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The proptech company has received a major boost with the appointment of CoreLogic’s former chief executive to its board as a non-executive director — an individual renowned as one of the country’s leading property data and analytics professionals.
Following on from former roles at Telstra and CoreLogic, Graham Mirabito, who also serves as a board member of Harcourts International, Archistar and Lendi group, as well as in several adviser roles, now joins Propps in a non-executive director role.
Speaking on the move, Mr Mirabito said: “My passion lies in looking for innovations with the ability to digitise, integrate and expedite processes to improve productivity, remove friction and enhance transparency for consumers.”
He believes that, given the current climate in the property and finance industries which has seen them integrate their services, it is conceivable that “the transfer or refinancing of property [could] take minutes; not days, weeks or even months”.
“Like a motor vehicle registration or share trading, which can be done simply online in a matter of minutes, so should the transfer of property when all the data and compliant processes are brought together through trusted platforms,” he continued.
Despite the slow uptake of innovation in the Australian mortgage and real estate marketplace, Mr Mirabito is confident that with Australia having “some great home-grown innovation in proptech and fintech offerings” we may start to see “industry and government finally accelerating their take-up of these solutions”.
Propps founder and chief executive officer Daniel Bignold said the appointment of Mr Mirabito is a major coup for the rapidly expanding start-up.
“Being able to leverage Graham’s vast real estate industry experience, his understanding of the agent perspective, his in-depth knowledge of the power of data, his proptech and start-up experience and his international connections are major advantages as we continue our expansion agenda.
“Since our 2020 launch, we have made extensive inroads in Australia to capture a substantial market share. Looking ahead, as we pursue new growth opportunities both in Australia and internationally, Graham’s global proptech and fintech experience as well as his vast connections will open new doors and reveal new opportunities which will be invaluable,” he concluded.
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