Cushman & Wakefield appointed Matthew Bouw as chief executive, Asia Pacific (APAC) and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
As part of this planned transition, Colin Wilson will step down as chief executive, EMEA, and leave the organization to pursue the next chapter in his career.
In this new role, Bouw will oversee a single operating model across both regions providing the scale and balance of services to drive growth and offer clients better global connectivity and access to talent.
Bouw brings a wealth of experience to this role, which includes leading and successfully growing the APAC region as chief executive since 2017. During his 13 years with Cushman & Wakefield, he also has held global executive positions based in the Chicago office, including global chief administrative officer and global chief HR and strategy officer. In these roles, Bouw was intimately involved in the merger of the firm’s legacy organizations in 2014-15, as well as th
