Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE:JLL) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(c)Appointment of Chief Financial Officer.On March 5, 2019, Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (the Company) announced the appointment of Stephanie Plaines as Global Chief Financial Officer effective by the end of March. She will report to CEO Christian Ulbrich and join the Company’s Global Executive Board. She replaces Trish Maxson, who as Chief Administrative Officer, has maintained the Interim Chief Financial Officer role since September 2018.

Ms. Plaines, 48, has extensive financial leadership experience across a wide variety of consumer, e-commerce and financial services companies in the United States as well as in China, France, Switzerland and the UK. Her most recent position was as CFO for the U.S. retail segment of Starbucks. Prior to that, she was CFO for the e-commerce and omni-channel businesses of Walmart’s Sam’s Club division. She also held various finance roles at global retailer Ahold Delhaize, PepsiCo and UBS.

Ms. Plaines earned an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Science degree in International Finance from the University of Florida. She also participated in the Harvard Business School Executive Education program. She serves as an Advisory Board Member of the Retail Finance Leaders Roundtable, the Business Analytics MA Program at Cal Polytechnic University, and the Center for Coaching and Leadership at Babson College.

The full text of the news release announcing Ms. Plaines’s appointment is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Plaines and any other person to which Ms. Plaines was elected as an officer. Neither Ms. Plaines nor any related person of Ms. Plaines has a direct or indirect material interest in any existing or currently proposed transaction to which the Company is or may become a party. Ms. Plaines is not related to any of the executive officers or directors of the Company.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

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EX-99.1 2 newsreleaseplaines.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 newsreleaseplaines News Release JLL Appoints Stephanie Plaines CFO Brings extensive financial leadership expertise and international experience to contribute to firm’s growth CHICAGO,…
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About Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE:JLL)

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (JLL) is a financial and professional services firm specializing in real estate. The Company operates through four business segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA); Asia Pacific, and LaSalle. JLL provides real estate services (RES) through three business segments: the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific. Its range of real estate services include agency leasing, capital markets, corporate finance, energy and sustainability services, facility management outsourcing (occupiers), investment management, lease administration, logistics and supply chain management, mortgage origination and servicing, project and development management / construction, property management (investors), real estate investment banking / merchant banking, research, strategic consulting and advisory services, tenant representation, transaction management, valuations and value recovery and receivership services. The Company also offers property tax advisory services.