The investment business is part of New York-listed Jones Lang LaSalle. It has named a new CEO and investment chief for Asia-Pacific, and announced a number of other top-level changes in the group.

LaSalle Investment Management, part of US-listed Jones Lang LaSalle, announced this week that Mark Gabbay (pictured), who has been chief executive and chief investment officer of its Asia-Pacific arm, will become global CEO in January.

Gabbay, who joined LaSalle in 2010, is succeeding Jeff Jacobson, who will stay on as chairman until at least June next year. Jacobson had been CEO for 14 years. Gabbay reports to Christian Ulbrich, president and CEO of JLL.

As part of the changes, the following moves are being implemented in LaSalle’s Asia-Pacific region:

-- Keith Fujii, Japan CEO, will step into the Asia-Pacific CEO role previously held by Gabbay; and 

-- Claire Tang, head of Greater China, and Kunihiko (Nick) Okumura, head of Japan acquisitions, will become co-CIOs of Asia-Pacific to fill the CIO role previously held by Gabbay. 

In addition, the following individuals take on new global roles:

-- Tim Kessler, global head of corporate strategy and development, will become global chief operating officer;   

-- Alok Gaur, global co-head of client capital group, will become global head of client capital group; 

-- Jon Zehner, global co-head of client capital group, will become CEO of global partner solutions, LaSalle’s global unlisted indirect business unit, succeeding Ed Casal.

Other members of LaSalle’s executive leadership team remain in place:

-- Jacques Gordon, global strategist; 

-- Lisa Kaufman, CEO global real estate securities; 

-- Gordon Repp as general counsel; 

-- Mike Ricketts as global chief financial officer; 

-- Darline Scelzo as chief human resources officer; 

-- Jason Kern, CEO Americas; and 

-- Philip La Pierre, CEO Europe.