Ben is a seasoned auditor at Deloitte Belgium’s Antwerp office, specializing in real estate and family-owned businesses since 2003. With FSMA accreditation, he expertly handles regulated real estate entities and advises on acquisitions, IPOs, and public refinancing. Ben has extensive experience in audit supervision, public and private offerings, and contributes to industry groups, including EPRA. He also lectures on real estate accounting at the University of Louvain.
Ben, who joined the Antwerp office in 2003, has a particular interest in the real estate industry as well as family owned entities. He brings many years of experience in the area of controls, structuring and reporting in both an international and local environment. As an FSMA accredited auditor, Ben is well placed to cope with regulated real estate entities. In addition, Ben advises several real estate groups on acquisitions, IPO and public refinancing transactions, thus gaining substantial experience in public and private offerings of bonds and capital.
In addition to performing and supervising audit engagements, he was involved in several acquisitions, IPO and public refinancing transactions. Member of the Real Estate Industry group within Deloitte Belgium, previously assisted the European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA) in its annual report survey and yearly facilitates a lecture on real estate specific accounting topics at the University of Louvain.