Chairman of Global Brokerage & the Veterans Initiative Program at Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.

Bruce Mosler is Chairman of Global Brokerage & the Veterans Initiative Program at Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. He advises major tenants and investors on strategic real estate matters and manages key client relationships on behalf of the global firm. Widely respected as one of the commercial real estate industry’s most influential and talented professionals, Mosler has leased millions of square feet worth billions of dollars throughout his career. Called “cutting-edge” and “one of the most energetic and successful” executives in the industry, Mosler has been a formative leader at Cushman & Wakefield for over 20 years, while executing deals that have shaped the fabric of New York City. Mosler served as President and CEO of Cushman & Wakefield from 2005-2010, leading the firm from $800 million in sales to $2.1 billion, and diversifying the company’s revenue stream by 30 percent through expansion of the business in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to this, Mosler was President of U.S. Operations, and implemented a number of initiatives for the firm including creating national leadership roles in Industrial, Retail and Multifamily, and creating the Cushman & Wakefield Alliance, a first-of-its-kind affiliate network of top independent real estate companies operating as a unified team with Cushman & Wakefield. Before Cushman & Wakefield, Mosler served as President of the Eastern Region at Galbreath Riverbank.

Mosler has received industry honors, including the Real Estate Board of New York’s (REBNY) Deal of the Year Award for ingenious brokerage. He won the award twice; in 1998, for the creation of the Reuters Building at 3 Times Square, and later for his success in bringing European retailer Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) to its United States flagship location on Fifth Avenue. In 2008 and 2009, Mosler was chosen by his peers as Commercial Property News’ “Brokerage Executive of the Year” and was named the publication’s national “Property Services Executive of the Year.”

Mosler is committed to a number of civic causes and has been recognized with several philanthropic industry awards including REBNY’s Kenneth R. Gerrety Humanitarian Award and Louis Smadbeck Brokerage Recognition Award, the US Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation’s Commandant’s Leadership Award and the Leadership in Support of the Military Award by the New York Council Navy League of the United States in 2017. He most recently received the 2018 Honorary Doctoral Degree by the Rabbinical College of America.

Mosler sits on numerous boards including serving as Chairman of Cushman & Wakefield’s Global Advisory Board and most notably has directed much of his attention toward veteran and military issues, including founding and serving as Chairman of C&W’s Veterans Initiative Program. He also serves on various non-profit boards including serving as Co-Chairman of the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum and from 2011-2017 he was Chairman of BENS and currently still serves as Chairman Emeritus on its Executive Committee. Additionally, Mosler serves on the Board of Governors of the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) and is a member of the boards of Navy League of the United States, Police Athletic League (PAL), Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and Syracuse University Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), among other civic and charitable organizations.