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Rick Chichester

Founding Principal
Rick Chichester is the former President, North America for Collier Macaulay Nicolls where he had overall responsibility for the operations of all business units, inclusive of Brokerage, Property Management, Valuation and Consultation, Project Management and Mortgage. The North American operations of CMN comprised of 47 offices throughout Canada and the USA, with 2008 budgeted revenues of $525+ million. He also held the role of interim President, US Operations, during the companies recent restructure.

Rick has 27 years of executive level commercial real estate experience and is successful at building fast growth, high performance integrated services organizations. He is highly effective in leading multi-disciplined businessess, departments and teams, and possess strong operational skills with particular emphasis in strategic planning, implementation, and financial management within diverse businesses and cultures. He is experienced in re-engineering and re-organizing businesses to substantially increase market share and maximize enterprise value.

Rick began his career at CB Richard Ellis where he spent 20 years. He was an office leasing broker in their Beverly Hills office and later held multiple management positions throughout Southern California. At CB Richard Ellis, Rick co-founded the Logistics Group, the Retail Distribution Services Group, and was responsible for the Industrial practice for the Los Angeles region. Prior to joining Colliers International, CMN, Rick was a principal in Commercial Real Estate Solutions (“CRES”) which partnered with the Prudential Real Estate Group in order to develop strategies for their commercial business. During this time, CRES successfully engineered a joint venture with NAI to partner and expand the Prudential Network.