---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-239902"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CWK"
cik: "0001628369"
company_name: "Cushman & Wakefield Ltd."
filed_at: "2021-08-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T18:48:47.775130+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cushman & Wakefield CEO Brett White to step down; John Forrester to succeed effective Jan 1, 2022

## Summary
- Brett White will step down as CEO on Dec 31, 2021, remaining Executive Chairman.
- John Forrester, current EVP and Global President, becomes CEO on Jan 1, 2022.
- Forrester's CEO comp: $900k base salary, $1.5M target cash bonus, $5.6M LTI target.
- Angela Sun appointed to Board as independent director, effective Nov 1, 2021.
- Sun serves on boards of Western Union (WU) and Apollo Strategic Growth Capital II (APGB).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-239902
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CWK
- cik: 0001628369
- company_name: Cushman & Wakefield Ltd.
- filed_at: 2021-08-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1628369/000119312521239902/0001193125-21-239902-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1628369/000119312521239902/d31737d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-239902
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-239902.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-239902.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Angela A. Sun was appointed as Director at Cushman & Wakefield Ltd..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board appointed Angela A. Sun to the Board, effective November 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1628369/000119312521239902/0001193125-21-239902-index.htm
- Executive change
  John Forrester was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Cushman & Wakefield Ltd..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Company also announced that John Forrester, currently the Executive Vice President and Global President of the Company, age 58, will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer of the Company as of January 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1628369/000119312521239902/0001193125-21-239902-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brett White changed role as Executive Chairman at Cushman & Wakefield Ltd..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Executive Chairman
  source text: Brett White, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, plans to step down from the position of Chief Executive Office effective as of December 31, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1628369/000119312521239902/0001193125-21-239902-index.htm

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