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CBRE Announces Changes to its Northern Leadership Team
June 6, 2024
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Global real estate advisor, CBRE, has announced strategic changes to its Northern leadership team. John Ogden is now responsible for all UK Regional Markets, while Joe Rigby has been promoted to Managing Director (MD) of the North, overseeing CBRE’s Manchester, Liverpool, and Leeds offices.
Based in Manchester, Ogden will continue to have an active role in overseeing the Northern region but will also take on greater responsibility across CBRE’s wider regional UK business, with overall responsibility for Scotland, the North, and the Midlands & South, and all the sectors and service lines in these locations.
Rigby, who joined CBRE in 2014, has held several leadership roles within the company including Head of Occupiers Services for the North in 2019, before a promotion to Head of Office Agency for the North in 2022. Rigby will now transition to Managing Director of the North, supporting Ogden, while remaining laser-focused on client solutions in the region. The news follows Colin Thomasson’s recent appointment as Head of UK Investment Properties.
Joe is regarded as a market leader by clients, as well as the wider industry across the North, so he is well-placed to step up and drive the growth of our Northern business going forward. Simultaneously, it’s more important than ever that we are delivering a cohesive and integrated offering to our clients, across all our service lines and sectors. I look forward to continuing to work with Joe, as well as with all the teams across CBRE’s wider regional business, to deliver best-in-class, holistic solutions for our clients.
About CBRE Group, Inc.
CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2024 revenue). The company has more than 140,000 employees (including Turner & Townsend employees) serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE serves a diverse range of clients with an integrated suite of 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.co.uk.