Meet our dynamic, diverse and complementary team.

+32 470 48 32 24
mskea@togatherhomes.com

Martin Skea began his career in New York, at the Department of City Planning. This experience sparked a decades-long passion for the innovative use of public space to foster economic progress. Through his company, Skye Real Estate LLC, Martin has invested in real estate projects across the United States. He also leads Skye Real Estate BV in Belgium and Skye Real Estate Public Benefit Company in Ireland, real estate development companies that provides social, workforce and affordable housing through timber-based, sustainable design under the brand name, ToGather Homes.

Martin has also worked in the financial services industry as a management consultant serving clients worldwide. More recently, he held senior executive roles at Wells Fargo Bank, the 4th largest bank in the United States, in a number of roles, at various times leading corporate strategy, product development, marketing and business operations. Martin launched or transformed numerous key business units in the bank. He is adept at cross-border collaboration, public-private partnerships, and innovative ways to achieve business success with a social impact focus.

Martin has a 25-year record of success in building coalitions to help people reach their financial goals and to secure affordable housing, all while creating a more sustainable natural environment. He founded ToGatherHomes – in order to provide community, sustainability and affordability in housing.

+32 479 78 68 45
slinders@togatherhomes.com

English

As a structural engineer with a master’s degree in construction management, Sabrina Linders has honed her skills in a variety of construction projects for more than 30 years. After 10 years of experience on the contractor side, building apartments, offices, and distribution centers and even renovating castles, Sabrina put this experience to use as a project developer/contracting authority for mostly public-private partnerships. Her projects have been growing over the years from smaller stand-alone projects to entire area developments. These combine a mix of functions such as living, working, shopping, recreation, parking, etc. within a sustainable context. Some well-known large-scale realizations in Flanders are Regatta (Left bank Antwerp) and The Loop (Ghent).

Sabrina understands that good mobility is crucial in creating a livable environment. For the Flemish public transport authority De Lijn, she helped develop a hub model that connects several light rail lines with each other and with other types of (public) transport. Sabrina is responsible for the overall coordination of these highly complex projects and processes.

As a connecting figure, Sabrina reconciles the goals of the various stakeholders and establishes lasting partnerships with the key players. The engineer in her is keen on thorough optimizations in processes, tight budget monitoring, and a relentless focus on quality.

Dutch

Als bouwkundig ingenieur met een masterdiploma in bouwmanagement verdiept Sabrina Linders zich al meer dan 30 jaar in grote bouwprojecten. Na 10 jaar ervaring aan de zijde van de aannemer, met de bouw van appartementen, kantoren, distributiecentra en zelfs het renoveren van kastelen, zette Sabrina deze ervaring in als projectontwikkelaar / gedelegeerd bouwheer voor voornamelijk publiek-private samenwerkingen. Haar projecten groeiden doorheen de jaren uit van op zichzelf staande projecten naar volledige gebiedsontwikkelingen. Die combineren binnen een duurzame context meestal een mix van functies zoals wonen, werken, winkelen, recreatie, parkeren, etc. Enkele bekende grootschalige realisaties in Vlaanderen zijn Regatta (Linkeroever Antwerpen) en The Loop (Gent).

Sabrina begrijpt dat een goede mobiliteit cruciaal is in het creëren van een leefbare omgeving. Voor de Vlaamse vervoersmaatschappij De Lijn werkte ze mee aan de ontwikkeling van een knooppuntenmodel dat verschillende sneltramlijnen met elkaar en met andere (openbare) vervoersvormen verbindt. Sabrina staat hierbij in voor de overkoepelende coördinatie van deze zeer complexe projecten en processen.

Als verbindende figuur verzoent Sabrina de belangen van de verschillende stakeholders en gaat ze duurzame samenwerkingsverbanden aan met de belangrijke spelers . De ingenieur in haar is enthousiast over grondige optimalisaties in processen, strakke budgetbewaking en een niet-aflatende focus op kwaliteit.

+90 (532) 433 33 92
ncandar@togatherhomes.com

Nilüfer Candar is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in private equity, corporate finance, and business development. Nilüfer was responsible for the execution of private equity investments for NovaRoma Capital, a small to middle-market growth capital fund with a generalist industry focus. She had worked in conjunction with the general partners to fundraise from a global network of investors closing the fund with €45mn. She has working knowledge on setting investment strategies and goals, including identifying and selecting add-on acquisitions, as well as investment management experience to include investor relations, company monitoring and reporting. Nilüfer has extensive corporate finance experience in both equity and debt financing. She started her career at ABN AMRO in investment banking.

Nilüfer has worked with companies and their C-level management on business growth initiatives both in-house and as a third-party advisor. She is working with the ToGather Homes team to fundraise, set business strategy and expand on the resource base to achieve it. Nilüfer holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA in Economics from Bogazici University.

+32 472 50 52 60
dmaarse@togatherhomes.com

Daan Maarse has an international background, having grown up in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, and Belgium which he currently calls home. Returning to the UK for his studies, he completed his bachelor’s in 2021, studying architecture at Kingston School of Art in London. While working for Gollings Architects London, Daan impacted projects designing homes for the rehabilitation of homeless individuals. This work further cemented themes he looked at during his studies such as using architecture as a tool and solution for social change and improvement. Daan believes in architecture that is socially charged and create dynamic, emotional, and natural spaces that are well-rooted in context.

Interested in new and alternative ways of living, Daan has worked with a co-living company in Brussels which is expanding to new sites. Understanding that architecture shapes the way we live, feel, think, and move, and passionate in the belief that we need to rethink how we live in an increasingly urban 21st century.

Finding like-minded people through working at ToGather Homes, Daan is eager to be at the forefront of addressing both the housing and climate crises.

+32 499 48 21 70
wruelens@togatherhomes.com

Ward Ruelens graduated as a Master of Civil Engineering having spent five years at KULeuven. During an exchange in Stockholm he discovered the capabilities of timber as a construction material for large-scale projects. Intrigued by its potential for accurate prefabrication, digitalization, construction speed, climate impact and the biophilic and aesthetic properties, Ward deep dived in the timber construction sector.

This interest led him to the Postgraduate Programme in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, a combined effort of the universities of Leuven, Ghent and Hasselt. The framework of this one-year Programme allowed to further explore the corporate atmosphere of the timber construction sector through internships with various contractors and engineers. This kickstarted his knowledge about the structural and biophysical properties of the material, costing, project management, budget control and more generally the set-up and organization of a company. The idea of doing multiple internships in one year resulted in an elaborated list of contacts within the industry and the academic world.

After a successful internship Ward has a position within a timber contractor and expert, LDK Woodworks. On a yearly basis he contributes to the sales, engineering, planning and construction of dozens of construction projects.

+32 486 20 35 33
mpflueger@togatherhomes.com

I am a real estate enthusiast, who believes that good real estate can make a difference for a sustainable environment, for people’s well-being and for a resilient economy and requires a positive mindset, good leadership, teamwork and ingenuity.

I can bridge the gap between social, economic and design-oriented thinking, thanks to years of experience in executive positions in real estate development, project and team management and sustainable architecture.

I offer a strategic and international point of view whilst understanding project-based challenges, as I worked with local teams on site as well as on larger scales in several European countries.

I am driven by the desire to create good real estate assets and persuaded that a long-term view on the whole real estate lifecycle, requiring interdisciplinary competences, is essential. With this conviction, I look forward to contributing my experience to strengthening your real estate team.