Joel Stephen

Joel Stephen is a Senior Vice President (Honorary Title) in the NYC office assisting retailers with expansion into and throughout the U.S. Joel also advises clients on global expansion leveraging 14 years of experience across Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Europe, Africa and the U.S. having transacted in more than 30 countries.

Joel spent his first six years working in London; initially with a UK-retail market focus before moving to CBRE’s EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) team—a central team located in London responsible for working with retailers on multi-market assignments, primarily across Europe.

Before moving to the U.S. in 2017, Joel spent nearly eight years in Asia. He was based in Shanghai for more than four years where he built and ran the retailer representation team in China, assisting 35 retailers with their entry into China. His role then expanded to lead the Retail Asia group, at which point he relocated to Hong Kong. During his 3-year tenure there, Joel assisted retailers with expansion across the Asia region and helped CBRE achieve the leading market position in the region.