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Leadership
The EMEA Board of Management are responsible for determining the overall strategy and policy of
the Firm in Europe. Each individual EMEA country Board is chaired by a member of the EMEA Board
of Management.
Paul Bacon: Chairman & CEO EMEA
Paul Bacon is CEO EMEA and Chairman of the EMEA Board as well as the Boards of the Italy, France Spain and Russia. He is a Capital Markets specialist, and is Lead European Partner of Cushman & Wakefield’s Global Capital Markets Group. Paul started his career with Cushman & Wakefield (then Healey & Baker) in 1984 and was subsequently responsible for establishing the firm's Italian business. He was also responsible for overseeing the expansion of the firm's highly successful Central and Eastern European operations and the firm's entry into the Russian market.
Glenn Rufrano: President & CEO
Glenn Rufrano is president and chief executive officer of Cushman & Wakefield and a member of its board of directors. Prior to becoming President and CEO of Cushman & Wakefield, he served as CEO of Centro Properties Group, CEO of New Plan Excel Realty Trust, and co-founder of O’Connor Capital Partners. He serves on the Board of New York University’s Real Estate Institute, and was previously a director of Trizec Properties.
Martin Bruehl: Managing Partner Germany
Martin Brühl is Managing Partner and Chairman of Cushman & Wakefield LLP Germany. Martin holds a German banking diploma and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree from City University Business School, London. He is also a sworn valuer and a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, London. He joined Healey & Baker's Valuation Advisory department in 1999, which he very successfully headed until he became Managing Partner of Cushman & Wakefield Germany in 2005. As a member of the EMEA Board, he is also Chairman of Cushman & Wakefield's Swedish office..
Liz Bunce: Partner, Head of HR EMEA
Liz Bunce is an Equity Partner and Head of EMEA Human Resources. She is a member of the UK and EMEA C&W LLP and C&W Investors Boards. Liz joined the firm in September 2007 and has over 20 years experience in Human Resources formerly holding HR Director positions at Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development.
Harry Farthing: Partner & Managing Director Italy
Harry Farthing is Managing Director of Cushman & Wakefield Italy. He joined Cushman & Wakefield in the office agency team in the City of London in 1987 and moved with the Firm to Lisbon in 1992, where he was active in valuations and office and industrial agency. In October 2004 he was appointed Managing Director of Cushman & Wakefield’s activities in Italy. In addition he is Chairman of Cushman & Wakefield's activities in the Middle East.
Jonathan Hallett: Managing Partner, Czech & Slovakia
Jonathan Hallett is Managing Partner of C&W’s operations in the Czech & Slovak Republics. He has benefited from working with the Firm in Brussels, Paris and London. He became a Partner in 2001, ran the retail agency in Prague until 2003 and continues to oversee the International Retail Team in the CEE region.
Philip Ingleby: Chief Operating Officer EMEA
Philip joined the firm from KPMG in 2002 and spent three years in Frankfurt where he was responsible for our German operation. Returning to the UK, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer EMEA at the end of 2005. He is a member of the UK and EMEA Boards and is Chairman of the Boards of Belgium and Germany.
Bryan Laxton: CEO Cushman & Wakefield UK
Bryan Laxton is the CEO of Cushman & Wakefield's UK operations which extend to 760 employees in seven offices. Bryan joined the firm in 1981, was appointed a salaried partner in 1989, an equity partner in 1997, a member of the UK management board in 2003 and an EMEA board member in 2006. Bryan is also managing director of Cushman & Wakefield Finance Ltd, a company regulated by the Financial Services Authority, advising on indirect property investment and all forms of property finance, including senior and mezzanine debt as well as joint venture arrangements. He is a member of the RICS and authorised by the Financial Services Authority and is the current Chairman of the Reading Real Estate Foundation.
Pierre Martinet: Chairman of EXOR France
Pierre Martinet is Chairman of EXOR France and a Member of the Board of Directors for EXOR Luxembourg. He also Managing Director for Sequana Capital in Paris. Pierre is a Member of the Supervisory Board of Cartier (Paris) and a Member of the Board of Directors for ArjoWiggins Appleton Ltd. (United Kingdom). Pierre is also Vice Chairman of Exor USA.
John C. Santora: President and CEO, Americas
John C. Santora is Cushman & Wakefield’s President and Chief Executive Officer for the Americas and one of the commercial real estate industry’s most experienced global executives. A 31-year veteran of Cushman & Wakefield, he oversees the firm’s largest operating region, which includes 137 offices throughout North and South America. In addition, he is a member of the firm’s senior governing body, the Cushman & Wakefield Board of Directors.
Eric VanLeuven: Managing Partner Portugal
Eric has been the Managing Partner of C&W Portugal since 1991 when the then Healey & Baker acquired his business. More recently he set up the office in Greece and, in addition to this country, he is currently Chairman of the Boards of C&W's offices in Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and the firm's latest opening, Romania.
Olivier Gérard: President of Cushman & Wakefield France
Olivier Gérard is President of Cushman & Wakefield France and Head of the Investment department. Olivier, who enjoys 22 years experience in commercial real estate, is a member Partner of Cushman & Wakefield and a member of the EMEA Board. In 2008, he was elected "Best Agent" in France at the Pierre d'Or Awards, which were created by Expertise Pierre, the leading commercial property magazine in France. Olivier Gérard, 47 years old, is a graduate of the Institut Européen des Affaires (European business school). He started his career in 1985 in the field of advertisement. After his first experience in a Parisian commercial real estate agency, he joined Jones Lang Lasalle in 1989 when he focused on Paris lettings markets. In 1996, he created the Occupier Sales department and then joined the Investment department as Head of Sales for France. Olivier joined Cushman & Wakefield in 2005 as Head of the Investment department.