2023 Sustainability Report

INTRODUCTION OUR CLIENTS OUR PLANET OUR PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES OUR BUSINESS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABOUT THIS REPORT APPENDICES

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Our Approach Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Talent Attraction, Retention and Development

Occupational Health and Safety Community Engagement

Stories of Progress

Enabling Better Career Opportunities We seek to hire the best talent and nurture an environment of curiosity and development so our people can thrive professionally. We are very proud of our colleagues who have built rewarding careers, and grateful for the value and impact they create. Following are some examples of our internship program graduates who have developed successful careers at our company.

Samir Idris began his career at Cushman & Wakefield in 2003 as an intern while he was studying for his master’s degree. Today he is an Executive Managing Director in Cushman & Wakefield’s Capital Markets Investment Sales Group. As one of the leaders on the National Office Investment Advisory Group, he specializes in the disposition of office investment properties throughout the southeastern United States. Since joining the Capital Markets Group, Samir has been involved in disposition assignments for properties valued in excess of $25 billion for some of the top institutional investors in the world.

Abigail Stapf is a Facilities Manager at Cushman & Wakefield in the Greater St. Louis, Missouri, area. Abigail began her career with our firm in 2016 as an intern. After graduating, she returned in the spring of 2017 as a Senior Facilities Coordinator where she assisted with various renovation projects for a client with more than 800 locations. In 2020, she was promoted to Facilities Specialist, and then Facilities Manager in 2022. She currently oversees the West/Canada Facilities division and is assisting with a Canada signage refresh project. During her time at Cushman & Wakefield, Abigail has been an active member of two employee resource groups, Future Leaders (CWFL) and Women’s Integrated Network. She served on the CWFL National Leadership Council and CWFL St. Louis Local Chapter Council from 2022-2024. Additionally, she has served as an CWFL intern mentor every summer since starting in 2017.

Paul Sims , a Director in our Los Angeles brokerage business, interned at Cushman & Wakefield in 2016. Over his eight years at our company, he has built a career specializing in tenant and landlord representation in the North Los Angeles industrial real estate markets. Paul joined Cushman & Wakefield immediately after college to expand the company’s presence in the North Los Angeles industrial markets. Since joining Cushman & Wakefield, he has completed several notable transactions, including two of the largest historical industrial land sales on a per square foot basis. He is part of a five-person team based in the Downtown Los Angeles office and collectively, they handle the leasing assignments of more than nine million square feet and exclusively represent several multimarket tenant representation accounts across the country.

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