Nils Kok
CEO and Co-founder
GRESB
Nils Kok is the CEO and co-founder of GRESB, a leading global benchmark to assess the sustainability performance of real assets, including real estate portfolios and infrastructure assets. GRESB has rated more than 1,000 REITs and funds on behalf of more than 50 institutional investors, that on aggregate represent some USD6 trillion.
He also holds a position as an associate professor in Finance and Real Estate at Maastricht University (NL). His work on pension funds, commercial real estate, and energy efficiency and sustainability has received numerous government grants and awards. It has appeared in leading academic journals as well as in the global financial and economics media, such as the Huffington Post, The Guardian, the Washington Post, the Australian Financial Review, Das Handelsblatt, Le Monde and Het Financieele Dagblad, and in industry publications, such as Bloomberg and Pensions & Investments. More information at www.gresb.com and at www.nilskok.com.