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New CoreNet Global Board of Directors is Professionally Diverse

CoreNet Global 
2008-05-19 12:29 1569

Nokia's Mr. Mark Tamburro named new Chairman of the Board

SYDNEY, May 19 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Nokia's Mr. Mark Tamburro of the United Kingdom is the new Chairman of CoreNet Global's Board of Directors, the 7000-member international association of corporate real estate and workplace executives announced today. Mr. Tamburro will take office when the new Board year starts on the 12 May, just ahead of CoreNet Global's Sydney Summit scheduled to take place from June 29 - July 1, 2008.

Vice President of Workplace Resources for Nokia, Mr. Tamburro, succeeds Sun Microsystems' Senior Vice President David M. Harris, MCR, as Chairman.

Mr. Tamburro will serve with Board members from a broad spectrum of the corporate real estate industry, including corporate end users, service providers and an economic developer. It is a globally diverse group which hails from Australia, Hong Kong, Great Britain, the US and Canada. Tamburro is the first non-American elected chairman.

Barry Varcoe of The Royal Bank of Scotland was elected as the Chair-Elect for the new Board year. He will succeed Tamburro as Chairman in 2009.

Stephen A. Stoner, Managing Director - Central Region, First Industrial Realty Trust, who was appointed Treasurer, and Harris of Sun Microsystems as Immediate Past Chairman, round out the officers' positions on the Board of Directors.

CoreNet Global has also announced new directors who have been elected for a three-year term:

-- Richard Paver, Vice President Group Real Estate, BP International

Ltd

-- Mark Schleyer, Vice President Corporate Real Estate, AT&T Inc.

-- Lee Utke, Director, Global Corporate Real Estate, Whirlpool Corp.

-- Richard Bertasi, Vice President and General Manager, EMEA Global

Workplace Solutions, Johnson Controls

-- Bruce Ficke, Executive Vice President Client Solutions, Cushman &

Wakefield

Locally, Mr. Bruce Richards, National Portfolio Manager for Australian Post's Corporate Real Estate Group, has been appointed as an Associate Director with a one-year term. Joining Mr. Richards are four other Associate Directors including:

-- Randall White, Senior Director Asia Pacific, DTZ

-- Stephen Hargis, MCR, Senior Vice President, HOK

-- Tim McGrath, Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Works &

Government Services, Canada

-- Mary Jane Olhasso, Director of Economic Development, City of Ontario,

California

The new group will also be joined by the following individuals who continue in their board leadership positions:

-- Karen Ellzey, Executive Managing Director, CB Richard Ellis

-- Mark Gorman, MCR, Director of Global Real Estate, Nortel

-- Suzanne Heidelberger, Director of Real Estate, Skadden, Arps, Slate,

Meagher & Flom LLP

-- Renee Leach, Director, Global Workplace Program, Hewlett Packard

-- Trex Morris, MCR, Americas Director, Real Estate Services,

Ernst & Young

-- Ed Noha, Managing Director, Jones Lang LaSalle

-- Wayne Peacock, Executive Vice President, USAA

About CoreNet Global

CoreNet Global members manage US $1.2 trillion in worldwide corporate assets consisting of owned and leased office, industrial and other space. With 7000 members representing large corporations around the world, CoreNet Global (http://www.corenetglobal.org ) operates in five global regions: Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America and North America, including Canada.

CONTACT:

Peter Chenoweth, CoreNet Global

Phone: +61-3-9646-9703

Mobile: +61-414-932-830

Email: pchenoweth@corenetglobal.org

Janet Middlemiss, JEM Worldwide

Phone: +852-2857-3832

Mobile: +852-9195-7829

Email: janet@jemworldwide.com

Source: CoreNet Global 
Keywords: Real Estate
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