Managing the managers

Alex Hayes, ‘Eurobuild CEE’: Can you tell me a little of the history MVGM? Maarten de Haas, chief commercial officer for Europe, MVGM International: MVGM was established in 1956, which was the time property management first began to appear on the market. We expanded for a few decades and then also around the beginning of the 21st century, when there was a lot of outsourcing going on. At that time we were still part of a Dutch insurance company called Aegon. The insurance business and the property management business were separated in 2007 with a management buyout and that was really the beginning of MVGM focusing on property management. Since then – a good 12–13 years ago – we’ve focused on increasing our service offering, delivering quality and expanding, both organically and through acquisitions. MVGM completed a number of acquisitions early on, mainly in the Netherlands, but they’ve since also taken place on the German market. And finally t