Associate Director, Valuations, Residential & Hotels
Athens, Greece
Undertaken various roles during this 8-year period, including valuations, professional advisory, research, commercial & residential agency (sales, leases & lettings), and marketing. The last role as Associate Director was to set up and manage Savills Residential & Hotels department covering the whole country.• Reporting to the Head of Company• Setting up and managing the department with 5 direct reports• Setting up and implementing the department’s strategy, processes and operations, including expansion strategy in key locations in the country• Owning the department’s P&L, budget management and forecasting• Business development on a national and global level (B2B & B2C); establishing partnerships in key locations, building property portfolio, liaising with Savills network and other parties globally• Developing and implementing marketing strategy, including complete redesign of Savills Greece website• Responsible for resourcing strategy and forecasting• Client development and management• Leading and managing the whole sales process, including property sourcing and screening, mandate negotiation and signing, listings, viewings, negotiations and deals closure• Frequently interviewed by national and global media, such as The Financial Times, CNN, The Sunday Times, Bloomberg, WSJ, Cityscape and Mega Channel, on property related topicsAchievements• Grew the new department from concept to having over 200 handpicked properties in over 40 locations throughout the country and achieve ROI in excess of 1000% by Year 2• Delivered expansion strategy by launching the 1st residential sales office of Savills Greece in Corfu and building strategic partnerships in 4 key second home submarkets (Mykonos, Santorini, Crete, Corfu)• Project managed major instructions comprising of over 3,500 properties (Land Size: 90m+ Sq M, Buildings: 1.5m+ Sq M GBA) with a total value in excess of €5bn; two IPOs of public and private companies