Salumeh Companieh
Chief Digital & Information Officer,
Cushman & Wakefield
I am truly passionate and eager to push the boundaries of what leadership looks like by encouraging women of all backgrounds to bring their authentic selves to work. I am excited by what we can collectively accomplish by lifting up and encouraging others.
As Chief Digital & Information Officer at Cushman & Wakefield, Sal Companieh is responsible for providing solutions that improve Cushman & Wakefield’s operations, enhance client service, and drive new business. Sal has over 20 years of consulting experience in process and technology transformation and has led the firm through numerous acquisition integrations as well as implementations of global platforms.
Sal joined Cushman & Wakefield in 2011 as Vice President, Global Applications, and since that time she has held technology leadership positions across the business, most recently as co-Chief Information Officer (CIO). She previously served as CIO, Corporate Solutions, where she was responsible for building processes that collect, curate and optimize enterprise, client and property data; she also served as CIO for the firm’s facility services business, C&W Services. Prior to joining the firm, Sal was an independent consultant at Covidien and held senior technology positions at IBM and Lindt & Sprüngli.
Sal is an active mentor of colleagues throughout the organization and has proven success fostering diverse, high-performing, cross-functional teams who lead digitization of business-critical workflows while elevating data maturity. She is a member of T200, whose mission is to foster, celebrate, and advance women’s leadership in tech. Sal holds a B.S. in Industrial Distribution Management from the University of Illinois.