Jon Zehner

Biography: Jon is Vice Chairman of LaSalle with a primary focus of maintaining strong client relationships, particularly for clients of LaSalle Global Solutions and on originating investment opportunities for LaSalle Global Solutions mandates and funds. Prior to becoming Vice Chairman, Jon was Head of LaSalle’s Global Partner Solutions (“GPS”) business and was responsible for setting GPS’s strategic direction as well as overseeing its day-to-day operations. He is a member of LaSalle’s Global Management Committee. Jon joined LaSalle in March 2012 as Global Head of the Client Capital Group where he was responsible for leading LaSalle's global activities relating to client coverage, capital raising, new product development and large-scale, cross-border strategic investments. Jon spent 28 years at JPMorgan, where he held a number of senior positions including Global Head of Real Estate Investment Banking where he was responsible for a large number of asset sales, joint ventures and club deals in the US and Europe as well as numerous real estate corporate M&A transactions. Subsequently, Jon was appointed Head of sub-Saharan Africa. Between his roles at JPMorgan and LaSalle, Jon spent almost three years as a Senior Director of AREA Property Partners (now ARES) where he was responsible for client relationships, deal origination and strategic development. Jon is an active leader in several industry organisations. He currently serves as Chair of the Cambridge Land Economy Advisory Board of the University of Cambridge and is a recent past European Chairman of the Urban Land Institute. He has served twice on the Global Board of Directors of ULI and remains a Governing Trustee. Past industry activities include founding and serving on the Executive Board of the European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA). He serves as an EMEA Co-Chair of Dartmouth College’s current capital campaign and previously served on the Board of Advisors of the John Sloan Dickey Center for Intern