Christian Ulbrich

Christian Ulbrich is the Chief Executive Officer of Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL). Ulbrich has held management positions at JLL for more than 15 years. When he joined the company in 2005, he took on the role of Managing Director for Germany. 

In 2009, Ulbrich was appointed CEO of the EMEA region and also became a member of the Executive Board. In 2016, he assumed the role of Chairman of the Executive Board and became a member of the Supervisory Board. Before joining JLL, he spent seven years as CEO of the Germany-wide HIH Group, headquartered in Hamburg. Prior to this role, he had already spent ten years in senior positions at other national and international banks.

Christian is a passionate advocate for a sustainable, diverse, and inclusive global future. He is a Vanguard board member of the World Economic Forum’s Partnering Against Corruption Initiative. He is also a member of the board of directors of Vonovia SE, Europe’s largest residential real estate company.

Christian earned a senior degree in business administration from the University of Hamburg, and attended the Stanford University GSB program. He lives near Frankfurt, Germany.