Gualberto (Gil) Medina has worked as an attorney and Certified Public Accountant (CPA), and has also developed extensive expertise in management, sales, business development, technology, and regulatory matters. He has participated in the formulation of technology policy in various capacities as the Secretary of Commerce for the State of New Jersey.
He has served on boards in various industry sectors including government, non-profits, health care, life sciences, medical devices, law, accounting, business process outsourcing, media, business services, and information technology. Because of his well-rounded background and outlook, he has come to understand how business decisions impact cash flow, taxes, finances, regulatory compliance, human resources, and general business operations.
Gil joined CBRE in June 2013 as an Executive Vice President and Gil provides and coordinates integrated real estate solutions for corporate, governmental, non-profit and academic organizations. He is responsible for local and global business development across all CBRE service lines including: Advisory & Transaction Services for office, industrial and retail; Asset Services; Project Management; and Financial Consulting.
As part of developing and expanding major account service offerings, Gil provides corporate occupiers with multi-disciplinary, high-level strategic advisory expertise. As former New Jersey Commerce Secretary, Gil was the point-person in the creation of incentive, finance and regulatory programs that constitute the state’s core economic growth policies. He remains a key voice in the New Jersey and national commercial real estate industry, the larger business community, and public/private sector efforts that support economic strength.
Working as a real estate professional at two of the world’s largest commercial real estate companies, Gil represented multi-national companies, technology companies, governmental entities, and academic institutions with their facilities and location requirements. Gil led New Jersey’s international trade and investment promotion strategies. In that capacity, he worked with senior government officials and executives of multi-national corporations to encourage investment and trade with New Jersey. In 1999, he attended both the World Economic Forum as a senior New Jersey representative – and was one of four Americans invited to participate in the “Guest Program for Foreign Government Executives” of the Federal Republic of Germany – and the WTO Ministerial Meetings in Seattle. Gil also engaged in extensive international business development as the Vice President of International Marketing for a major VOIP telecommunications company.
