CBRE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Head of Debt & Structured Finance
Dennis Schoenmaker, Ph.D., co-leads CBRE's Econometric Advisors team of economists, data scientists, data engineers, software engineers and account development professionals to provide clients with a wide range of data analysis and thought leadership.
After earning a Ph.D. in real estate economics from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, he began working with the global research team of CBRE in London where he helped the team to translate macro-economic trends into real estate implications. After that, he joined AEW where he worked with key international clients and business colleagues focusing on the European commercial real estate markets. In his role he was also responsible for property market forecasts across the European markets.
Dennis has a keen interest in how quantitative solutions can help create value for investors around the world. He is particularly interested in the effect of climate risk on commercial real estate returns and the role data science can play in improving strategic investment decisions.
Dennis is based in London and passionate about academic research. He is a visiting Lecturer at ESCP Business School, a football (soccer) fanatic, and enjoys spending time with family and friends on holidays.
Job Titles:
- Investor
- Global Head of Investor Thought Leadership & Head of Research, Asia Pacific
- Visiting Professor at Oxford Brookes University
Dr. Henry Chin leads CBRE's investor thought leadership across all regions and oversees all research activity in Asia Pacific. After joining CBRE in 2014, Henry was promoted to CBRE's Asia Pacific Strategic Group, the board which oversees CBRE's strategic direction in the region, in 2016. From 2019-2020 he also served as Head of Research, EMEA.
Before joining CBRE, Henry was head of Asia Pacific research and strategy at PGIM (previously known as Pramerica Real Estate Investors), Prudential Financials Inc., where he was responsible for leading the company's Asia Pacific real estate investment strategy. Henry also spent several years with Deutsche Bank Group, where he had numerous roles ranging from global real estate strategist based in London to co-head of real estate for Asia Pacific for their private banking business. Henry began his career as lead Asian real estate analyst for DTZ.
Henry is a visiting professor at Oxford Brookes University (UK) and an assistant professor at National Taipei University (Taiwan). He is also a member of the Society of Property Researchers (SPR), Investment Property Forum (IPF), Urban Land Institute (ULI), Asian Public Real Estate Association (APREA), Asia Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles (ANREV), International Council of Shopping Centres (ICSC), SFC Hong Kong, HKSI and UKSIP. He was served as a chairman of ANREV's research committee from 2011 to 2014. He holds an Investment Management Certificate (IMC) in the UK.
Henry has 20 years research experience in the Asia Pacific and Global real estate markets. He holds a BA in Land Economic and Administration from National Taipei University (Taiwan); an MSc in Real Estate from the University of Reading (UK) and a PhD in Real Estate Investment from Oxford Brookes University (UK).
Job Titles:
- Condominium Association Board Member
Job Titles:
- Global Head of Forecasting and Analytics
Dr. Blake is Global Head of Forecasting and Analytics at CBRE. His responsibilities include developing CBRE's globally consistent economic and real estate view. He also leads on the development of CBRE's real estate performance outlook in EMEA as well as being closely involved with the co-ordination of CBRE's view on global real estate investment performance.
Neil is a member of a number of industry bodies and a frequent speaker at industry events as well as being a regular media spokesman for CBRE.
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- U.S. Head of Field Research & Data Intelligence
As U.S. Head of Field Research & Data Intelligence, Nicole manages a team of nearly 170 research professionals in 68 offices across the US. She oversees all aspects of research at the local market level including broker support, market intelligence and thought leadership, and also manages the national research team overseeing data management and multi-market research assignments. Nicole also serves as a member of the global research leadership team, developing strategy and overseeing execution of the company's highest level data and research priorities. Nicole joined CBRE in 2016 as the Director of Tri-State Research, and then expanded her role several times to cover the Northeast and then the North Region before being promoted to Vice President for the U.
Job Titles:
- Global Chief Economist, Head of Global Research & Head of Americas Research
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- Europe Head of Investment Banking and Debt & Structured Finance
- Head of Investment Banking
Richard Dakin is the Europe Head of Investment Banking and Debt & Structured Finance.
Job Titles:
- Director, Head of Residential Research
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- Chairman, Debt & Structured Finance
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- Director of Strategic Investment Consulting
Taylor Jacoby leads CBRE's Strategic Investment Consulting team, leveraging her expertise in economic analysis, real estate research and consulting to address client challenges. She helps investors make informed strategy decisions by providing nuanced explanations of market forces, investment dynamics and the drivers behind them. Since the team's founding in January 2020, Taylor has advised on nearly 100 projects for a wide variety of clients across all property types and U.S. markets.
Before stepping in to her current role, she directed CBRE's Americas Capital Markets Research, where she produced industry-leading research reports and created a variety of internal tools. Earlier, as an associate director within CBRE Americas Research, Taylor developed thought leadership and managed client deliverables across diverse service lines. Prior to joining CBRE in 2016, she was an analyst for Rosen Consulting Group, where she researched economic, demographic, capital and real estate trends for market reports and client engagements.
Education
Brigham Young University, Bachelor of Arts in economics and political science
Job Titles:
- Executive Director
- Head of Residential Investments Continental Europe
Thomas is a Executive Director within the EMEA Capital Markets team and is responsible for coordinating CBRE's residential activities in Continental Europe. In addition, Thomas heads up CBRE's residential capital markets team in the Netherlands. Thomas specialises in managing and executing residential transactions and has worked on a wide variety of portfolio and single asset transactions, representing leading institutions, funds and private equity investors. Thomas is also responsible for managing a number of CBRE's key clients for the European region.
Job Titles:
- Associate Director, Sustainability Research Lead, UK
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- Head of People & Marketing