Novapars Capital as a rule has a medium-term to long-term investment focus.
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In 2003, together with 2 other investors, he acquired Huis & Hypotheek Nederland (House & Mortgage The Netherlands), a market leading franchise formula specializing in the sale of financial products such as residential mortgages combined with real estate services.
He was the Marketing & Financial Director of Huis & Hypotheek Nederland responsible for the strategic direction of the company leading to consistent domestic growth, as well as expansion into international markets. In the period from 2003 till the sale of the Dutch company in April 2008, the company grew from 50 offices to 95 offices.
Walter received his Master of Science in Business Economics from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam.
He worked at H2 Equity Partners. As Investment Manager at H2 Equity Partners he was responsible, amongst others, for the turnaround of a Belgian restaurant chain with 63 locations and over 1300 employees.
Prior to that he founded and led a successful European Reverse Logistics company with operations in 25 countries, which was sold to a U.S. based private equity fund in 2007. Furthermore, Gerben was a consultant at McKinsey & Company’s Benelux office. Here he worked, amongst others, on a turnaround for a medium sized industrial company and a merger of two international companies.
Gerben holds an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau and an MSc in Aerospace Engineering from Delft University.