Former AMP Capital executive Paul Badenhorst has been appointed to lead CBRE’s Pacific Advisory & Transaction Services – Office Leasing business.
Matt Haddon, CBRE’s Senior Managing Director, Advisory & Transaction Services, Pacific, said Mr Badenhorst brought 25 years of property industry experience to the role and a demonstrated expertise in organisational leadership, business development and relationship management.
“Drawing on his client-side knowledge of property market drivers and business strategy, Paul will ensure we are delivering a leading-edge service offering, which is client centric and consistent across all the markets in which we operate,” Mr Haddon said.
“Paul also has a proven ability to drive tenant retention strategies, identify portfolio leasing risks and negotiate key leasing transactions, having been involved in over 200,000sqm of leasing transactions in Sydney and Melbourne, and this will add considerable strength to our existing platform and capabilities.”
Mr Badenhorst has held senior leadership, leasing and asset management positions at firms including AMP Capital, Savills and Rand Merchant Bank Properties, working in both Australia and South Africa.
He was previously Head of Office Asset Management for AMP Capital, overseeing an asset portfolio valued at over AU$5bn.
Mr Badenhorst will commence with CBRE on October 22, based in the firm’s Sydney CBD office at 363 George Street.
Matt Haddon, CBRE’s Senior Managing Director, Advisory & Transaction Services, Pacific, said Mr Badenhorst brought 25 years of property industry experience to the role and a demonstrated expertise in organisational leadership, business development and relationship management.
“Drawing on his client-side knowledge of property market drivers and business strategy, Paul will ensure we are delivering a leading-edge service offering, which is client centric and consistent across all the markets in which we operate,” Mr Haddon said.
“Paul also has a proven ability to drive tenant retention strategies, identify portfolio leasing risks and negotiate key leasing transactions, having been involved in over 200,000sqm of leasing transactions in Sydney and Melbourne, and this will add considerable strength to our existing platform and capabilities.”
Mr Badenhorst has held senior leadership, leasing and asset management positions at firms including AMP Capital, Savills and Rand Merchant Bank Properties, working in both Australia and South Africa.
He was previously Head of Office Asset Management for AMP Capital, overseeing an asset portfolio valued at over AU$5bn.
Mr Badenhorst will commence with CBRE on October 22, based in the firm’s Sydney CBD office at 363 George Street.
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About CBRE Group, Inc.
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 more than 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.
