CBRE Group, Inc. has hired Don Leeke as President, Client Solutions, for the firm’s Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) business, which provides facilities management, project management, advisory and transaction and consulting services to occupiers of commercial real estate.
Based in Minneapolis, Mr. Leeke is an accomplished and versatile executive with more than two decades of experience. He led sales activities for Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and, most recently, IBM as Vice President of North America Analytics Sales.
“Don has an impressive record of leading solutioning and sales organizations focused on building strong customer and partner relationships,” said Bill Concannon, Global Group President and CEO of GWS for CBRE. “We’re confident his experience leading complex business transformation teams within high-tech organizations will further strengthen our ability to deliver exceptional outcomes to our clients.”
In his new role, Mr. Leeke oversees the firm’s global outsourcing sales and solutioning organization, management consulting, technology-led analytics, industry sector specialties and CBRE Institute.
GWS achieved robust revenue growth in the second quarter, as reported in the firm’s quarterly earnings report issued August 2, 2018.
CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Los Angeles, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2017 revenue). The company has more than 80,000 employees (excluding affiliates), and serves real estate investors and occupiers through approximately 450 offices (excluding affiliates) worldwide. CBRE offers a broad range of integrated services, including facilities, transaction and project management; property management; investment management; appraisal and valuation; property leasing; strategic consulting; property sales; mortgage services and development services. Please visit our website at www.cbre.com.
