
CB Richard Ellis hires senior real estate professionals
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CB Richard Ellis Group has hired several senior commercial real estate services professionals, mostly in production, since May 2010.
In the Americas, Dave Albert, senior vice president, based in Miami, Florida, will be representing industrial owners and users. Albert was previously at Flagler Real Estate Services.
Stephen Eynon, senior vice president, based in New York, will focus on tenant and landlord representation. Eynon was previously with Jones Lang LaSalle.
Paul Galanis, managing director, based in Chicago, will co-lead the new real estate auction service in the US. Galanis was previously at Sheldon Good & Company Auctions.
Nat Heald, vice president, based in Boston, will focus on retail investment sales. He joins from Jones Lang LaSalle where was involved in the sale of nearly USD2bn of retail real estate in the Northeast, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions.
Myles Helm, managing director, will manage the South Bay office, located in Torrance, California. Helms joins CBRE from DAUM, where he served as president since 2007.
Doug Johnson, managing director, based in Chicago, will co-lead the new real estate auction service in the US. Johnson was previously at Sheldon Good & Company Auctions.
Jim Koury, executive vice president, based in Boston, specialises in the sale of retail investment properties in the Northeast. During Koury's more than 20 year career he has sold over USD3bn of property and was the former national director of retail sales at Jones Lang LaSalle.
Bryan Lewitt, senior vice president, based in downtown Los Angeles, will help lead the regional medical office practice in Southern California. He was previously at Cushman & Wakefield.
Frank Liggio, vice president, based in Long Island, New York, will focus on industrial and airport related transactions. Liggio rejoins CBRE from a Long Island boutique real estate brokerage firm.
Brian Mirkovich, vice president, based in Walnut Creek, California, will concentrate on broadening the company's retail leasing and sales services along the 680 Corridor, in eastern Contra Costa County and Alameda County's Tri-Valley marketplace. Mirkovich was previously with Colliers.
David Montijo, first vice president, based in Tucson, Arizona, is an office property specialist. He was previously with Bourn Partners.
Augie Napolitano, senior vice president, based in Newport Beach, California, will focus on assisting large warehouse and distribution users in maximizing the efficiencies of their global supply chain. He joins CBRE from Jones Lang LaSalle.
Compie Newman, senior vice president, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, will focus on debt and equity financing for all types of commercial real estate. Newman was previously co-managing director of NorthMarq Capital's Charlotte office.
Constance R. Pemmerl, executive vice president, based in Boston, will lead CBRE's business development efforts with national banking institutions and will maintain a particular focus on growing CBRE's loan sale advisory business. Pemmerl joins CBRE from her private consulting practice where she specialised in underwriting and structuring complex real estate transactions, debt re-structuring and troubled work-outs.
David Potarf, senior vice president, based in Denver, Colorado, will co-lead CBRE's multi-housing brokerage in that market. Potarf has completed investment sales of more than USD2bn throughout his career and joins from Marcus & Millichap.
Peter Scarpelli, vice president and global leader of energy services, based in Chicago, will oversee the firm's global energy and sustainability offerings, assisting CBRE account teams and clients in identifying and implementing portfolio-wide energy reduction, alternative energy and cost savings initiatives. Scarpelli was previously at Schneider Electric.
Bill Stone, executive vice president, based in Toronto, will lead CBRE Hotels' Canadian Hotel practice. Stone joins CBRE from Colliers International, where he was an executive managing director of the hotel group.
Thom Tobin, managing director of the assessment and consulting services group (part of CBRE's valuation and advisory services), based in Chicago, is responsible for meeting the environmental and property condition needs of CBRE's existing assessment, valuation and brokerage clients. Tobin has over 20 years of experience in the property environmental arena.
Scott Weems, senior vice president, based in San Antonio, will serve as the lead multifamily professional for the San Antonio metro area. Prior to joining CBRE, Weems spent ten years at Hendricks & Partners in San Antonio where he advised clients in both the acquisition and disposition of multifamily properties.
Aaron White, senior vice president, based in Nashville, Tennessee, will focus exclusively on representing owners of multifamily properties in the Nashville market. White returns to CBRE after serving as president and founder of Core Development Services in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was responsible for facilitating multifamily in-fill development and adaptive reuse of historic structures.
Devin White, vice president, based in Miami, Florida, will be representing industrial owners and users. He was previously at Flagler Real Estate Services.
Daniel Woodward, senior vice president, based in Denver, will co-lead CBRE's multi-housing brokerage in that market. Woodward has completed investment sales of more than USD2bn throughout his career and joins from Marcus & Millichap.
Jeff Woolf, senior vice president, based in downtown Los Angeles, will help build a vertical practice group focused on the fast-growing "career college" education segment of the commercial real estate market. He was previously with Cushman & Wakefield.
Kenneth R. Zirk, senior vice president, based in Philadelphia, will lead the global corporate services group in Greater Philadelphia with a focus on business development and client relations. Zirk was previously at Jones Lang LaSalle where he was responsible for account management for Towers Watson, AstraZeneca and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
In Asia Pacific, Masako Arakawa, executive director, new business development office, based in Tokyo, will assist with business development opportunities for CBRE Capital Markets in Japan. Arakawa was previously head of underwriting of commercial real estate Japan, Deutsche Bank, in Tokyo.
