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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 COO’ operating in the Real Estate space. If you think a COO’ 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.
James Turford
Co-Founder & COO of Nested
James originally trained as an architect at Aedas before moving to McKinsey & Co and then private equity firm PEP.
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About Nested: Nested operates as a data-driven estate agency enabling customers to be chain-free buyers.
James Hatchley
Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer (Europe) of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
James Hatchley (London) is a Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer (Europe) for KKR with local responsibility for the operations of KKR’s businesses across the MENA region. Mr. Hatchley joined KKR as Co-Chief Executive of Avoca Capital in 2014 where he has responsibility for business strategy, strategic fund raising and oversight of non-investment functions. He joined Avoca in May 2012. Previously, he spent 23 years working in the City of London as an investment banker with Schroders, Greenhill and Freeman & Co. Mr. Hatchley established Freeman & Co.’s European business in 2006. During his time as a banker he provided independent strategic and financial advice to a wide range of banks, insurance companies and selected institutional investors. Mr. Hatchley qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen. He has a first class B.Sc (hons) Degree in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Surrey in the UK.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Eliza Eddison
Chief Operating Officer of Rentify
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About FabricNano, Rentify: Rentify is an online platform that helps individuals market and manage their properties.
Tim Muir
Chief Operating Officer and Director Field Engagement of YOPA
Tim Muir is Chief Operating Officer and Product Director at YOPA. Prior to this, he was a freelance product management consultant. Tim bears a degree in Marketing.
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About YOPA: YOPA provides real estate agency services that assist clients in selling their properties.
Tom Mundy
Co-Founder and COO of Goodlord
Tom co-founded Goodlord as a renter in 2014 after becoming frustrated with the inefficiencies in the tenancy process and discovering letting agents were fed up with it, too. Now Goodlord is a leading player in the UK Proptech community and with over £18m of funding they are on mission to make renting simple and transparent for all.
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About Goodlord: Goodlord offers a cloud-based software to help estate agents, landlords, and tenants manage the rental process.
David Anderson
Chief Operating Officer of Hubble
David Anderson is Chief Operating Officer at HubbleHQ. He is also with Pi Labs Property Innovation as mentor. Prior to this, he was head of finance at Thread.com and COO at Silicon Milkroundabout.
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About Hubble: A platform to search, set up, and manage your hybrid workplace
Marcos Elvira
CFO and COO of Vesta Property
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About Vesta Property: Vesta (www.vestaproperty.com) is a data-driven marketplace for buying and selling residential investment property.
Sophia Guy-White
Chief Operating Officer of Groupladder
Sophia Guy-White is Co-founder & Chief of Staff
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About Generation Home, Groupladder: Groupladder is a provide a unique mortgage product.
Oliver Breach
Founder & COO of Pupil
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About MBM Capital Partners, Pupil: Pupil is changing the world of data capture, creating immersive 3D experiences through revolutionary technology.
Sami Eid
COO & Co Founder of homie.rent
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About homie.rent: Homie is a tech startup that helps Londoners find great homes to rent.
Daniel Jefferys
Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Resooma
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About Resooma: We’re building an end-to-end rental marketplace with simplified payment solutions that serves both tenants and property owners.
Chris Morgan
COO of Kamma
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About Kamma: Kamma provides data-driven technology solutions to simplify the complexity of Property Licensing in the Private Rented Sector
Chris Morgan
COO of Kamma
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About Kamma: Kamma provides data-driven technology solutions to simplify the complexity of Property Licensing in the Private Rented Sector
Benoit Vanpoperinghe
Chief Operating Officer of Zorin Finance
Benoit has over 19 years experience in commercial real estate finance, securitisation and capital markets, having previously held positions at Barclays, Morgan Stanley and Fitch Ratings. Throughout his career, Benoit has held roles in real estate finance, including real estate loan origination and execution in UK/Europe, real estate loan underwriting and credit analysis. Benoit was previously trading real estate backed bonds at Barclays, as well as managing a portfolio of legacy bonds and structuring real estate fixed income securities.
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About Zorin Finance: Zorin Finance is a Real estate company.
Steven Kemp
COO of Howsy
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About Howsy: Howsy is a real estate management platform that provides repairs management and renewal services for landlords and tenants.
Andrew Lynch
Co-Founder & COO of Huckletree
Co-Founder & COO at Huckletree, a coworking community of creators, innovators, entrepreneurs and VC-backed startups.
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About Huckletree: The brave home of innovation.
Nikolai Ueker
COO of REalyse
Photo Nikolai UekerA German growing up in Jamaica with a love for the ocean and anything outdoors.
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About REalyse: REalyse is a technology company that helps UK residential property professionals understand the market.
Julian Cork
Chief Operating Officer of LANDBAY
Julian joined Landbay in 2015 and is COO and board member of Landbay. He is also a non-executive director of Bud Financial and member of various advisory boards in the wider Fintech space. Julian is a strong supporter of innovation in financial services with over 25 years’ experience in the sector. Prior to Landbay, Julian held executive/MD level roles at JPMorgan and Macquarie Group in New York, London, Tokyo and Sydney.
