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Phil Rowland is the Chief Executive Officer of CBRE in Australia and New Zealand, a role that he has held since January 2019 when he moved to Australia from offshore.
His current responsibilities centre around growing and diversifying CBRE’s service platform in Australia & New Zealand across Capital Markets, Leasing, Property Management and Advisory in all established and emerging asset classes.
Prior to his current role, Phil has held various positions over the last 25 plus years in Asia, US, and Europe in the advisory sector. Most recently he was CEO of Global Workplace Solutions, Asia Pacific for CBRE, leading a diversified business across 18 countries serving corporate occupier across a wide spectrum of industry sectors.
Earlier in his career Phil specialised in real estate advisory with EY, serving clients in the US and Europe on strategic planning, real estate and facilities outsourcing, development studies, corporate portfolio and location strategies and performance improvement.
Phil is a Board Member of the PCA as well as a member of the Property Champions of Change. He is also the Convenor of the PCC Steering Committee and a member of the Foundation Advisory Board for the Westmead Institute of Medical Research Foundation.
His current responsibilities centre around growing and diversifying CBRE’s service platform in Australia & New Zealand across Capital Markets, Leasing, Property Management and Advisory in all established and emerging asset classes.
Prior to his current role, Phil has held various positions over the last 25 plus years in Asia, US, and Europe in the advisory sector. Most recently he was CEO of Global Workplace Solutions, Asia Pacific for CBRE, leading a diversified business across 18 countries serving corporate occupier across a wide spectrum of industry sectors.
Earlier in his career Phil specialised in real estate advisory with EY, serving clients in the US and Europe on strategic planning, real estate and facilities outsourcing, development studies, corporate portfolio and location strategies and performance improvement.
Phil is a Board Member of the PCA as well as a member of the Property Champions of Change. He is also the Convenor of the PCC Steering Committee and a member of the Foundation Advisory Board for the Westmead Institute of Medical Research Foundation.
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