"I had the pleasure of working with Gerry in a joint role ofleading and running the company for the past decade. The role hasreally been a shared role as I evolved in my position," Jeff Finntells GlobeSt.com. He sees his new position not so much as adifferent job but as an evolution that has slowly been taking placeover the years. Finn has worked at NAI Global since 1982.

In his pervious position, Jeff Finn helped NAI Global expand toinclude 5,000 employees and 350 offices across the globe, accordingto company executives, in a release. Finn has been the president ofthe company since 1995 and since then has doubled annualtransaction volume, which is now more than $40 billion.

A year after taking on the role as president, Finn spearheadedthe company's first expansion abroad, creating offices in Canada,Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. The firm now has locationsin 45 countries.