Team

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    Edward De Nève

    Founder Pylos Group

    Edward has a degree in Communications (Erasmus Brussels) and a master’s degree in Marketing (London school of Economics). He started his real estate career at King Sturge (Brussels) and Hays DX (London), after which he worked in the DTZ Corporate Real Estate Services department until the creation of Pylos. Edward’s main focus within the Pylos Group lies in the commercial and strategic focus of the Group.

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    Johan Theunis

    CTO Pylos Benelux

    Johan is Chief Technical Officer of Pylos Benelux. Johan has 25 years of real estate experience, previously working at companies such as Democo and Robelco. Johan was, amongst others, involved in the developments of the Ericsson head offices, IBM offices in Brussels, the RTL-TVI studios and offices of the European Commission.

    Belgium Luxembourg
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    José Carlos Pinheiro

    CEO Pylos Mozambique

    José Carlos Pinheiro is CEO of Pylos Mozambique.
    Previously José was CEO of one of the most prominent real estate promoters in Mozambique. In this role he was responsible for managing a portfolio of more than 900 Million USD of investments realized or under approval. Before that, he was a Partner at ABS-Advanced Business Solutions Mozambique. In this role he has advised the Mozambican Government, in tax matters. He has gained extensive experience consulting for various international companies as an executive and non-executive director .
    José holds a degree in Business Management from ISLA-Instituto Superior de Línguas e Administração.

    Mozambique
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    Vincent Boutens

    Founder Pylos Group

    Vincent started his first years of law studies at FDNP University in Namur and obtained a law degree at the Leuven University. After this he studied Economics at Ichec. His professional career began at Kinnarps, where he worked as sales manager for 5 years. His next challenge was at DTZ, where he worked in the facility management division until he founded Pylos together with Edward.

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    Edward De Nève

    Founder Pylos Group

    Edward has a degree in Communications (Erasmus Brussels) and a master’s degree in Marketing (London school of Economics). He started his real estate career at King Sturge (Brussels) and Hays DX (London), after which he worked in the DTZ Corporate Real Estate Services department until the creation of Pylos. Edward’s main focus within the Pylos Group lies in the commercial and strategic focus of the Group.

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    Felipe Leal

    Real Estate Manager

    Felipe Leal joined Pylos in 2011. A civil engineering graduate, Felipe has worked on all the projects of Pylos in Brazil from project conception until conclusion primarily in the field of project management. In his current role as real estate manager, Felipe is responsible for the rollout of the projects under development and for the asset management of the properties owned by the group in Brazil.

    Brazil
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    Victor Sodala

    CEO Pylos Zambia

    Victor is a graduate in economics from the London School of Economics and a Chartered Financial Analyst. He started his career in the asset management industry in Zambia and subsequently moved to South Africa where he was an investment manager at one of the largest financial services company in Africa. Before joining Pylos, Victor was Development Manager Africa at the Eris Property Group where he was responsible for expanding their development business into new African countries.

     

    Zambia
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    Maarten Pauwelyn

    Chief Operating Officer

    Maarten Pauwelyn studied Business Economics at the KU Leuven and Master in Financial Management at the Vlerick Business School. He gained his first work experience in the Belgian strategy consulting company and joined Pylos in 2013 as a Prince Albert Fund Grantee where his role was to assist in the expansion of the Pylos operations abroad. He has since played an important role in various projects of the group in Zambia, Mozambique and Brazil. In his current role, he oversees the operations of the group in the various countries, with a focus on financial and commercial matters.