Avison Young Hires JLL-Veteran to Lead Strategy and Risk Management

CHICAGO, IL – Avison Young has hired JLL-veteran Seth Weinert to serve as principal and director of strategy and risk management at the firm, where he will also sit on the executive committee.

Based in Chicago, IL, Weinert will work with the company’s executive committee to plan, design and implement overall long- and mid-term strategies. Within his new role, Weinert will responsible for identifying, analyzing and mitigating potential gaps or threats to the firm and its offerings.

Weinert will report directly to Avison Young CEO and chair Mark E. Rose and he will partner closely with the firm’s chief strategy officer Hiren Thakar, who focuses on strategic growth through recruitment and M&A.

“Our clients and our industry face a more complicated and uncertain operating environment than ever before,” states Rose. “As Avison Young works to deliver the real estate experience of the future, it is critical that we optimize our own portfolio of products, services and technologies to drive real value for our clients. Seth will enable that. He has a proven track record of designing and executing growth strategies across the CRE landscape and around the world.”

Prior to joining Avison Young, Weinert spent the past 20 years at JLL, working in client-facing, product and corporate development, and strategic planning roles. Most recently, he served as head of strategic planning and growth in JLL’s work dynamics group, where he delivered multi-year growth plans and led global transformation workstreams.

“Avison Young is at a pivotal point in its transformation and I am incredibly excited to help shape what’s next for this great platform,” says Weinert.  “I’m interested in designing growth strategies that are aspirational, achievable and flexible, and then ensuring those strategies are reflected in the decisions and actions people take every day. That approach will be effective within Avison Young’s innovative, data-driven culture.”