Elizabeth Atlee

SVP, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, CBRE

Elizabeth Atlee, SVP, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, CBRE, a global leader in commercial real estate services and investment, oversees CBRE’s robust global Ethics and Compliance Program. (NYSE: CBRE) A $26B revenue company with more than 100,000 employees, CBRE entrusts Liz to ensure the program is effective at encouraging employees, vendors and stakeholders comply with CBRE’s Standards of Business Conduct and RISE values.

Her role includes identifying risks and preventing, detecting, and correcting noncompliance with laws, regulatory requirements, policies and procedures to safeguard CBRE’s reputation and brand. Atlee is responsible for CBRE’s investigations center of excellence, known as the Trust function which completes independent internal investigations. She also has oversight of CBRE’s Insider Threat and Global Data Protection and Privacy Programs, which ensure compliance with domestic and international security and privacy regulations. She also is very involved in CBRE’s data protection and governance policies.

The senior most Latina at CBRE, Atlee is an Executive member of the Latino Corporate Directors Association and has been recognized twice as one of the 50 Most Powerful Latinas in Corporate America, according to the Association of Latino Professionals for America (ALPFA). She was also awarded the Professional Achievement Award from the Mexican American Bar Foundation.

Atlee serves as the executive sponsor of Hispanics Organized to Leverage our Advantage (HOLA), CBRE’s Latino employee network, serves on the company’s Executive Inclusion Committee and on the Advisory Board of CBRE’s Women’s Network. She is also a member of CBRE’s Executive Risk Committee and Cyber Security Response Unit.