Alan Burns named as CFO of Spotahome
London: Spotahome has appointed Alan Burns as its latest chief financial officer [CFO], having started in the role this month. The former Photobox Group CFO joins the Spanish proptech company as it completes its C-Suite leadership team in anticipation of fast global growth. Burns was recognised for his wide-ranging experience in high growth international e-commerce […]
Spotahome recruits Amanda Symonds as CGO
London: Spotahome has appointed Amanda Symonds as its chief growth officer following a seven-year stint establishing and growing vacation rentals at TripAdvisor. The appointment makes her the first executive to have joined the new C-Suite team from a property rental marketplace background. TripAdvisor’s former VP of Vacation Rental Marketing aims to drive top-line growth across […]
Spotahome appoints Azcarraga as its latest CTO
London: Spotahome has announced the appointment of Amazon’s Angel Azcarraga as its chief technology officer. Azcarraga, who led and scaled the technology and product teams of the Amazon search customer experience in Seattle, is tasked with cultivating the tech infrastructure and engineering teams of the Madrid-based rental marketplace from its newly-launched London hub, in anticipation […]
Spotahome set to move headquarters from Madrid to London
UK: Spanish startup Spotahome has said it plans to open its headquarters in London in the next few months and it will unveil its management team in due course. The startup company, backed by Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick, is moving its headquarters from Madrid to London as it hopes to recruit a number of high-level […]
Spotahome appoints Cleo Sham as COO
London: Spotahome has appointed Cleo Sham as its chief operating officer to maintain the growth of the Madrid-based PropTech company’s global operations. Sham was previously EMEA executive at Uber, where she helped to grow the company’s presence in China to become the ride-sharing app’s largest market. She takes over at Spotahome from former COO and […]
Spotahome and Hostmaker unite to help London landlords offer longer-term rentals
UK: Hybrid letting agent Spotahome and Airbnb management service Hostmaker have reportedly agreed a deal to help London landlords bypass the city’s maximum short-term rental laws. Airbnb now enforces a 90-night limit after councils in London introduced the restriction in late 2016. To help make renting their properties out on Airbnb viable, Spanish property tech […]