JLL promotes Michael Anderson to Head of Finance for Work Dynamics Americas; Anderson previously led a team of 250 finance professionals and managed over US$2B in revenues

CHICAGO, August 5, 2024 – JLL announced today that it has promoted Michael Anderson to Head of Finance for Work Dynamics Americas. In this role, he is responsible for strategic financial operations for the Work Dynamics business, which helps clients not only create and shape the future of work but also effectively manage and enhance the performance of clients' workplaces, real estate portfolios and, most important, their people.

Anderson joined JLL 18 years ago, amassing experience in financial management, M&A transactions, risk mitigation and business development within a range of industries and geographies. He most recently served as JLL’s Executive Finance Director for the Enterprise Division in Work Dynamics Americas for more than two years, where he led a team of more than 250 finance professionals and oversaw over $2 billion in real estate outsourcing revenues. He also successfully spearheaded the due diligence and finance workstream for JLL’s acquisition of SKAE Power Solutions. Before that, he spent five years as a Financial Director after working for JLL in various finance management roles. 

“Mike has spent his entire professional career with JLL, starting as an intern in 2006 and building deep relationships while broadening his skillset,” said Sanjay Rishi, Americas CEO, Work Dynamics. “He brings robust finance technical skills, along with a ‘people-first’ mindset, making him a well-regarded leader who will expertly guide the Americas Finance organization.”

Based in Chicago, Anderson will be a key player in growing the Work Dynamics business by contributing to business strategy and direction, providing strong financial and operational governance, delivering timely and accurate reporting and building a regional finance team. He reports to James Gregory, Chief Financial Officer for Work Dynamics.

“Over my 18 years with JLL, I’ve had the benefit of working for multiple parts of the organization and had a front-row seat watching and being a part of the growth in Work Dynamics,” Anderson said. “JLL Work Dynamics builds a better, more humancentric and sustainable world of work for our clients, and I’m excited to continue to be a part of it in this new role.”

JLL Work Dynamics enables the world’s greatest organizations to do their best work. We manage facilities, projects and portfolios to shape a better world of work. With more than 60,000 local and global specialists, the team enables clients to enhance the performance of their portfolios and people to see what’s possible in a more sustainable and inclusive built environment. Through technology enabled solutions, Work Dynamics creates safe and inspiring spaces around the world for people to collaborate, innovate and drive meaningful change anywhere that work is performed. Work Dynamics manages over 2 billion square feet of real estate and has averted more than 112,700 metric tons of CO2e by advising clients on renewable energy projects. For more information, visit JLL’s Occupier Services page.