---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-242968"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CBRE"
cik: "0001138118"
company_name: "CBRE GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2022-09-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T10:45:02.765810+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CBRE appoints Lindsey Caplan as Chief Accounting Officer; base salary $460k, target bonus $460k

## Summary
- Lindsey Caplan, formerly Global CFO of Real Estate Investments, named CAO effective Sept 12, 2022.
- Annual base salary of $460,000 and target bonus of $460,000; eligible for 2023 equity award target value of $430,000.
- Receives one-time cash promotion award of $100,000.
- Madeleine Barber, prior CAO, remains with CBRE through Dec 31, 2022.
- Caplan joined CBRE in 2001 and held roles including CFO of Americas Advisory and SVP Global FP&A.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-242968
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CBRE
- cik: 0001138118
- company_name: CBRE GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-09-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1138118/000119312522242968/0001193125-22-242968-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1138118/000119312522242968/d384740d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Madeleine Barber departed as Chief Accounting Officer at CBRE GROUP, INC..
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Madeleine Barber, who served as the Company’s Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer until the Transition Date, will remain at the Company through December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1138118/000119312522242968/0001193125-22-242968-index.htm
- Executive change
  Lindsey Caplan was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at CBRE GROUP, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On September 12, 2022, the Company’s board of directors appointed Lindsey Caplan as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, effective September 12, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1138118/000119312522242968/0001193125-22-242968-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.