Jon Ramscar just joined JLL’s Vancouver office as SVP of its capital markets group. From the title, you may know this about him: his job is to attract investment worldwide and expand the firm's presence in the city. Now here are a few things you probably didn't know about him.
Company: Jones Lang LaSalle.
Title: SVP, Capital Markets Group.
Job: Overseeing income-producing sales, land sales, development joint-venture structuring; capital raising.
Photo: Taken at the JLL Vancouver office.
Born: Manchester, England, “home of the best football team in the world."
Home: Vancouver.
Deal You’re Most Proud Of: "One where I’ve walked away and had compliments from [parties on] both sides of the transaction."
Daily habit: Staying humble, and exercise. He's an avid snowboarder, mountain biker—“and a great sailor as well.”
Favourite music: Wide range. "There's a huge music scene in Manchester."
Book: Lord of the Rings.
Restaurant: Joe Fortes Seafood & Chop House.
Recent vacation: Sunshine Coast.
First job: Paper route, in Manchester—“not the safest job, I can assure you.”
Bucket list: Heli-boarding in Alaska.
Person (living/dead) you’d most want to meet: "Nelson Mandela would be number one." Then Tolkien.
Interesting fact: Started career at JLL in 2006; left in 2009; just came back.
