Brian Ward

Brian serves as the President, Capital Markets and Investment Services for Colliers International, overseeing all investment and financing services for Canada, Latin America and the United States. Brian also holds a global capital markets coordination role with his colleagues in EMEA and APAC. The Capital Markets & Investment Services business includes buy and sell side investment sales, as well as debt and equity placements for all major asset classes, including office, industrial, retail, multifamily and hotels, as well as those practice groups organized around investment sales, including student housing, senior housing, net lease, transit oriented development, golf courses and the like.

Brian has spent the bulk of his career on the institutional investment management side of the business, previously serving as the Managing Principal & Chief Executive Officer for Orion Residential and its successor company, Aspen Residential, which were affiliated entities of Starwood Capital and Big Rock Partners. Brian has overseen the origination, structuring and investment of more than $3.50BB USD in debt and equity with real estate clients transacting globally. Brian has substantial experience with all manner of complex domestic and international debt and equity structures, particularly global capital flows and investment strategies.

Brian is a full member of the Urban Land Institute and is on the Board of Directors for the National Multi Housing Council; he is also a real estate attorney and an active member of the Washington State Bar Association. Brian served on the Washington, D.C. staff of Senator Henry Jackson.