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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Manager operating in the Real Estate space. If you think a Manager is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Shariq Kochhar
Content and Editorial Manager of Plentific
Shariq Kochhar is the content and editorial manager of Plentific.
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About Plentific: Plentific is a SaaS platform that provides smart property management solutions for landlords and property managers.
Jess Southall
Global Pavilions Manager of Hub Culture
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About Hub Culture: Hub Culture is a global collaboration platform focused on digital currency and identity, knowledge brokerage and community services.
Karen Welsh
Smart Building Project Manager of Google Account of CBRE Group
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About CBRE Group: CBRE Group is a holding company that conducts all of its operations through its indirect subsidiaries.
James Newbery
Investment Manager of British Pearl
James Newbery brings broad experience from the portfolio management and wealth management markets having spent two decades in financial services, including Salomon Brothers, Citigroup, Western Asset Management and Legal & General. He has worked extensively on risk and investment frameworks in both large institutional and smaller new start-up businesses together with systems design and project and team management. He is currently a consultant in the wealth management sector providing guidance on investment strategy, risk profiling and business controls. He graduated from Bangor University with a B.A. (Hons) in Banking, Insurance and Finance. He is a member of the CFA Institute.
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About British Pearl: British Pearl is an online property investment platform facilitating share and loan-based investment in UK property.
Isobel Hume
Executive Manager of Global Switch
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About Global Switch: Global Switch is an owner, operator, and developer of large scale network dense, carrier & cloud neutral multi-tenanted data centres
Colin Moar
Director – Global Equities – Investment Manager – Global Technology of Barings
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About Barings: Barings is a global financial services firm dedicated to meeting the evolving investment and capital needs.
Colin Moar
Director – Global Equities – Investment Manager – Global Technology of Barings
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About Barings: Barings is a global financial services firm dedicated to meeting the evolving investment and capital needs.
Louis Eid
Co-Founder and Sales Manager of homie.rent
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About homie.rent: Homie is a tech startup that helps Londoners find great homes to rent.
Joe Jordan-Richardson
Sales Manager of Properr
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About Properr: Simplifying the property purchasing process.
Jayne May
Business Development Manager of Properr
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About Properr: Simplifying the property purchasing process.
Mounia Essaadani
Manager of Marketing Content of A/O PropTech
Mounia is a marketing manager at A/O PropTech, where she manages and creates the visual content of the website as well as the branding of the company. Prior to joining A/O PropTech, Mounia worked at TikTok and Apple. Mounia is from Belgium, but her roots are from Morroco and Algeria. She holds a master in Modern Languages and Literatures from the Catholic University of Louvain. In her spare time, she creates videos about self-development for her channel and lives in museums over the weekends.
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About A/O PropTech: Europe’s largest Proptech VC firm investing in technology companies transforming the real estate industry.
Siobhan Connolly
Learning and Development Manager of MyHomeMove
Siobhan is Head of Learning and Development at My Home Move. She oversees Conveyancing Training, Leadership Development and e-learning and has been instrumental in setting up My Home Move’s industry-leading Learning and Development Academy, as well as the Virtual Academy. Having joined the company in 2002, Siobhan is a prime example of My Home Move’s strategy for nurturing home-grown talent. She is accredited by the CLC to provide in-house training to My Home Move employees, enabling them to become qualified Licensed Conveyancers. As an active member of the Licensed Conveyancers Apprenticeship Consortium, Siobhan supports the industry’s quest for developing new talent. She is also an Adair Accredited Leadership Trainer and has recently been shortlisted for Learning and Development Professional of the Year at the CIPD People Management Awards 2015. Siobhan loves cooking, particularly Italian food, and she is currently compiling a book of her favourite recipes, which she has tried and tested over the years. Siobhan also juggles work and family life with the role of being Chair of Governors at her son’s school.
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About MyHomeMove: Myhomemove is to revolutionise the customer experience of conveyancing, for their industry partners and for clients.
Aarran Ellis
Senior Sales Manager of Zoopla
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About Zoopla: Zoopla is a property website in the U.K. that combines property listings with market data, local information, and community tools.
Janet Forbes
Finance Manager of Frontier IP Group plc
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About Frontier IP Group plc: Frontier IP Group plc is a specialist asset management group.
Ruth Bardot
Public Relations Manager of DadShed
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About DadShed: DadShed is enabling the data within buildings to be ‘easily’ accessible for marketplace opportunities.
Richard Young
User Experience Manager of DadShed
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About DadShed: DadShed is enabling the data within buildings to be ‘easily’ accessible for marketplace opportunities.
Rory Truesdale
Senior Digital & Marketing Technology Manager of UNCLE
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About UNCLE: UNCLE provides property rental management and communication with clients and owners.
Christopher Whetstone
Corporate Responsibility Manager of GVA
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About GVA: GVA is a real estate advisory business assisting clients with the strategy, planning, and management of property.
Marco Baptista
General Manager of Willowbridge Estate Agents
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About Willowbridge Estate Agents: Willowbridge Estate Agents offers lettings, sales, and property management services.
Amy French
Ecosystem Development Manager of Level39
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About Level39: The world’s most connected community for finance, cybersecurity, retail and smart-city technology businesses.
Joe Pairman
Senior Product Manager, Tridion Docs of RWS Group
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About RWS Group: RWS is Europe’s leading provider of intellectual property support services.
Sarah Dullaghan
Client Development Manager of My Favourite Holiday Cottages
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About My Favourite Holiday Cottages: Advertising and marketing UK Holiday Cottages for property owners and affiliate advertising services for holiday cottage agencies.
Julianne Turner
Marketing Manager of Kylli
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About Kylli: Kylli provides real estate investment, acquisition, development and management services for commercial properties.
Amy-Louise Brown
Brand Manager of The Parklane Group
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About The Parklane Group: The Parklane Group is a property and leisure market.
Bojan Blazevic
Finance Manager of Chototel
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About Chototel: Chototel is creating the world’s first super-budget hotels, using technology to offer rates starting at $2 per night.
Imogen Farhan
Marketing Manager of Chototel
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About Chototel: Chototel is creating the world’s first super-budget hotels, using technology to offer rates starting at $2 per night.
Helen Clarke
Portfolio Services Manager of Property Solutions UK Ltd
Prior to joining Property Solutions in 2001 Helen acted as Reporting Manager for a tele-marketing centre in BT. Helen has worked with Property Solutions for over 13 years. As Portfolio Services Manager, she oversees the day to day activities of the portfolio administration team and liaises with clients at an operational level. Helen was instrumental in the development and implementation of Property Solutions’ SCIMS system and processes.
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About Property Solutions UK Ltd: Property Solutions UK Ltd is one of the UK’s commercial service charge specialists.
Helen Clarke
Portfolio Services Manager of Property Solutions UK Ltd
Prior to joining Property Solutions in 2001 Helen acted as Reporting Manager for a tele-marketing centre in BT. Helen has worked with Property Solutions for over 13 years. As Portfolio Services Manager, she oversees the day to day activities of the portfolio administration team and liaises with clients at an operational level. Helen was instrumental in the development and implementation of Property Solutions’ SCIMS system and processes.
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About Property Solutions UK Ltd: Property Solutions UK Ltd is one of the UK’s commercial service charge specialists.
Stephen Brook
Fund Manager of Alpha Real Capital
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About Alpha Real Capital: Alpha Real Capital is an international funds management group focused on value-added investing in global real estate markets.
