Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Jon Hubbard to head up its EMEA Hotels & Hospitality business.
Current team leader, Partner Richard Candey, will remain in a senior management role.
Hubbard, who will start work at Cushman & Wakefield this summer, joins from JLL where he was head of investor services EMEA for its hotels & hospitality group. Before joining JLL in 2005, he was head of Hotels at Atisreal (part of BNP Paribas), co-ordinating agency, advisory and valuation work across Europe.
(Photo: From left to right; John Forrester, Jon Hubbard and Richard Candey)
Reporting to EMEA CEO John Forrester, Hubbard will be responsible for leading and growing Cushman & Wakefield’s EMEA hospitality practice. He has nearly 30 years of EMEA hotel market experience across multiple service lines, advising on everything from economy hotels to international five-star properties, and from single assets to large portfolios.
Hubbard has been closely involved in transactions such as the disposal of the 42-strong UK Marriott portfolio to Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (Adia), the development and sale of the W Leicester Square, London and has been advising Qatari Diar on the conversion of the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square to a luxury hotel. Most recently, he has also been focused on the growth of JLL's hospitality business in the Middle East & Africa.
