EXHIBIT 99.1
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JONES LANG LASALLE NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release 200 East Randolph Drive
Chicago Illinois 60601
Contact: Gayle Kantro (Chicago) Charlotte Freeman (London)
Phone: +1 (00) 312 228 2795 +1 (44) 207 399 5616
Email: gayle.kantro@am.jll.com Charlotte.freeman@eu.jll.com
JONES LANG LASALLE ELECTS
DEANNE JULIUS TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHICAGO AND LONDON, OCTOBER 21, 2008 - Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated
(NYSE: JLL) today announced that DeAnne Julius, 59, has been elected as an
independent, non-executive member of its Board of Directors. She will also
serve on the Board's Audit Committee and its Nominating and Governance
Committee. Dr. Julius's election to the Board and the two Committees will
become effective on November 17, 2008.
Dr. Julius has been the Chairman of the Royal Institute of International
Affairs, also known as Chatham House, since 2003. Founded in 1920 and
based in London, Chatham House is a world-leading source of independent
analysis, informed debate and influential ideas on how to build a
prosperous and secure world.
From 1997 to 2001, Dr. Julius served as a founding member of the Monetary
Policy Committee of the Bank of England. Prior to that, Dr. Julius held a
number of positions in the private sector, including Chief Economist at
each of British Airways PLC and Royal Dutch Shell PLC, and was Chairman of
the British Airways Pension Investment Management. She has also served as
a senior economic advisor at the World Bank and a consultant to the
International Monetary Fund.
Dr. Julius currently serves as a non-executive member of the board of
directors at BP PLC, one of the world's largest energy companies, and at
Roche Holding AG, the global healthcare and pharmaceutical firm.
Dr. Julius has a Ph.D in Economics from the University of California, where
she also taught. She has authored five books and numerous papers on
subjects ranging from foreign direct investment to strategic planning and
corporate governance.
Sheila Penrose, Chairman of the Jones Lang LaSalle Board of Directors,
said, "We greatly look forward to having DeAnne join our Board. She has a
global perspective on business that has been informed by deep experience in
both the public and private sectors."
Colin Dyer, President and Chief Executive Officer of Jones Lang LaSalle,
added, "It will be very valuable for us to benefit from DeAnne's insights
into world-wide economics and government policy-making, monetary and
otherwise."
Dr. Julius will initially serve a term that will expire at the company's
2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Her appointment will result in the
Jones Lang LaSalle Board having a total of ten Directors. In addition to
Ms. Penrose and Mr. Dyer, the other current members of the Board are Henri-
Claude de Bettignies, Darryl Hartley-Leonard, Lauralee E. Martin, Alain
Monie, David B. Rickard, Roger T. Staubach and Thomas C. Theobald.
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