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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-279883"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CBRE"
cik: "0001138118"
company_name: "CBRE GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2023-11-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T23:50:52.805816+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CBRE names CEO Robert Sulentic as Board Chair; Shira Goodman Lead Independent Director

## Summary
- CEO Robert Sulentic appointed Board Chair, effective Nov 15, 2023; succeeds Brandon Boze who remains on board.
- Shira Goodman, former Staples CEO and director since 2019, appointed Lead Independent Director.
- Bylaws amended to permit non-independent Chair and define Lead Independent Director powers, among other changes.
- Director tenure limit changed: non-management directors with 12+ years service not eligible for re-election.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-279883
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CBRE
- cik: 0001138118
- company_name: CBRE GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-11-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1138118/000119312523279883/0001193125-23-279883-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1138118/000119312523279883/d946850d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  CBRE GROUP, INC.: Amended By-Laws to allow a non-independent Chair with a Lead Independent Director; changed term-limit calculation from independent service to non-management board service (effective 2023-11-15).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-11-15
  source text: On November 15, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) approved an amendment and restatement of the Company’s Amended and Restated By-Laws (the “By-Laws” and, as so amended and restated, the “Amended By-Laws”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1138118/000119312523279883/0001193125-23-279883-index.htm

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