Leadership Board: Board Management

Mark Gabbay is CEO of LaSalle, a position he assumed in January 2021. He is responsible for strategic leadership of LaSalle’s 900+ employees and oversight of the firm’s USD75 billion of assets, including investment strategy and operational activities across North America, Asia Pacific and Europe. Mark joined LaSalle in 2010 as Chief Investment Officer for Asia Pacific. In 2015, he became CEO of the region, in addition to his CIO oversight, and maintained overall responsibility for formulating and implementing LaSalle’s investment strategy across Asia Pacific, sourcing opportunities and overseeing the investment process. Mark has been in the commercial real estate and investment industries for more than 25 years, working in the Asia Pacific region for the past 20 years and the United States for six previously.

Lib Hearle is a 30-year veteran of the commercial real estate industry and spent 18 years at JLL. She led one of JLL’s largest and fastest growing real estate platforms in the United States. Lib is a former executive sponsor of the JLL Women’s National Business Network, which emphasizes attracting, developing and retaining professional women at JLL. Lib was an active mentor to a wide group of emerging real estate professionals throughout the industry. In 2013, she was named in San Francisco Business Times’ “Forever Influential” Hall of Fame and was recognized by Globest.com as a “Woman of Influence” in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.