Before he joined Cushman & Wakefield, one of New York’s biggest commercial brokerages, Bruce Hartman worked in shoes. Sort of.
Cushman & Wakefield’s new chief financial officer, Hartman assumed the post of CFO of Foot Locker in April 2002, where he helped restructure the Woolworth Company into Foot Locker; he held an identical position at May Department Stores. He’s also held high-level finance positions at Netco Automation, Dayton Hudson Corporation and Service Merchandise Company, as well as a director post at Pathmark Stores.
New to real estate, Hartman will oversee strategic planning for the global finance and global information technology aims of Cushman & Wakefield, which manages more than 430 million square feet of property and which negotiated $35 billion in commercial property deals last year. He’ll also have an advisory role in financial and business issues facing the brokerage. Hartman’s appointment was announced May 1, and he replaces Tom Dowd, who, according to the Wall Street Journal, “left the firm to pursue other opportunities.”
Dowd could not be reached for comment, and Hartman did not return calls and e-mails. Cushman & Wakefield’s CEO and president Bruce Mosler, in a statement, praised Hartman’s “financial acumen and leadership skills.”