John Cefaly is an executive vice chairman at Cushman & Wakefield, a commercial real estate firm. He has worked with the firm for over 40 years and has served on their board of directors.

Cefalys major deals include negotiating on CIBC World Markets 1.2 million-square-foot lease at 300 Madison Avenue in 2001., a transaction values at $800 million. Cefaly and a team brokered Moodys Corporations move to 7 World Trade Center in 2006, where they took nearly 600,00-square-feet. In 2010, he again headed up a team that brought Deloitte & Touche into 426,139-square-feet at the GE Building, 30 Rockefeller Plaza. In 2011 he pulled off a massive deal with Japanese financial company Nomura for 900,000-square feet at Worldwide Plaza.

He has won some of the Real Estate Board of New Yorks (REBNY) Most Ingenious Deal of the Year awards in 2003 and 2006.