Martin, Roberts Take on New Leadership Roles at JLL

CHICAGO-Changes are taking place at the top, or near the top, at any rate, at Jones Lang LaSalle with two C-Suite promotions, and in a rare move for this industry, a woman has gained the chief executive’s chair. Lauralee Martin is being bumped up from her current post as chief operating and financial officer to Americas CEO. She replaces Peter Roberts, who in turn has been named chief strategy officer. Both promotions will kick in the first of the year.

GlobeSt.com will follow up with more details on the promotions tomorrow. But according to the house statement, Roberts engineered a six-fold growth in annual revenues during his decade-long tenure.