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About LANDBAY: Landbay is a specialist Buy to Let mortgage lender using peer-to-peer technology to fund its loans.
Branislav Dikov
Co-Founder & COO of Dulo Properties
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About Dulo Properties: Dulo Properties is a UK-based real estate company.
Suresh Gorasia
Chief Operating Officer of Allied London Properties
Suresh Gorasia has 18 years of experience in all aspects of property finance, financial management, and real estate transactions and corporately leads all aspects of Allied London’s operational activities. Suresh has extensive knowledge of financial management and control with a particular focus on the property industry, using this experience to lead the overarching operational strategy and delivery for Allied London. Suresh trained with KPMG and has worked for Manchester Airport Group as property finance director, during the acquisition of Stansted Airport and setup of the Airport City Joint Venture. He has held various responsibilities both with Allied London and numerous high profile organizations, which have included funding management and reporting, investment reviews, cost control, and banking. Suresh holds a first class honors degree in civil and structural engineering from the University of Manchester and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
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About Allied London Properties: Allied London Properties provides devises, designs, and delivers mixed-use real estate developments, buildings, and concepts in London.
Daniel Jeczmien
Founder & COO of flatfair
Daniel Jeczmien is the founder and COO of Flatfair.
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About flatfair: Secure your rental with flatfair’s flexible solutions
Matthew Daines
Co-Founder & COO of LettingaProperty.com
Matthew Daines is the Co-Founder & COO at LettingaProperty.com.
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About LettingaProperty.com: The UK tech-based lettings & property management platform that makes renting simple, secure & affordable.
Jamie Euesden
COO of askporter
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About askporter: AskPorter is an AI machine learning messaging platform that optimises property and facilities.
Jackie McKay
Chief Operating Officer of Frontier IP Group plc
Jackie is the Group’s Chief Operating Officer, supporting the Chief Executive in the delivery of the Group’s objectives. She has substantial experience of the university IP and venture capital industries and has been working with Frontier IP since its inception to help develop new and existing commercialisation relationships. Jackie spent nearly ten years at Sigma Capital Group plc, latterly as Corporate Development Director, where she was responsible for structuring and setting up venture funds and university partnerships. Prior to Sigma, Jackie spent 12 years with Bank of Scotland. She has an MA in Psychology.
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About Frontier IP Group plc: Frontier IP Group plc is a specialist asset management group.
Dominic Cura
Chief Operating Officer of BrickVest
Dominic Cura is the Chief Operating Officer at BrickVest.
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About BrickVest: BrickVest is an online real estate investment platform.
Vijay Vashistha
COO, CTO and Co-founder of 99home
Vijay, an MBA (IT) with over 17 years experience in Cloud Technology, Software Development, QA, IT Infrastructure and Support. Vijay has worked in telecommunication, media and service industries. Vijay has a passion for property market and his dedication to building better experiences for property sellers, buyers, landlord and tenants grew and by founding 99Home he has combined these passions with his early experiences in the property
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About 99home: 99home is a hybrid agency that provides a one-stop shop service for clients.
Ben Lloyd
COO of Property Moose
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About Property Moose: The Property Crowdfunding Platform where members can invest from £10 and receive monthly rental income and any capital growth.
Ilanit Orly
Chief Operating Officer of Cogress
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About Cogress: Cogress is an open equity firm for property, which prides itself on making investment accessible and transparent.
Mark Selby
COO of Fruitful Homes™
* Formerly COO of Virgin Money Exco that raised £800m to bid for Northern Rock * Delivered 13% EBITDA growth in 2015 and 10% profit growth. Completed MBO * Led team that built Abbey National’s broker software responsible for ~£15billion annual originations (90% of total)
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About Fruitful Homes™: Fruitful combines real estate crowdfunding with modular home developments to make beautiful, affordable homes
Mark Selby
COO of Fruitful Homes™
* Formerly COO of Virgin Money Exco that raised £800m to bid for Northern Rock * Delivered 13% EBITDA growth in 2015 and 10% profit growth. Completed MBO * Led team that built Abbey National’s broker software responsible for ~£15billion annual originations (90% of total)
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About Fruitful Homes™: Fruitful combines real estate crowdfunding with modular home developments to make beautiful, affordable homes
Aron Maus
COO of Virtual Commercial
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About Virtual Commercial: Virtual Commercial is the UK’s Online Commercial Estate Agent.
Max Lehrain
Chief Operating Officer of Relendex
Max Lehrain joined Relendex as Chief Operating Officer in 2014.
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About Relendex: Relendex is a peer-to-peer marketplace that brings together lenders for loans secured on professionally valued properties.
Simon Checkley
COO of Kykloud
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About Kykloud: SaaS property and real estate asset management – capture the condition of your estate and plan future maintenance spend.
Ben Washington
Founder& COO of Homegrown
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About BWCUK, Homegrown: Homegrown is a property crowdfunding platform.
