---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001037976-26-000167"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JLL"
cik: "0001037976"
company_name: "JONES LANG LASALLE INC"
filed_at: "2026-09-16T12:25:09+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-16T12:30:15.392686+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# JLL appoints Paul Morgan as COO of newly created role, effective immediately

## Summary
- Paul Morgan named COO, a newly created role effective Sept 16, 2026; reports to CEO Christian Ulbrich and joins Global Executive Board.
- Morgan previously led Real Estate Management Services ops and was CEO of Workplace Management globally, covering 53,000 professionals in 80 countries.
- Role centralizes enterprise operations to advance Accelerate 2030 strategy and 'Unlock Platform Excellence' imperative.
- Morgan joined JLL in 2016 after 18 years at Johnson Controls; no family relationships or Item 404(a) transactions disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001037976-26-000167
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JLL
- cik: 0001037976
- company_name: JONES LANG LASALLE INC
- filed_at: 2026-09-16T12:25:09+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037976/000103797626000167/0001037976-26-000167-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037976/000103797626000167/jll-20260916.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001037976-26-000167
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001037976-26-000167.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001037976-26-000167.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Paul Morgan was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at JONES LANG LASALLE INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On September 16, 2026, Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (the “Company” or “JLL”) announced the appointment of Paul Morgan, age 54, as Chief Operating Officer of the Company, a newly created role, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037976/000103797626000167/0001037976-26-000167-index.htm

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