Professional Experience
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Brent is the Executive Chairman for CBRE New Zealand where he focuses on further strengthening CBRE’s client relationships and Capital Markets platform.
Brent leads the commercial sales team, with a focus on institutional grade investment assets and strategic development opportunities. Having personally concluded well over $4 billion of asset sales in New Zealand since 2010, Brent is commonly called on to present on the global capital appetite for New Zealand investment opportunities.
Brent’s background and experience extends over a range of services with previous roles at CBRE including Senior Managing Director, New Zealand, Regional Director of Valuation & Advisory Services, Pacific and National Director of Valuation & Advisory Services, New Zealand. Prior to joining CBRE in 2004, Brent was a Principal at accounting firm Ernst & Young within its Corporate Finance/Real Estate Group.
As well as his responsibilities as National Director for Valuation & Advisory Services, Brent also established the specialist Retirement Housing & Healthcare division for CBRE in Australia between 2007 and 2010 and was involved in facilitating some of the region’s largest specialised transactions.