Giles Bateman MRICS was educated in the UK before moving to France in 1997 where he then qualified as a Chartered Surveyor. He spent nearly 20 years at CBRE in France where he commenced in Valuations and then set up and developed the Corporate Services business in France. He worked on major international Corporate End user projects in France and also delivered real estate services to large French Companies globally. He managed over 70 people in 7 teams and was a member of the board at CBRE France and the CBRE Corporate Services European Board. He joined IWG in 2015 to head up development in Southern Europe. In 2016 he took on the European Region including some 36 countries and has deployed with his team the IWG brands into these countries such as Spaces, Regus, Signature, HQ, & No.18.