New CEO Appointed to Head Up propertyfinder.com
Propertyfinder.com is pleased to announce that Warren Bright has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer.
Warren boasts a distinguished career in Senior Management at real estate businesses and online media companies and brings a unique blend of property, online, marketing and management consulting experience to propertyfinder.com and the UK market.
Warren has founded two businesses serving the Australian real estate industry – True Property Management and True Real Estate Solutions – and has served as a Director on the boards of a number of real estate related companies.
He has also been the Chief Operating Officer of McGrath Estate Agents, Australia's largest and most innovative independent estate agent and has spent 3 years successfully running the internet businesses for News Corporation in Australia.
Warren Bright comments, “I am really looking forward to leading propertyfinder.com. I firmly believe that we are in the best position to challenge Rightmove for leadership in the UK online property advertising industry. We have a tremendous brand and can offer our clients truly national coverage and our association with News International gives us access to some of the UK’s finest newspapers to help promote our brand. Our relationship with realestate.com.au ensures that we have access to the world’s most advanced real estate portal technology. It also lets us tap into a global network with over 4.5 million visitors each month.”
Bright continues, “We are in the fortunate position of being able to focus all our energies onto the one thing that matters – providing our customers with outstanding online advertising solutions. We will not be distracted by HIP’s or building new technologies. The coming year will see propertyfinder.com launch a range of innovative new products that will allow agents to promote their businesses and their properties in a far more effective way than they are able to on the other portals.”
realestate.com.au Ltd. is the 50% owner of propertyfinder.com and the number one property portal in Australia. Managing Director, Simon Baker comments, “We are extremely pleased to have someone of the caliber of Warren heading up propertyfinder.com. He has a great track record of building businesses and we believe that his unique blend of property, online, marketing and management consulting experience will ensure that propertyfinder.com challenges Rightmove for market leadership.”
Comments
Australian company buys UK company and appoints Australian CEO. Whats wroing with english execs?
Posted by: Househunter | May 3, 2006 11:02 PM
Househunter, thank you for your comments.
We believe in hiring the best person for the job - irrespective of where they are from.
For example, at realestate.com.au in Australia, our CFO is from Germany, our Head of Business Development is from the US, our Head of Product Development is from New Zealand, the GM of our Web Design and Back Office Tools Business Unit is from South Africa, our CIO is from the US and our Head of Consumer Marketing is also from the US.
The execs in our UK team are a mix of English, Irish, Australia and Scottish. These are the best people for the role.
Posted by: Simon | May 4, 2006 01:17 AM
Hopefully the ones from the UK will help you with your spelling - Scottish not Scotish!
Posted by: Househunter | May 4, 2006 10:05 PM
Househunter
Thanks for that. Always happy to correct my misspelling.
It is particularly embarrassing as my Mum's side of the business is Scottish (not Scotish) and my Dad is English!!
Thanks for the comments
Posted by: Simon | May 4, 2006 10:10 PM