JLL has created the new role of CEO of its global Project and Development Services, or PDS group, and the brokerage has tapped Cynthia Kantor to fill the position.
In her new role, Kantor, who's based in Atlanta, will oversee a new leadership team unified under a global structure to provide clients with access to JLL's professionals across the globe. As part of the reshaping of the group JLL has appointed Nick Winter as the new leader of PDS in the Europe, Middle East and Africa, or EMEA, region.
Winter, based in London, served as the head of project cost and net zero consulting in the UK for the past year. He joined JLL in 2023 from Unispace and worked as an executive in CBRE's Global Workplace Solutions EMEA group for nearly eight years before that.
JLL also said Martin Hinge will continue in his role of its PDS business in the Asia-Pacific, or APAC, region.
“There are many enduring trends shaping the evolution of the built environment, and the needs of our diverse clients are changing with them,” Kantor said in a statement. “Unifying the PDS business globally allows us to adapt to the dynamic needs of the market and seamlessly deliver superior value and holistic support to our clients, while also enabling us to increase efficiency, foster talent development and unlock new opportunities for growth."
With her promotion, Kantor, who previously served as chief client and growth officer in JLL's Workplace Dynamics group, now leads JLL's PDS services globally, "including managing the construction, development, design and branding of commercial real estate projects," the brokerage said. The new structure will allow JLL to align regional teams in a global organization positions its Project and Development Services business for continued growth, the brokerage said.
Several enduring trends are impacting the evolution of the built environment, and Kantor said a globally unified group will help JLL clients navigate them. The move comes as occupiers continue to try to find ways to entice workers to come back to the office every day after the pandemic.
Kantor said: "Unifying the PDS business globally allows us to adapt to the dynamic needs of the market and seamlessly deliver superior value and holistic support to our clients, while also enabling us to increase efficiency, foster talent development and unlock new opportunities for growth. We have assembled an exceptional leadership team to execute this vision and lead PDS into the future.”
JLL's new global PDS leadership team also includes: Nicasio Gutierrez, who will continue to lead Tétris, the interior design and build business based in EMEA; Julie Hyson, who leads the business working with Work Dynamics and Integrated Portfolio Services clients as head of Americas PDS Portfolio Clients, Services and Industries; and Louis Molinini, who is responsible for driving growth, sales and project execution as the Americas PDS variable business lead.
The PDS leadership team also includes: Alex Moore-Barrow, who is responsible for commercial governance globally as head of strategy and commercial; Jaymie Gelino, global and Americas chief operating officer and head of the design solutions business in the Americas; Ben Jackson, who is responsible for driving PDS growth in large developments as the landmark growth and client strategy lead for EMEA and APAC; and Ethan Milley, who oversees driving PDS growth in large developments as the head of landmark growth and client strategy for the Americas.