Witsard Schaper
Senior Vice President, Head of Europe
Mr. Schaper serves as Granite’s Senior Vice President, Head of Europe. Mr. Schaper is based out of our Amsterdam office and has almost 20 years of extensive real estate investment experience in international private and public real estate transactions across Europe. Prior to joining Granite, Mr. Schaper was a Director at CPPIB in London where he was responsible for the investment programme in Continental Europe and served as a member of the global investment committee. Previously, Mr. Schaper was a Senior Vice President – Europe at Franklin Templeton where his primary responsibility was devising and implementing the European investment strategy. Earlier in his career, Mr. Schaper held various real estate positions at Forum Partners, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley.
Mr Schaper is a Dutch national and holds a Masters in Law degree (LLM) from Utrecht University, The Netherlands.