Diversity Leadership

North American Chief Diversity Officer

To formalize our commitment to diversity, we named a full-time Chief Diversity Officer for North America early in 2007.

Cedric Thurman, who joined the company in 2000, accepted the new role and is now responsible for creating and implementing a multi-year, multi-phase plan to nurture a culture of diversity and inclusion.

Reporting to the Regional Chief Executive Officer and to the Regional Chief Human Resources Officer, Thurman’s responsibilities include designing and implementing programs that increase the number of women and minorities we hire, develop and promote.

Herman Bulls, Chief Executive Officer of the company’s Public Institutions business, was honored with a Trailblazer Award by the Global Diversity Summit in 2008. The award recognizes an individual whose contributions have been outstanding and unique and whose efforts have “blazed a trail” in building diversity in the field of commercial real estate.

Diversity Podcast Series  

To support our commitment to diversity and inclusion with our Americas employees, we have produced a series of podcasts in which global and regional company leaders share their views on the subject.