FabFitFun - Proposal

TEAM BIOS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE

Ben Conwell is Senior Managing Director and Global Practice Leader for Cushman & Wakefield’s eCommerce and Electronic Fulfillment Advisory Group. His focus is the rapidly changing integration of physical and digital retail, logistics and real estate. His responsibilities include counsel on strategy, site selection, design and execution for leading retail and logistics occupiers and investors, and industry thought leadership. Ben provides Cushman & Wakefield clients the most up-to-date market-leading counsel to effectively plan and execute their supply chain, fulfillment, retail and real estate strategies. He is a Senior Certified Supply Chain Professional and a member of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. Ben serves on the C&W Industrial and Logistics Services Leadership Team and its Executive Committee, as well as the C&W Retail Leadership Council. Ben speaks and writes extensively on eCommerce, last mile and associated impacts on retailing, fulfillment, real estate development and investment. Venues include multiple national conferences for NAIOP, ICSC and Urban Land Institute as well as an extensive collection of Wall Street, retailer, investor, university, supply chain, boards of directors and capital markets events throughout the US, Canada, UK and Europe. He is a frequent contributor to, and source for national, regional and industry-specific media. Prior to joining Cushman & Wakefield, Ben was Director of North America Logistics Real Estate for Amazon Fulfillment Services, the logistics and operations subsidiary of Amazon.com. Ben has been at the forefront of locating and building leading- edge fulfillment and eCommerce facilities throughout North America. He managed a fulfillment network of 90 facilities comprising 60 million square feet and led the delivery of 35 million square feet of high-tech build-to-suit projects and over five million square feet of repositioned existing buildings. Total project capital investment and expense commitment exceeded $5.0 billion. Ben also oversaw all real estate functions for site selection, negotiation, build-out and launch of Amazon Logistics’ sortation centers and last mile infrastructure. He brings one-of-a-kind experience and perspective to emerging trends in logistics and retail. Ben has 31 years of experience including corporate real estate, commercial real estate development, investment and management.

BEN CONWELL

Senior Managing Director – Practice Leader newCommerce Advisory Group Logistics & Industrial Services +1 425 785 6325 ben.conwell@cushwake.com

PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Significant professional and community involvement includes NAIOP, Urban Land Institute, Pacific Real Estate Institute, Bellevue Schools Foundation, YMCA of Greater Seattle and Bellevue Young Life. Ben was also selected as a Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary International.

EDUCATION

• MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia • Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Richmond

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