Fast-growing proptech company – houzen – which has seen 300% yearly revenue growth since launch in 2017 and has supported some of the most prestigious residential investors and operators, has announced a host of new appointments. The new hires come as houzen aspires to become the UK’s platform for sustainable single-family housing investments.
The online brokerage platform analyses the London and UK market in seconds using proprietary AI and algorithms, helping investors make sound decisions on one comprehensive site.
houzen has hired Tim Phillips who was recently Head of Residential, Europe for CA Ventures and is a well-known thought leader for Sustainable Urban Development. Tim joins houzen as Chief Investment Officer and will be working closely with institutional investors and developers – and helping create a sustainable investment strategy for all industry actors involved.
Also joining the team is Benjamin Lee who comes from a real estate investment background and has executed multi-asset investment strategy for Asian family offices and Private Equity. Ben joins as an Investment Director and will be leading Houzen’s Hong Kong expansion strategy.
Oya Gunay also joins the team. Oya comes from top tier investment banking including over a decade at Deutsche Bank M&A. Oya joins as an Investment Director to help Houzen in their corporate finance and investment strategy. She has extensive experience in Technology Media and Telecom investment banking – with a special focus on tech and has also participated in several IPOs.
“These key appointments will help us continue to lead the way in the UK’s sustainability, single-family, and suburban investments space as we continue further in our journey to create a green and global transactions platform based out of London.”
Saurabh Saxena, Chief Executive, houzen
