Tom Gaffney

Professional Experience

Tom joined CBRE in 2016 as Managing Director for Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. To CBRE, Tom brings broad experience across a variety of executive positions in investment, commercial transactions and advisory. He crossed from JLL where he held the position of Head of Retail, Hong Kong and China and was a member of its Global Retail Board and co-chairman of Retail for Asia Pacific.

From 2006 to 2011, Tom worked for Hongkong Land in Commercial and Retail Asset Management, holding positions in Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand. Originally based in Singapore where he was responsible for the regional retail asset management and leasing of Hongkong Land’s South Asia retail portfolio, he later served as General Manager and Country Head of Thailand and was responsible for the management and leasing of their luxury shopping mall, Gaysorn.

Credentials

• Executive Committee Member of ULI – Hong Kong
• Member of the RICS – Diversity & Inclusion Committee
• Member of Young Presidents’ Organization
• Member of the ICSC
• Member of Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce Real Estate and Infrastructure Committee
• Member of the Woman’s Foundation – Male Allies
• License Estate Agent

Education

• Bachelor of Applied Science – Property Economics from the Queensland University of Technology, Australia
• Real Estate Management Program, Harvard Business School, Mass, Boston, US

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