC Paris business school.
Board Member
STÉPHANE TORTAJADA
Stéphane Tortajada is Chief Financial Officer and member of the Executive Board since June 22, 2022. With over 25 years’ experience in finance and real estate, he has assumed leadership roles in fields like mergers and acquisitions, financing, capital markets and asset management, having worked both in investment banking institutions, notably Lazard, and most recently as the group head of finance and investment of the energy group EDF for twelve years. He also managed the international real estate arm of Groupe Casino, implementing differentiated strategies of asset rotation, development, and rental reversion on a portfolio of shopping malls.
Stéphane Tortajada, 49 years old, is a civil engineer from École nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, graduated from a Master’s degree in Finance (IEP Paris) and is a member of the French Society of Investment Analysts.
BOARD MEMBER
MARIE CANIAC
Marie Caniac oversees all the Klépierre Group’s operations, from leasing and asset management to marketing and frontline activities as well as the operational implementation of the Group’s Act4Good® ESG strategy in shopping centers.
Marie joined Klépierre in 2013 as a Portfolio Manager in France before being promoted to a Deputy Leasing Director in France a year later. In January 2016, she became Head of Asset Management at Klépierre in Utrecht, the Netherlands. In 2018 she is promoted Group Head of Leasing. Between 2021-2023 she held the position Chief Executive Officer of Steen & Strøm.
Marie Caniac started her career in the commercial real estate in 2008 at Unibail-Rodamco and Altarea Cogedim. She is a graduated of EDHEC School.
Board Member
RAFAEL TORRES VILLALBA
Rafael Torres Villalba is a Senior Portfolio Manager at APG Asset Management, focusing on APG’s European residential and retail investment. APG is the pension fund manager for the Dutch civil servants pension fund ABP. Rafael Torres Villalba has been working for APG’s real estate group for more than 20 years, working on both Asian and European real estate. After heading the European real estate team for close to 15 years, he has taken responsibility for some of the residential investments in APG’s portfolio together with his long lasting involvement in Steen & Strøm. His skillsets entail among others both transactional as well as portfolio management skills.
Rafael Torres Villalba holds a MSc in Economics from Maastricht University and is a CFA charterholder.
Rafael Torres Villalba is Chairman of the Spanish PRS Socimi Vivenio and board member of London based residential landlord and operator Get Living.
Board Member
RUTGER VAN DER LUBBE
Rutger van der Lubbe is Head of Global Real Estate Investment Strategy at APG Asset Management. Based in the Amsterdam office, he is jointly responsible for the firm’s global Real Estate investment and asset management activities, and is part of the global Real Estate management team. As part of his position, he leads various strategic initiatives, whilst being the key liaison for external stakeholders.
Rutger van der Lubbe joined APG (then ABP) in 2001 and was predominately involved in the firm’s European Real Estate investment activities before transitioning into his current role in 2017. Rutger van der Lubbe serves as the Chairman of the INREV Research Committee, was a member of the European listed Real Estate institutional Investment Advisory Committee and holds various board positions in portfolio entities.
Rutger van der Lubbe is a CFA charter holder and holds a Masters degree in Economics from the Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands, with a specialization in Financial Economics.