Jones Lang LaSalle has announced that Christian Ulbrich, who has held the role of President since June, will now also assume the position of Chief Executive Officer. Ulbrich succeeds Colin Dyer, who will retire from JLL at the end of 2016 and step down from the CEO role on September 30, 2016. As President and CEO, Ulbrich will have overall leadership responsibility for JLL’s strategic direction and growth. He will report to the Board of Directors, where he serves as an executive member. He also will chair the company’s Global Executive Board, the most senior internal management committee, having served on it for eight years. Ulbrich joined JLL in 2005 as Managing Director of JLL Germany and served as EMEA CEO since 2009 before being named President. Ulbrich is a member of the Board of Directors of Vonovia SE, Germany’s largest residential real estate company, and holds a Diplom Kaufmann degree in Business Administration from the University of Hamburg.
