Robert Bonwell named CEO of JLL's EMEA retail business

Jones Lang LaSalle has appointed Robert Bonwell to the newly created post of CEO of the broker's EMEA Retail Business. The move is part of a string of appointments designed to strengthen the EMEA management board and 'take advantage of opportunities as the region emerges from the recession', the company said.

Bonwell was head of EMEA Corporate Solutions at JLL with a focus on retail and corporate work. JLL said he is charged with building on the groundwork already laid by the firm's retail platform and integrating recent acquisitions in Germany, Turkey and England.

Vincent Lottefier is moving from his current role heading the International Desk, based in New York, to become CEO of EMEA Corporate Solutions, relocating to Paris. He will work with Peter Downie who is moving from his present Global Chief Operating Officer role with Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels to become COO for EMEA Corporate Solutions.

Lottefier will join Christian Ulbrich, Andy Mottram, Steve Cresswell, Robert Bonwell and Benoit du Passage on the EMEA management board. All of these changes will take effect from January 2010.

Christian Ulbrich, EMEA CEO at Jones Lang LaSalle said: 'These appointments will significantly increase the senior leadership resource focused on our Corporate Solutions and Retail businesses, both of which are key areas of long-term opportunity for the firm.'

In addition, Jones Lang LaSalle confirmed that that Mark Jagger has announced his intention to leave the firm at the end of the year. Earlier this year Jagger passed the managing director Russia and CIS role to Charles Boudet and he plans to remain in an interim chairman role through the early part of the first quarter of 2010 to complete a smooth transition. Thereafter, he will take a break and spend some time with his family in Sweden before returning to the industry.