Q&A: Cresa’s new CEO Ray Anderson talks raising capital, AI and weaponizing brokerage conflicts
When Chicago-based brokerage Cresa’s board decided it was time to accelerate growth, it didn’t just look for a new CEO, but searched outside the insular club of commercial real estate. Ray Anderson’s appointment earlier this year marks a departure from his predecessor, Tod Lickerman, a traditional CRE heavyweight who previously ran global brokerage empires at DTZ, Cushman & Wakefield and JLL. Anderson, however, is a former EY-Parthenon partner and consulting executive for tech services who comes armed with a playbook built on mergers, acquisitions and raising capital, not old-school rolodexes full of landlords and brokers. Cresa brought him on to […]
When Chicago-based brokerage Cresa’s board decided it was time to accelerate growth, it didn’t just look for a new CEO, but searched outside the insular club of commercial real estate. Ray Anderson’s appointment earlier this year marks a departure from his predecessor, Tod Lickerman, a traditional CRE heavyweight who previously ran global brokerage empires at DTZ, Cushman & Wakefield and JLL. Anderson, however, is a former EY-Parthenon partner and consulting executive for tech services who comes armed with a playbook built on mergers, acquisitions and raising capital, not old-school rolodexes full of landlords and brokers. Cresa brought him on to […]
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