Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Matthew Bouwas as chief executive, APAC and 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, Bouwas 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.
During his 13 years with Cushman & Wakefield, he has also 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 2014–2015, as well as the process to acquire DTZ in 2011. Prior to joining Cushman & Wakefield, he worked across a variety of industries and for several large global companies, including PwC, Aviva, Or
