Colliers’ COO elected to global board of directors

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David Lockwood, COO and executive vice president of Colliers | South Carolina, has been elected to serve a one-year term as president of the global board of directors of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors.

Lockwood’s term will begin in October at SIOR’s CREate 360 conference in Dallas. He will assume the role of global president in the fall of 2023.

Lockwood attained his SIOR designation in 1990 and was elected as the current SIOR vice president in 2021. He has also served as past president of the Carolinas SIOR chapter and served two terms on SIOR’s national board of directors. He has held a total of more than 20 roles with SIOR, including eight years as SIOR’s representative on the National Association of Realtors executive committee.

At Colliers, Lockwood’s primary areas of expertise include brokerage management, market analyses, lease negotiations, corporate services and consultative brokerage. He has been with Colliers since 1986, starting as an office brokerage associate before managing the Columbia leasing division of Colliers | South Carolina and eventually being promoted to his current role.

Lockwood also holds CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) and CRE (Counselor of Real Estate) designations. He currently serves as vice chair of the South Carolina Real Estate Commission and is a Commissioner representing the 2nd Congressional District. He is also past chair of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Clemson University Board of Visitors, where he serves as chair of the Student Engagement Committee.

The Society of Industrial and Office Realtors is the leading society for industrial and office real estate professionals with more than 3,600 members in 722 cities and 45 countries.