Andrew Hallissey adds senior strength to its EMEA Occupier Services team
LONDON, Aug. 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leading global commercial real estate services firm Colliers International Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CIGI) (TSX:CIGI) announced today that it will strengthen its EMEA Occupier Services platform with the recruitment of Andrew Hallissey, who will join the firm as Executive Managing Director of EMEA Occupier Services. Andrew will drive strategy, client service delivery and spearhead the growth of the firm's occupier business in the region.
"Attracting a major talent like Andrew, who is well recognised as one of the best in the industry, is an important step in the growth of our occupier services business across EMEA and beyond," said Chris McLernon, EMEA CEO. "His wealth of global experience having advised dozens of Fortune 500 companies throughout the world on developing real estate transformation solutions will help us assist an increasing number of major corporate occupiers looking to partner with a trusted advisor who can drive real value from their real estate strategy and innovate their workplace experience."
Andrew Hallissey joins Colliers from CBRE where he has held senior leadership roles within their Global Workplace Solutions business in Chicago, Hong Kong, New York and London. He has gained extensive global experience advising large corporations on their global real estate organization and strategy over the last 18 years, having worked across EMEA, North America and Asia Pacific. Andrew also currently serves on the global board of directors of Corenet, the leading global association for the corporate real estate profession.
In this new role with Colliers International, Andrew with report to Chris McLernon, EMEA CEO; and lead integrated service delivery for all occupier clients specialising in corporate real estate services, portfolio strategy, transaction management, brokerage, lease administration, project management, workplace services, and facilities management outsourcing advisory across the EMEA region.
About Colliers International Group Inc.
Colliers InternationalGroup Inc. (NASDAQ:CIGI) (TSX:CIGI) is a top tier global real estate services and investment management company operating in 69 countries with a workforce of more than 13,000 professionals. Colliers is the fastest-growing publicly listed global real estate services and investment management company, with 2017 corporate revenues of $2.3 billion ($2.7 billion including affiliates). With an enterprising culture and significant employee ownership and control, Colliers professionals provide a full range of services to real estate occupiers, owners and investors worldwide, and through its investment management services platform, has more than $20 billion of assets under management from the world's most respected institutional real estate investors.
Colliers professionals think differently, share great ideas and offer thoughtful and innovative advice to accelerate the success of its clients. Colliers has been ranked among the top 100 global outsourcing firms by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals for 13 consecutive years, more than any other real estate services firm. Colliers is ranked the number one property manager in the world by Commercial Property Executive for two years in a row.
Colliers is led by an experienced leadership team with significant equity ownership and a proven record of delivering more than 20% annualized returns for shareholders, over more than 20 years.
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