Episode 753

Cushman & Wakefield CDIO Sal Companieh on Data, Business Information Officers, & World-Class Tech in Real Estate

March 27, 2023

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About the Guest

Sal Companieh

Chief Digital & Information Officer of Cushman & Wakefield

Sal Companieh is the Chief Digital and Information Officer of Cushman & Wakefield, a $10 billion revenue global real estate services firm. Sal has been with the company for roughly a decade starting out her career at C&W in 2011 as VP, Global Applications. She has held multiple roles at the company including CIO of the company’s C&W Services group, CIO of Corporate Solutions. She transitioned into the CDIO role in March 2022 and has already led a remarkable transformation of the function driving the creation of business information officer (BIO) roles to better align her team with the broader business, bolstering the data function of the company with the addition of a chief data officer, and championing the notion of diverse teams to emphasize the criticality of the diversity of thought in business decision-making.

Episode Overview

753: Having been with the company for nearly a decade and ascending to the role of CDIO one year ago, Sal shares the remarkable transformation she has driven at the company to bring world-class technology to world-class real estate. She speaks about her approach to end-to-end technology, the implementation of a chief data officer role to curate better insights, and the creation of a business information officer role to align her team with the broader business. She also emphasizes the importance of diversity in thought when it comes to business decision-making and why she prioritizes an ESG strategy at the company. Finally, Sal looks ahead at trends in technology and reflects on the keys to her career success.

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“"The partnership that they've been able to create and the uniformity of approach that [the Business Information Officers] have been able to render has been a huge positive impact for the organization and their selection process.""