Commercial real estate
10 CBRE executives
These ten current CBRE executives hold chief officer, CEO, president and executive vice chair roles at CBRE, several after earlier senior posts at the firm. A reader can learn how CBRE executives lead their businesses from people who have held these roles.
Professionals to explore
01—10Andrew Kupiec
LinkedInExperience: Chief Client Officer / Chief Operating Officer · CBRE
Chief Client Officer / Chief Operating Officer at CBRE since 2022, based in New York; the profile says Andrew runs CBRE's strategic client relationship program across its largest investor, data center and occupier clients. Earlier Andrew was Global President at CBRE (2017–2018) and Chief Executive Officer of Hana, a CBRE company (2018–2022).
Chris Kirk
LinkedInExperience: Global Chief Operating Officer, Advisory Services · CBRE
Global Chief Operating Officer, Advisory Services at CBRE since 2025, a role also listed for 2021–2024, with the current role tagged at C-level. The listing also shows CBRE roles as CEO International Advisory Services (2024–2025), Global Chief Operating Officer (2020–2023) and Chief Executive Talent Officer (2018–2020).
Emma Buckland
LinkedInExperience: Global COO, Building Operations & Experience | Executive Group President, Property Management · CBRE
Global COO, Building Operations & Experience and Executive Group President, Property Management at CBRE since June 2025, based in New York, after serving as Global President, Property Management (2020–2025). Earlier CBRE roles include Managing Director - Property Management UK (2018–2019) and Chief Operating Officer - Asset Services UK (2016–2018).
Erica Stricker
LinkedInExperience: Group President, Technology, Media & Telecom Company · CBRE
Group President, Technology, Media & Telecom Company at CBRE since April 2026 and Group President, Client Office since September 2025, based in Seattle. The profile says Erica leads strategy and service delivery for more than 40 global clients. Earlier CBRE roles include President - Technology Sector (2024–2025) and Chief Operating Officer (2023–2024).
Jack Durburg
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice Chair, Global Account Management · CBRE
Executive Vice Chair, Global Account Management at CBRE since September 2025, based in Chicago. The listing also shows CBRE roles as Chief Executive Officer - Advisory Services (2022–2025), Global Chief Executive Officer - Global Workplace Solutions (2020–2022), Global Chief Operating Officer (2018–2020) and CEO, Americas (2016–2018).
Jamie Hodari
LinkedInExperience: Chief Commercial Officer and CEO, Building Operations and Experience · CBRE
Chief Commercial Officer and CEO, Building Operations and Experience at CBRE since January 2025, based in New York, with the role tagged at C-level. Jamie is also listed as CEO and Co-Founder of Industrious since 2012, and was CEO and Co-Founder of Kepler (2011–2013).
Pali Palamathanan
LinkedInExperience: Global CFO/COO · CBRE
Global CFO/COO at CBRE since September 2010, based in London, with the role tagged at C-level. The listing also shows Credit Suisse roles as Director - Global COO (a.i) IB Expense Management (2010–2011) and Director - Head of Shared Services Division Management Reporting (2006–2010), and a Vice President - CFO & Joint Business Manager for Debt Capital Markets role at J.P. Morgan (2001–2006).
Robert Stanley
LinkedInExperience: Group Chief Operating Officer · CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS)
Group Chief Operating Officer at CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) since October 2025, based in London. Earlier GWS roles include Group President - Transformation (2024–2025), Sector President - Industrial & Logistics (Global) (2023–2024) and Managing Director (Global) (2020–2023).
Thomas Lee
LinkedInExperience: Group President & Co-Head of Capital Markets, U.S. & Canada · CBRE
Group President & Co-Head of Capital Markets, U.S. & Canada at CBRE since July 2025, based in New York; the profile describes oversight of the company's acquisition and disposition services and strategic financing solutions. Before CBRE, Thomas was Chief Investment Officer & Head of Capital Markets at Trammell Crow Company (2022–2025).
Tom Edwards
LinkedInExperience: Global President l Valuation & Advisory Services · CBRE
Global President, Valuation & Advisory Services at CBRE since 2020, based in Dallas, after serving as Executive Managing Director, Global Head of Valuation & Advisory Services (2019–2020). The listing also shows CBRE Asia Pacific roles as Executive Managing Director, Head of Valuation & Advisory Services and Consulting, Asia Pacific (2015–2019) and Executive Managing Director of Valuation & Advisory Services, Asia Pacific (2014–2016).
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Match the executive's business line to your question, since leaders in advisory, property management, capital markets and workplace solutions each see different parts of CBRE. Check each role's dates so you know how long the person has held the current post and what they held before it.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you set priorities for a global business line inside a large commercial real estate services firm?
- 02How do separate business lines coordinate when they serve the same large client?
- 03What changes when an executive moves from running a region to running a global function?
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