CBRE has appointed Matt Cook as head of Global Corporate Services (GCS), Italy to spearhead the growth of the company’s corporate outsourcing business there.

CBRE has appointed Matt Cook as head of Global Corporate Services (GCS), Italy to spearhead the growth of the company’s corporate outsourcing business there.

Cook, who has 10 years of global and multi-site corporate real estate experience, joined CBRE in 2011 from Nomura Investment Bank where he was head of Real Estate for Continental Europe.

During his career, he has advised a suite of high-profile clients including Barclays, Nokia and General Electric, most recently as head of account management in Italy for CBRE.

He will report into Alessandro Mazzanti, CEO of CBRE Italy and Mike Gedye, managing director EMEA GCS.