CHICAGO—Cushman & Wakefield on Wednesday announced new roles for Carlo Sant'Albano and Joe Stettinius, along with a slate of leadership appointments for the western US. Sant'Albano has been named chief executive, capital markets and investor services, Americas, while Stettinius is now executive vice chairman, strategic investments, Americas.

In his new role, Sant'Albano will lead the capital markets service line and focus on continuing to deepen Cushman & Wakefield's capital markets relationships with clients. He'll also continue to serve as chief executive, global capital markets. Sant'Albano previously has held the positions of CEO of Cushman & Wakefield, chairman of Cushman & Wakefield and CEO of Exor SA, the firm's former owner.

Most recently CEO, Americas for Cushman & Wakefield, Stettinius will now focus on creating a pipeline of accretive acquisition opportunities for the company along with other strategic investment and client related transactions. Stettinius has been a major driver in the firm's success to date, and played key leadership roles in the planning, preparation and execution of the merger of Cassidy Turley and DTZ and then the merger of Cushman & Wakefield and DTZ.