Lisa Cations
Founder and Managing Director
Lisa Cations is an industry leading flexible offices expert with 20 years of commercial real estate experience across international real estate advisory firms, including Cushman and Wakefield, JLL and CBRE, as well as leading flex operators, Hana and Industrious (owned by CBRE) and IWG, the largest flex office operator globally. Lisa is a Founder and Managing Director of flex office advisory firm, JCR Advisors, helping landlords, investors, flex operators and enterprise occupiers develop and execute on their flex office portfolio, asset and flex partnership / operator selection strategies.
My Story
Over the last 5 years, I've been working for the leading flexible office operators in various sales leadership roles. I have successful track record setting up and growing sales and account management businesses for the flex operators globally. I was the Head of Enterprise Sales and Account Management at Industrious, the third biggest flex operator in the US; the Head of Enterprise Sales for Hana in EMEA (CBRE subsidiary company) and most recently the Senior Vice President of Sales for the UK and Global Commercial Transformation Director for IWG, the largest flexible offices operator in the world.
Prior to that, I've spend 15+ years of my career in the leading commercial real estate companies - Cushman and Wakefield, JLL and CBRE in development and investment advisory, corporate occupier, portfolio and asset management services, advising property owners, institutional investors, landlords, and occupiers on their real estate portfolios and commercial real estate assets in the US, UK, Continental Europe and APAC.
I am a globally recognised co-working and flex industry expert and thought leader. My publications and research materials on flexible office operator selection, partnership structures and flex business model have been published by Columbia Business School and Oxford Said Business School and are currently used by the leading academics all over the world to teach students on the subject of flexible offices, co-working and flex operator selection. I am a visiting lecturer in Columbia Business School and Oxford Said Business School teaching on co-working, flex offices and operational real estate. 
I have MBA degrees from Columbia Business School and London Business School and Masters in Real Estate Investment and Finance from Reading University. I'm a Member of RICS and ULI. I am passionate about hospitality and making a difference to people's lives through built environment. I'm a co-founder and a trustee of the charity City of Opportunities focused on promoting people well-being and healthy buildings through funded independent research.
Contact
If you are looking for independent flexible office advisory and transaction services, feel free to connect to discuss how we can add value to your business.
+44 7463 44 8974