Originally from Amsterdam, Kees has lived in the Washington area since 1993. He has been involved in real estate since the mid-1990s, having acquired more than $1.6 billion in total asset value over the past 20 years, and prior to StoneBridge was a founding partner of a Washington, D.C.-based real estate investment group. Kees has a B.S. in Economics from Hoge School of Amsterdam and a M.S. in Real Estate from The Johns Hopkins University.