Meet Bert

Founder of TimeBank

Bert Hofhuis

In his long professional career, Bert has worked with multinational companies and governments, consulting on various financial and logistical projects in Africa, Europe and Asia.

He founded TimeBank with a team of experienced finance writers and experts to help demystify topics such as equity release, lifetime mortgages, home reversions and retirement interest only mortgages, for people like himself.

Bert Knows About

Project Management
Operations Management
Strategic Leadership
Personal Finance
Equity Release
SIPPS
Lifetime Mortgages
Later Life Mortgages

Bert's Qualifications & Courses

Featured In & Other References

The Road Less Traveled

Experience

In his long professional career, Bert has worked with multinational companies and governments, consulting on projects in Africa, Europe and Asia.

He has distinguished himself in the areas of:

Project Management
Management Consulting
Operations Management
Strategic Leadership
Performance Management

Most notably he was recognised for his contributions to:

TMEA Logistics Innovation for Trade Fund (LIFT) as an expert for Nathan Inc in Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania (on behalf of UK DFID)
Grindrod Logistics as an asset audit specialist in Southern Africa
GIZ as Team Leader tasked with developing a Fleet Management System and Asset Management Policy for the Government of Malawi (on behalf of the German Government)
The Samsun Logistics Centre (SLC) funded by the EU in Samsun Turkey as a business planning expert (on behalf of the EU)
The establishment of CFS facilities for Damco, Djibouti (on behalf of the AP Moller Maersk Group)
A project initiated by the Investment Board of Nepal as a feasibility specialist (on behalf of UK DFID)

In the last ten years, Bert broadened his focus to include personal finance in the UK, which led to him founding TimeBank.

As someone with a good grasp of financial concepts in a corporate environment, he found himself needing to make difficult financial decisions in his personal life, but lacking the necessary tools.

He founded TimeBank with a team of experienced finance writers and experts to help demystify topics such as Equity Release, Lifetime Mortgage, Home Reversion, Retirement Interest Only Mortgage and SIPPS, for people like himself.

In his free time, he encourages the Time Bank team to join him in various philanthropic initiatives.

Academic History

Education

University of Johannesburg, Diploma in Road Transport
University of Witwatersrand, Advanced Certificate in Technical Road Transport

Out-Of-Office

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Originally from the Netherlands, Bert has an unnatural fondness for the colour orange, and a deep appreciation for cooler weather. When he’s not at his desk, you’ll find him mountain biking or spending time with his grandchildren.