Charles M. Robinson — Chief Executive Officer of Global Corporate Services at Newmark

Mr. Charles M. Robinson, also known as Craig, serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Global Corporate Services at Newmark Knight Frank. Mr. Robinson has responsibility for NKF's overall strategic direction for occupier clients, overseeing business development, client operations and platform investments. He has nearly 20 years of experience leading commercial real estate outsourcing businesses within large global public companies as well as mid-cap growth businesses. He has been the President of U.S.A. at Lanard & Axilbund, LLC since March 31, 2014. Mr. Robinson has been the President of US Operations at Colliers International Property Consultants, Inc. since March 2014. He served as the President of USA at Colliers International WA, LLC and Colliers International Group Inc. until March 28, 2016, where he was responsible for more than $1 billion in annual revenue, 5,600 real estate professionals and 150 offices. He managed all day-to-day aspects of the business including sales and operations for corporate services, brokerage, property and facility management, project management, valuations and capital markets. Mr. Robinson was also responsible for acquisitions and served on Colliers International Group's global executive operating committee. Prior to joining Colliers, he served as the President of Corporate Services at Cassidy Turley Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc. (also known as Cassidy Turley Midwest, Inc) since May 2010, where he was responsible for all corporate services business development, account operations and strategic planning. His commercial real estate career also includes structuring and managing more than $350 million in equity real estate investments for AIG Global Real Estate. He served as the President of Corporate Services and Principal at Cassidy Turley FHO and FHO Partners, LLC. Prior to Colliers, Mr. Robinson was President of Corporate Services for Cassidy Turley (now Cushman & Wakefield). He led Cassidy Turley's global real estate outsourcing solutions for corporations, healthcare organizations and public institutions, which represented more than 400 million square feet of client portfolios. Mr. Robinson also served on the firm's executive committee of the board of directors, which focused on it strategy, M&A, market expansion and ultimately its capitalization. He served as Managing Director of Strategy and Consulting for CB Richard Ellis' Global Corporate Services (now CBRE Global Workplace Solutions). As head of the Northeast region, he was responsible for over $140 million in global outsourcing accounts, business development and the consulting service line. Mr. Robinson's commercial real estate career also includes structuring and managing equity real estate investments and development for AIG Global Real Estate. His primary focus at AIG was Atlantic Station, a $3 billion mixed-use development project in Midtown Atlanta. Also, as a Member of Trammell Crow's leadership team, he co-led the launch of its Government and Public Sector practice group and provided strategic consulting to an array of user clients to improve the efficiency and maximize the value of their real estate holdings. Before entering the commercial real estate field, he worked for Arthur Andersen Business Consulting in Europe and Goldman Sachs in New York. His clients includes AIG Investments, Altria, American Express, Ameriprise, Chick-fil-A, CIGNA, FedEx, First Citizens Bank, FirstMerit Bank, GSA, Itochu, Mc-Graw Hill, Morgan Stanely, NBC Universal, Pfizer, Siemens, State of Georgia, State Street, SunTrust Bank, Time Warner Cable and United Technologies. He serves on a number of boards focused on global commercial real estate, economic development and disadvantaged youth. He has been Member of the Board of Advisors of Traverse Venture Partners since November 2016. He serves as a Member of board of managers for the Harvard Club of New York. His board affiliations included the Harvard Real Estate Academic Initiative Alumni Advisory Board, Coro New York Leadership Center Board (Executive Committee) and served on the executive committee of Atlanta's Historic District Development Corporation. He served as Director of CoreNet Global until March 31, 2017. Within the commercial real estate sector, he also serves as a Regular Panelist and Speaker at ULI, CoreNet, NAIOP and Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) and is a contributor to CoreNet's Leader magazine. He is a member of the Executive Leadership Council and Real Estate Executive Council. In 2014, Mr. Robinson was recognized by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) as one of its inaugural Top 40 Under 40. Mr. Robinson is also the author of a widely cited white paper, Making the case for the 'super nucleus': The next generation of corporate real estate, HR and IT enterprise integration, which was published in the Corporate Real Estate Journal. Mr. Robinson holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and Bachelor of Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.