Wing Chan, director, residential services, Shanghai, is responsible for residential sales in Shanghai's secondary market and residential leasing. She was previously with NAI Asia Pacific Properties in Shanghai.
Winnie Chan, director of retail services, based in Hong Kong, provides leasing services for retailers and restaurants. She was previously with Jones Lang LaSalle, where she served as associate director in the firm's retail department.
Sonny Chen, managing director, based in Chongqing, China, oversees the office's daily operation and overall business development. He previously served as acting general manager for Cushman & Wakefield in Chengdu, providing oversight of the office's overall operation and business development activities in Western China.
Eric Fung, senior director, asset services, based in Beijing, is responsible for property and facilities management and tenancy administration in Northern China. He previously served as director of business development for Orange Sky Golden Harvest Group, a film and entertainment company, in China.
Keith Humphreys, executive director, Asia, based in Hong Kong, is responsible for the development of the CBRE Hotels business across China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. He led the hotels team for Colliers International for several years.
Trevor Ludeman, director, town planning, based in Melbourne, leads CBRE's expansion of its town planning division into Victoria. Ludeman previously operated his own Melbourne-based practice working with a range of clients and government agencies.
David Prosser, director, office services, based in Brisbane, is the new state director of the Queensland office services team. Prosser has experience in facilitating major lease transactions and structuring deals.
Simon Purdy, associate director, asset services, based in Brisbane, heads the expanding Brisbane-based commercial management division. Purdy has over 15 years of experience in commercial property management, including senior positions with Jones Lang LaSalle, Savills and Strategic Property Solutions.
Alex Robertson, senior asset manager, based in Adelaide, has been appointed to expand the South Australian asset services team. Robertson has over 25 years in the commercial property industry including his previous role as asset manager for the Motor Accident Commission and 11 years of experience as a senior property manager at Jones Lang LaSalle.
Phill Rockliff, regional director, asset services, based in Sydney, is heading CBRE's Pacific asset services team. Rockliff has more than 20 years of experience in the property industry, including directorship roles at Colliers and Jones Lang LaSalle, prior to being appointed as senior asset manager at Valad and more recently as Toga's general manager of property investment.
Kazunobu Takita, executive director, CBRE Hotels Japan, recently joined CBRE's operations in Japan, bringing more than 20 years of varied hotel industry experience to establish CBRE's hotels capability and team in Japan.
Michiyo Tanaka, head of human resources, will spearhead the HR strategy for CBRE operations in Japan. Tanaka has 18 years of experience in the human resources sector, leading HR functions and strategies for various client groups in American International Group and General Electric.
Angelina Tee, director of real estate finance, Asia, based in Singapore, is responsible for the coordination of real estate finance mandates and assignments in Asia, with a particular focus on Southeast Asia. She was previously with Unicredit, where she served as director, securitisation and structured products for Asia Pacific.
Oscar Westerlund, director, strategic advisory CBRE Hotels, based in Sydney, has been appointed to launch a new strategic advisory division. Westerlund has over 25 years of property experience working with private and institutional clients carrying out valuation and consultancy assignments throughout Australia, New Zealand, the South Pacific Islands, Europe and the Middle East.
In Europe, Middle East and Africa, Daniel Andersson, head of capital markets for CBRE Sweden, based in Stockholm, is responsible for responding to interest in the Swedish property market from both domestic and international investors. Andersson joins from fund and asset management company GPT Halverton, where he was a partner for three years with prime responsibility for property acquisitions across the Nordic region.
Anders Almqvist, head of valuation for CBRE Sweden, based in Stockholm, is responsible for the further development of CBRE's valuation business across Sweden, addressing changing local and international client needs. Almqvist brings 20 years of local market valuation experience to the team, specialising in valuation, tenant representation and leasing services.
Chris Callan, Ciaran Donnelly and Gerard McCann are directors based in Belfast. They will focus on landlord and tenant, valuation, licensed premises, property and facilities management. They were previously at Whelan Property Consultants.
Simon Milner and Richard Moffitt, executive directors based in London, joined when CBRE acquired M3 Agency. The acquisition represents a significant step in the development of CBRE's industrial services offering across the UK and Europe.
Neville Moss, head of retail research for the EMEA region, based in London, will help to drive CBRE's EMEA-wide retail research programme and support the further development of CBRE's cross-border retail proposition. Moss was formerly head of EMEA retail research at Jones Lang LaSalle.
Ian Smith, head of project management, CBRE global corporate services in the EMEA region, based in London, will be leading and expanding upon CBRE's corporate project management offering across the EMEA region, and working closely with the company's corporate services teams worldwide. Smith was formerly a main board director and principal shareholder of construction and property consultants, AYH.
Matthew Wilderspin, senior director, based in London, will help the building consultancy team accelerate growth throughout the UK and mainland Europe. Wilderspin joins CBRE from BNP Paribas Real Estate where he was national head of building consultancy.
Richard Williams, executive director, based in London, will be responsible for the surveying teams within the property and asset management division in London and the UK regions, focusing on service delivery and performance as well as assisting with business development, strategy and market intelligence. Williams joins CBRE from NB Real Estate.
Jane Wynne, senior director, based in London, will form a new specialist retail management team. Wynne was previously head of asset management at Quinlan Private, and head of retail asset management at Donaldsons (now DTZ).











