Cushman & Wakefield Adds Chris Browne as President, Client Service Delivery

By Adriana Pop, Associate Editor

Chicago–Cushman & Wakefield, a global leader in commercial real estate services, announced that Chris Browne has joined the firm as president of the company’s Client Service Delivery division.

Chris Browne, Client Service Delivery President, Cushman & Wakefield

Browne will lead Cushman & Wakefield’s Global Occupier Services (GOS) Integrated Facilities Management, Project & Development Services, Transaction Management, Strategic Consulting and Portfolio Administration service lines. Additionally, he will have oversight of the company’s client-facing technology and strategic sourcing platform. Browne will report to Steve Quick, CEO of Global Occupier Services.

“Chris will ensure consistent, profitable delivery of our services while building on the many strengths of our existing platform so we can continue to offer best-in-class client service,” said Quick. “Further, it is testimony to the power of the Cushman & Wakefield platform when industry leaders such as Chris recognize the momentum and opportunity ahead for our brand, and choose to join our team.”

“This is indeed an exciting time at Cushman & Wakefield,” added Browne. “I am joining a committed leadership team and a great organization with outstanding capabilities coalescing from each of the legacy firms that merged earlier this year. The integration of our platform has created a unique service delivery capability that positions us to provide the industry’s best solutions for our clients.”

Browne joins Cushman & Wakefield from JLL, where he was most recently COO, Americas Corporate Solutions. At JLL, he was also responsible for Corporate Solutions’ HR and IT business strategy as well as Americas’ business intelligence and data management strategies. Prior to JLL, he held a global leadership role with Hewlett-Packard and an Americas and EMEA leadership role at CBRE. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne and earned an MBA at the University of Illinois Chicago.

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