Ms Sharon Wortmann
Non-Executive and Independent Director
Non-Executive and Independent Director
Member of Audit and Risk Committee, Member of Nominating and Remuneration Committee and Member of Environmental, Social and Governance Committee
Ms Sharon Wortmann
Ms Wortmann is based in Ontario, California and is currently a Managing Director in JLL Industrial Services Group. Her areas of specialisation include landlord and tenant leasing representation, joint venture equity sourcing and structuring as well as investment and portfolio sales advisory. She is also a Board member of the Inland Empire Chapter of the NAIOP, a commercial real estate development association based in the US as well as a Board of Directors' member of the Association of Industrial Realtors (AIR).
Prior to joining JLL in 2017, Ms Wortmann was at CBRE Capital Markets and was part of the National Partners Industrial Team based in Los Angeles where she focused on industrial asset debt placement and equity sourcing. Before joining CBRE, Ms Wortmann was an Acquisitions Director at Colony Capital, Inc., where she was responsible for creating and implementing an investment strategy for the West Coast region, which included direct equity and structured debt investments on behalf of Colony Capital REIT, multiple investment funds and separate accounts. Before that, she was an Acquisitions Director at Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., where she was responsible for the West Coast region’s equity investment strategy, joint ventures, development and mortgage production. She also held other roles in her career, including Director in the Capital Markets Group at Cushman & Wakefield and Vice President at Morgan Stanley, where she coordinated disposition and acquisition efforts for third-party clients and investment funds
Ms Wortmann was recently named as one of California’s Most Influential Women in Real Estate by Globe Street’s Real Estate Forum magazine and Connect Media’s 2019 Women in Real Estate. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Real Estate Finance and Urban Development, with a minor in International Business, from the Georgia State University.
