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Iylia Ibrahim

Business Development Manager

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS)

Iylia Ibrahim’s business-development work is grounded in technical bids and project experience. At CBRE Global Workplace Solutions, she connects that foundation with the commercial development of integrated facilities services.

Source published15 Oct 2026
Iylia Ibrahim
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01 / BACKGROUND

Career & background

She progressed from Technical Bid Specialist into business development at CBRE, having joined in March 2021. Earlier experience with Sime Darby Industrial involved service contracts and key accounts across healthcare, retail, banking and commercial businesses. Work at Sime Darby Energy & Utilities provided engineering and project exposure.

Source-reported experience5+ years at CBRE; joined March 2021
02 / CONTRIBUTIONS

Areas of contribution

Her responsibilities have included developing sales opportunities, commercial approaches and complex bids, as well as securing contracts and supporting recurring maintenance business. These activities connect the technical scope of a proposed service with customer requirements and its commercial delivery.

03 / PERSPECTIVE

Leadership focus

Her work centres on relationships with senior clients and coordination across the teams needed to develop facilities solutions. The combination of engineering knowledge and account development supports her commercial remit.

04 / SOURCES & CONTEXT

The basis of this profile.

This profile brings together factual career information from publicly available sources. References and publication dates are provided below.

Kepimpinan Malaysia15 Oct 2026 · Read the original publication
Source notes

The source records more than five years at CBRE but does not provide contract values or totals. No additional academic qualification is inferred.

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