Derrick Tate has joined JLL as EMEA consulting lead where he will take on responsibility for driving the firm's global consulting strategy and operational performance across the region.
Tate brings more than 20 years of combined experience in consulting and the wider commercial real estate industry. He joins from PwC where he spent 14 years and was most recently as managing director for the real estate advisory in its UK team.
The recruit will be based in London and report directly to Sue Asprey Price, CEO of EMEA Work Dynamics at JLL. Price said: "Derrick’s held numerous leadership positions throughout an impressive career, working with a wide range of clients in both the public and private sector, globally and across the Middle East in particular.
"He brings a wealth of experience to JLL and will be leveraging his impressive background as he leads and grows our consulting business with a focus on driving our ambitious growth plans across EMEA."
Tate, who was also part of PwC’s global real estate leadership and led its scale proptech programme, served as head of property with the competition commission in a public sector role, before moving over to work for tech giant IBM in its global consulting business.