Matt Werner is Global President, Client Care for CBRE. He is accountable for supporting the firm’s largest investor and occupier clients by connecting them to CBRE’s best resources, providing timely strategic advice, and rigorously measuring results delivered by our services. His personal mission is to help clients thrive in the competitive, global, and changing real estate marketplace.
Prior to assuming Client Care responsibilities, Matt spent 27 years in CBRE’s Global Workplace Solutions (“GWS”) business and its predecessors. Most recently, he led Enterprise Facilities Management, including sustainability, smart buildings, technical excellence, and workplace experience solutions for the vast global portfolio of GWS Enterprise Accounts. As COO he also led procurement, health safety and environment (HSE), and global transitions.
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Matt has held executive roles across all aspects of the business including sales, solutions, transitions, account management, Chief Operating Officer, and Global President. He has led several M&A transactions and strategic investments for the firm. In these activities, and as a trusted personal advisor to corporate real estate leaders and advisors worldwide, Matt has helped drive the industry forward and bring GWS to its current industry leadership position.
Matt was recognized as CoreNet Northern California’s Service Provider of the Year in 2021.
A graduate of Swarthmore College, and a proud product of Milwaukee Public Schools, Matt lives in Berkeley, CA.