JLL appoints Anny Zhang as Senior Managing Director of China Leasing Business

Shanghai, 17 January 2023 – JLL has appointed Anny Zhang as Senior Managing Director of China Leasing Business, based in Shanghai, with immediate effect. Directly reporting to JLL Greater China CEO Bessie Lee, Anny will be responsible for all aspects of China Leasing Business, including Office, Logistics & Industrial and Retail sectors. At the same time, Anny will retain existing role of Managing Director East China.

Anny has nearly 20 years of rich experience in real estate agency and consultancy. Since joining JLL Leasing team in 2007, Anny has successfully built trust and gained recognition from clients and has maintained an outstanding track record with her wealth of knowledge, expertise, and leadership. In 2022, JLL won many landmark leasing deals across China despite the economic headwind, and successfully facilitated more than 1,000 leasing transactions, with a total leased area of over 10 million square meters.

Anny is a strong advocate and driver of JLL’s digital transformation and technology empowerment in real estate sector. In 2017, with her large contribution, JLL launched the office leasing digital platform “DiChanDaDang”, which covers more than 3,000 projects in 10 major Chinese cities with an area of 100 million square meters. This platform successfully facilitates the office tenants to capture key market data in real-time to optimize their leasing process and decisions; In 2022, “DiChanDaDang” WeChat mini programme was launched during JLL’s debut at the China International Import Expo (CIIE), which showcased JLL’s advancement in PropTech.

Bessie Lee, CEO, JLL Greater China, says, “Congratulations to Anny! Anny plays a vitally important role in our senior management team and has made great contributions to JLL’s rapid development in China. Leasing business is JLL China’s cornerstone and one of the fastest-growing businesses. I’m confident that with an integrated resource and extended responsibility, Anny will continue to assist our clients in achieving their vision and ambition by providing high-quality one-stop leasing solutions.”

Anny says, “I am grateful and honored for the recognition and trust. With the increasingly diverse needs of property owners, developers and corporate clients, I will continuously lead the team to help our clients embrace changes and get a head start in the market, through JLL’s advantages in cross-region, cross-asset, and cross-sector resources as well as our integrated technology-driven service.”

Since entering the mainland China market in 1994, JLL has pioneered in China’s real estate market with ample support from clients, business partners, and governments. This new appointment demonstrates JLL’s commitment in the Chinese market, and determination in promoting stable business growth with technology-enabled services.