Location Chicago, Illinois, United States Regions Greater Chicago Area, Great Lakes, Midwestern US Gender Male
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As Chief Executive Officer, Americas, Cal Frese oversees CBRE’s largest operating unit, a business with more than $3 billion of annual revenue and 20,000 employees. He has responsibility for all the firm’s business lines within the Americas region. Mr. Frese serves as a member of the company’s Global Operating Committee, and also chairs the
Americas Operating Management Board.
Prior to his current role, Mr. Frese held leadership positions within CBRE’s global organization. Most recently, he had operating responsibility for several of the company’s global business lines, including Global Corporate Services, Asset Services and Valuation. Mr. Frese previously served as President, Americas; Chief Operating Officer, Americas; and Executive Managing Director of the Central Region. In his earlier Americas leadership roles, Cal was responsible for the integration of CBRE’s acquisitions of Insignia/ESG and Trammell Crow Company.
From 1989 to 1998, he was General Partner and Chief Operating Officer of Whittier Partners, a New England-based-full-service real estate company and joint venture partner of CBRE. Mr. Frese also gained considerable financial management and real estate experience in the 1980s as Senior Vice President of Cabot , Cabot & Forbes, a real estate development company, and as certified public accountant for Arthur Andersen & Company.
