EY CEO Outlook: Creating the real estate solutions of tomorrow, with Myles Clarke, CBRE Ireland

With clients in over 100 countries and a global team of 105,000+, CBRE is one of the world’s leading commercial real estate services & investment companies. As MD of CBRE’s Irish operations, Myles Clarke has a bird’s-eye view of Ireland’s current and future commercial activity, FDI footprint, and the nature of the post-covid workplace. He is also plugged-in to the incredibly fast-changing importance of environmental sustainability and clients’ demand for highly efficient commercial properties.  In this episode of The EY CEO Outlook podcast Myles Clarke joins host Richard Curran to talk about his ambitions for CBREIreland, what the commercial real estate market can reveal about a country’seconomy, and his leadership style. They also discuss: ·       The changing nature of FDI in Ireland – increasingdiversification and decreasing reliance on tech and on being fully based inDublin.   ·       The future of retail and balancing ‘bricks and mortar’ withan online presence.  ·       Why Myles and his family decided to move from London andsettle in the small village of Fanore, Co Clare.  ·       The power of keeping things simple and why clients and customers value it somuch.  ·       His leadership style – being thoughtful, delegating correctly, and speaking one’smind.