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Chief Executive, UK & Ireland • United Kingdom

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Ben Cullen

Chief Executive, UK & Ireland • United Kingdom


About

Ben joined Cushman & Wakefield as a graduate in 2001 and was made an International Partner in 2016. Prior to his role as Head of the UK & Ireland, Ben led Cushman & Wakefield’s Offices business in the UK and was a member of the firm’s UK and Ireland Executive Committee.

Ben is an accomplished leader, with an enterprise mindset and a strong market profile. As one of the leading office advisers in London, he has delivered landmark transactions for some of the largest global clients of the firm. He continues to focus heavily on clients, bringing the best of Cushman & Wakefield to the UK and Ireland.

Awards & Recognition

  • MRICSMSc
  • BA
  • Hons

Assignments

Amazon –  Strategy and transactions for 1.1m sq. ft. of office space across Central London

 L’Oréal – Strategic review followed by 120,000 sq. ft. re-gear, Hammersmith

Ascential Plc – 140,000 sq. ft. strategic review followed by 4 Central London transactions

WeWork – London growth plan– 750,000 sq. ft. across 9 transactions

Sony Pictures Entertainment – Business case review followed by 75,000 sq. ft. relocation from Soho to Paddington

Ineos – acquisition of 2 new London HQ buildings totaling 80,000 sq. ft. in Knightsbridge

L.E.K Consulting – 30,000 sq. ft. ‘stay vs. go’, Victoria

Tableau – 45,000 sq. ft. acquisition, South Bank

SilverLake – 10,000 sq. ft. re-gear Mayfair

Vodafone – 35,000 sq. ft. acquisition, Paddington

Kingfisher Plc – London portfolio advice

Red Bee Media – 90,000 sq. ft. lease re-gear and decentralization, White City

Hammerson Plc – relocation and bifurcation of London HQ – 55,000 sq. ft., Kings Cross

Burberry Plc – London expansion 125,000 sq. ft., Westminster

Unite the Union – U.K. portfolio advice totaling 100,000 sq. ft. of building sales and acquisitions

What's new

Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway
Cushman & Wakefield Appointed As Valuer Of SEGRO’s UK Portfolio

Cushman & Wakefield has been appointed by SEGRO, the UK’s largest Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), as valuer of its UK portfolio of modern warehousing, industrial property, data centres, and development land assets.

Richard Coleman • 08/05/2026

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Iversen Building Reaches Full Occupancy At The Oxford Science Park

The Iversen Building, a new purpose-built ‘lab ready’ 86,000 sq ft building based at The Oxford Science Park (TOSP), has reached 100% occupancy only twelve months after practical completion.

Vikki McCrindle • 28/02/2025

Services

Lease Transaction & Advisory

Cushman & Wakefield is one of the world’s leading providers of leasing advice to occupiers and investors.

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Business Rates
Business rates represent a major cost for both occupiers and owners of non-domestic property. 
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Receivership and Recovery Solutions
A confident next step for your distressed property assets 

The environment for recovery services is constantly evolving. Our Receivership & Recovery Solutions team brings more than 20 years’ experience in providing strategic advice to lending institutions, insolvency practitioners, corporate and equity fund clients, for distressed property assets and challenged lending situations.  
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MORE INSIGHTS

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Insights • Economy

Artificial Intelligence and the Next Chapter for Australian Commercial Real Estate

Cushman & Wakefield has developed four possible scenarios of how AI may diffuse across the Australian economy over the next decade and modelled the implications of each of these on commercial real estate markets.

Sean Ellison • 15/07/2026
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Research

REdefining the Industrial Workplace: From Cost Center to Performance Driver

This report argues that workplace experience in factories, manufacturing plants and logistics facilities is now an operational imperative, directly linked to safety, productivity and retention.
Kim Yong • 14/07/2026
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Research • Investment / Capital Markets

As Treasury Volatility Returns, CRE Lenders Aren’t Backing Down

Rising Treasury volatility is testing CRE markets, but resilient lending and floating-rate debt are helping sustain deal activity.​
Adrian Ponsen • 14/07/2026
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Research

DNA of Real Estate

Track prime rents and yields in up to 43 cities across Europe, covering the key office, high street and logistics sectors.
Nigel Almond • 13/07/2026
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Insights

Clever Spaces: Shaped by People. Built for Talent.

Clever Spaces starts from a question that goes beyond real estate: what do people actually need to do their best work?
Raffaella Pinto • 06/07/2026
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Article • Workplace

AI is reshaping offices

AI adoption does not automatically reduce office demand. Instead, it is redefining the value of the workplace, accelerating selective relocations, and leaving behind buildings that lack the flexibility to meet evolving occupier needs.
Rafael Nolazco • 03/06/2026
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Article • Workplace

Office market opportunities: why now is the right time to relocate

Buenos Aires' Class A office market is far from standing still. It has entered a more mature, more strategic phase—one in which the best opportunities no longer present themselves. They have to be identified and pursued.
Mercedes Pagliettini • 20/05/2026
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Article • Workplace

Buenos Aires office market shows strong signs of recovery

The recovery is being driven not only by the post-pandemic landscape, but also by strategic decisions made by occupiers.
Julian Pena • 20/05/2026
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Article • Workplace

LEED and WELL: certified or discarded?

Until recently, displaying a LEED or WELL certification plaque in a building lobby was one of the strongest selling points in any leasing or marketing pitch. It signaled quality, added value, and helped differentiate a property. Today, however, that alone is no longer enough in most corporate real estate searches.
12/05/2026
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Article

How space defines a brand

In Argentina, choosing the wrong retail corridor is not an operational mistake—it is a strategic mistake that can be paid for over five years.
Belen Espindola • 29/04/2026

FEATURED STORIES

CW Birmingham Office UK
Cushman & Wakefield – Birmingham Office • Commercial Real Estate
Exemplar service line collaboration to deliver a new workplace for our Midlands team.
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Battersea Power Station Development Co
Battersea Power Station Development Company • Retail
Battersea Power Station is an iconic 42-acre development on the south of the River Thames.
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Hines • Retail
Developing a forward-looking strategy for one of Birmingham’s prime assets.
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JP Boden & Co • Retail
Fashion retailer JP Boden & Co wanted to expand its London head office to accommodate business growth and more agile working.
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ArchCo Portfolio Valuation • Industrial & Retail
Valuation of an extensive portfolio encompassing 18 million square feet, consisting of 5,285 rental spaces distributed across the UK, with approximately 80% located in London.
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Fredericksburg Square
Valuations for Multi-Let Industrial Assets • Industrial
Secured Lending services provided for 5.9 million square feet across 59 assets in the UK.
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Commercial Real Estate Technology
Omnicom Europe Limited • Technology

Omnicom Europe Limited had to relocate from over ten properties into one over 4 years.

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