David P Cooper BSc (Hons) MRICS MBA FCMI CMgr is a highly experienced corporate real estate professional with board level experience and a proven track record of high quality delivery on an international stage. Having joined Wells Fargo Bank’s Corporate Properties Group (CPG) in September 2013 to lead the development of the Bank's occupational portfolio throughout EMEA (based in London), one of David's most significant transactions to date has been overseeing the acquisition, subsequent development and fit out of a new headquarters for the Bank in London, Wells Fargo’s first ever freehold purchase outside the USA.Following his successes in the EMEA region, David’s portfolio was extended in 2019 to include responsibility for leasing transactions in the Canadian and Latin American regions. In 2021, the Asia Pacific region was also added to his portfolio, meaning that David is now responsible for all front office transactions outside the U.S.In 2022 David was promoted to become the International Community of Practice Leader for CPG and he sits on the board of the Bank’s LuxCo and in 2023 he assumed responsibility for the significant India & Philippines portfolio.Before joining Wells Fargo, David was Global Head of Real Estate at PA Consulting, the international management consultancy business.Prior to joining PA Consulting, David was responsible for the delivery of an efficient and customer focussed property service at BAA plc and he has also spent time working in the property investment arena where he gained valuable experience of the full property life cycle. He qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 1995 with NatWest Bank Estate Management and Development Limited whom he joined straight from University in 1993.In addition to being a highly experienced and capable professional, David is also an enthusiastic team player and his wealth of experience ensures that he can deal effectively from board level to shop floor, a must in the all-encompassing world of CRE.As well as being a Chartered Surveyor, David has an MBA from the University of Exeter Business School and is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute. Outside his day-to-day role at Wells, David is a board director of London’s Eastern City Business Improvement District.Specialties: Corporate Real Estate; International property acquisition & disposal; Infrastructure development; Facilities management; Change management; Complex project management; Strategy formulation and implementation; Personnel management; Mergers and acquisition