About us

Pieter Plass
President and CEO

PGR, founded in 1996, focuses on developing and marketing creative business ideas.
CBB, founded in 1968, provides project management for the construction industry. The company has some 315 employees.

Pieter was born in the Netherlands, on February 3 1963. After high school he attended a two-year course on automobile engineering at IVA, a technical college in the Netherlands. In 1982 he started his business studies at the City of London Polytechnic. This school combines the British conservative school system with a modern curriculum. After working for his Bachelor's degree of Business Administration for two years he switched to the American College in London, an American school for international students. This enabled him to continue his studies at an affiliated school in Atlanta. After his Bachelor's degree he started his Master of Business Administration studies at Georgia State University. After one year he decided to major in International Business Administration, for which he transferred to Thunderbird in Phoenix. Thunderbird is well-known for its international community of students and teachers, and its excellent job training, as a result of its close links with international companies.

Pieter graduated in 1988 and started to work as an assistant-manager for CBB in the Netherlands. This company provides construction management services for large building projects. In 1996 Pieter became the CEO of the company. Over the past few years CBB has grown to be one of the leading companies in the field of construction management.

Pieter is committed to a life of “continuous learning”. For him this means working on acquiring new insights and skills by attending management programs at various universities. These include Berkeley, Harvard, MIT and Stanford.

Besides working for CBB, Pieter is a management advisor, sets up management seminars and contributes to the development of the field of construction management. He has published various articles and manuals.

Pieter: "I am an entrepreneur of the worst kind: I see opportunities everywhere and want to do more all the time. To the question “who is Pieter Plass? I have just the one answer: “someone who enjoys his work and achieves some small successes there. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, which is why I venture a lot!"

The book The Honest Thief
by P.H.J. Plass M.I.M.