NEW YORK CITY—RICS Americas has appointed four of its members to the board. The regional branch of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the largest global organization for professionals in real estate, construction, valuation and related industries, is based here.
The newly appointed board members are Roger Flather, director, global head of performance and valuation for BlackRock Realty; Bruce Greenberg, managing director and country leader for Duff and Phelps within the real estate advisory group, Mexico City; Christopher Turner (US country chair, ex officio), senior director, capital markets and investment sales group, Colliers International and Lawrence Melton (FM sector chair, ex officio), CEO and president, The Building People.
Flather has been with BlackRock since 2006. Prior to that, he worked for AIG Global Real Estate Investment Corp., where he served as VP. He previously held positions with Met Life Realty Group, Bankers Trust Company, and real estate consulting firm Landauer Associates.
Greenberg focuses on real estate valuations in Mexico and Central and South America. He has performed more than 20,000 valuation and consulting assignments in 16 countries worldwide, including nearly 1,700 assignments encompassing more than 7,000 properties throughout Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Turner has a broad range of transactional and investment management experience. Prior to joining Colliers, he worked for wealth manager London & Capital (U.K.), where he was asset manager of a $600 million core and core-plus portfolio; and before that at DTZ, focusing on appraisal, investment, development and property management.
Melton established The Building People in 2012. Earlier, he had more than 25 years of federal executive experience, most recently as assistant commissioner for facilities management for the General Services Administration and earlier as director of the White House Center, providing facilities, realty, and project management services to the executive office of the President. In that role, he was responsible for nearly 2.1 million square feet of some of the most prestigious real estate in Washington, DC.
All board members are appointed to three-year terms. Their duties include contributing to the ongoing development of RICS' corporate strategy by providing regular market intelligence and insight from the perspective of the region; assessing for submission to the management board a rolling three-to-five-year business plan for the region in the context of the approved RICS corporate strategy and objectives; and ensuring that all activities undertaken are in line with RICS brand.
“The diversity, professional experience, past leadership roles and integrity of the board ensures that RICS addresses the needs of the multi-disciplinary property professions in the Americas region and continues to promote high standards of professionalism for the public good,” says Peter Smith, RICS Americas chair & governing council representative.
The newly appointed board members are Roger Flather, director, global head of performance and valuation for BlackRock Realty; Bruce Greenberg, managing director and country leader for Duff and Phelps within the real estate advisory group, Mexico City; Christopher Turner (US country chair, ex officio), senior director, capital markets and investment sales group, Colliers International and Lawrence Melton (FM sector chair, ex officio), CEO and president, The Building People.
Flather has been with BlackRock since 2006. Prior to that, he worked for AIG Global Real Estate Investment Corp., where he served as VP. He previously held positions with Met Life Realty Group, Bankers Trust Company, and real estate consulting firm Landauer Associates.
Greenberg focuses on real estate valuations in Mexico and Central and South America. He has performed more than 20,000 valuation and consulting assignments in 16 countries worldwide, including nearly 1,700 assignments encompassing more than 7,000 properties throughout Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Turner has a broad range of transactional and investment management experience. Prior to joining Colliers, he worked for wealth manager London & Capital (U.K.), where he was asset manager of a $600 million core and core-plus portfolio; and before that at DTZ, focusing on appraisal, investment, development and property management.
Melton established The Building People in 2012. Earlier, he had more than 25 years of federal executive experience, most recently as assistant commissioner for facilities management for the General Services Administration and earlier as director of the White House Center, providing facilities, realty, and project management services to the executive office of the President. In that role, he was responsible for nearly 2.1 million square feet of some of the most prestigious real estate in Washington, DC.
All board members are appointed to three-year terms. Their duties include contributing to the ongoing development of RICS' corporate strategy by providing regular market intelligence and insight from the perspective of the region; assessing for submission to the management board a rolling three-to-five-year business plan for the region in the context of the approved RICS corporate strategy and objectives; and ensuring that all activities undertaken are in line with RICS brand.
“The diversity, professional experience, past leadership roles and integrity of the board ensures that RICS addresses the needs of the multi-disciplinary property professions in the Americas region and continues to promote high standards of professionalism for the public good,” says Peter Smith, RICS Americas chair & governing council representative.
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