Colliers Appoints Director of Global Capital Markets
CBRE-veteran, Chris Pilgrim will work to strengthen Colliers’ investment expertise globally and maximize potential for investors.
LONDON – Colliers has appointed Chris Pilgrim as director of global capital markets.
Within his new role based in London, Pilgrim will focus on connecting global capital with opportunities across region and asset classes. He will work collaboratively with Colliers’ teams across the world.
Through the new hire, Colliers aims to strengthen the company’s services in real estate investment.
Pilgrim joins Colliers from CBRE, where he most recently served as an executive director and led the firm’s global capital markets teams for South East Asia, while based in Singapore.
As an expert in large scale investments and an experienced leader in the global deployment of capital for leading investors, Pilgrim has previously advised on inter-regional real estate investment between EMEA, APAC and Americas regions from both London and Singapore.
With 14 years of experience, Pilgrim has completed major cross-border transactions totaling more than $10 million. He is a specialist in advising on complex development projects and he has marketed landmark assets with values of $1 billion.
“We are proud to announce Chris’ appointment as director for Colliers’ global capital markets team, to further grow our service as investor activity is set to rebound globally,” says Tony Horrell, Colliers’ global head of capital markets. “He is an established market leader, who delivers exceptional results for the world’s leading investors.”
Horrell adds, “Chris has an unrivalled depth of insight and connections with leading institutions across the world and is set to accelerate our clients’ success with his expertise in structuring and advising on large scale, complex and cross-border transactions of both trophy assets and portfolios.”
“This is an exciting moment to join the business and help grow our market-leading service at Colliers, which has an enterprising culture and exceptional team,” states Pilgrim. “I’m looking forward to connecting global capital with opportunities across every region, and with our experts in each market, to maximize cross-border potential for clients as the pace of activity builds for the next phase of global growth.”