Ernst & Young Appoints Two to NYC CREAS Team

NEW YORK CITY-Ernst & Young LLP is expanding its Construction and Real Estate Advisory Services (CREAS) practice in Midtown, appointing E&Y veterans Maureen Welch and Josh Herrenkohl to key leadership roles here. Welch will lead the group’s national corporate real estate practice, and Herrenkohl assumes responsibility for the group’s real estate investor services team.

In her new role, Welch–who has 28 years of strategy and operations experience–will focus on a wide range of services for global organizations across multiple industry sectors. Her responsibilities now include portfolio strategy, location advisory, occupancy cost reduction, sourcing and vendor selection, governance and control, process improvement and technology strategy.