CBRE has appointed Andrew Nicholson as an executive managing director and head of asset services for Asia Pacific.
He comes to CBRE from Swire Properties Ltd, where he was portfolio manager, responsible for the management of a commercial and development portfolio worth in excess of $US2.5 billion.
Nicholson has over 10 years’ international experience across management, acquisition, development and disposal. At Swire, he was directly responsible for all asset management functions for nearly 2 million sq. ft. of Hong Kong office investments, in addition to having managed major commercial developments on behalf of European and Asian JV partners. He has also completed a high volume of leasing transactions with key corporate clients and is an active member of the RICS and ULI. He holds a Masters in Real Estate, from Kingston University and is an MRICS Chartered Surveyor.
Since 2011, he has lectured on asset management to EMBA students of the International Real Estate Business School (Regensburg University, Germany) and with the Asian Cities program of the Real Estate Academy in China in conjunction with Tongji University, Shanghai. He will remain based in Hong Kong.
Nicholson succeeds Sam Cuccurullo, who will retire from the company toward the end of 2014 after 19 years with CBRE.
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