CBRE Group, Inc. Promotes Emma Giamartino to Global Leader of Corporate Development

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE) announced that it has promoted Emma Giamartino to Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, with responsibility for leading the company’s mergers and acquisition (M&A) activities globally. Ms. Giamartino’s appointment is effective June 1, 2020.

Ms. Giamartino has led the company’s Americas M&A team since joining CBRE in February 2018 and has played a leadership role in a number of the company’s acquisitions, including Telford Homes and FacilitySource. She was also instrumental in CBRE’s launch of Hana, its flexible workspace business, in late 2018.

“Emma has been a major contributor to the Corporate Development team and has formed great relationships with our business leaders across CBRE,” said Bob Sulentic, the company’s president and chief executive officer. “Her strong background in investment banking and M&A, combined with the deep knowledge of CBRE she has gained over the past two years, will enable her to do great things as our Corporate Development leader.”

Prior to joining CBRE, Ms. Giamartino served as Director of Corporate Development at Verizon Communications, where she executed M&A transactions and strategic investments across that company’s core businesses. Earlier, she was a senior investment banker in Nomura’s technology, media and telecommunications group. She received a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Engineering from Duke University.

Ms. Giamartino’s appointment follows Jim Groch’s announcement of his plans to leave CBRE on June 30 after 35 years of outstanding service to the company.

About CBRE Group, Inc.

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