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Broker partnerships will be top of mind for the proptech company, as it confirmed it has appointed a brokerage co-founder as its new leader.
Suvidh Arora, the former chief executive and co-founder of Melbourne-based brokerage Cinch Loans, has been named as the new Australian CEO of proptech company PropHero.
Mr Arora, who started in his new role on Monday (11 December), has assumed the position following the departure of Sophie Hayek, who recently stepped down from the position for personal reasons. However, Ms Hayek will continue to be affiliated with the company as she will take on the role of brand ambassador next year.
PropHero is a property technology company co-founded by Mickael Roger (a former associate partner at McKinsey) and Pablo Gil Brusola that aims to help investors buy residential property.
Following its launch in Australia in 2021, the company has been building its broker partnerships and recently partnered with Cinch Loans – its original broker partner – for its new property portfolio app.
The two co-founders welcomed the new hire, with Mr Roger stating: “We are incredibly excited to have Suvidh join our leadership team. Suvidh will help us continue our ultra-fast growth trajectory (including eight times revenue growth in 2023) and help us become the number one place for property wealth, both in Australia and in our other international markets.”
Similarly, Mr Brusola stated: “Suvidh is an exceptional people-oriented leader. Culture is everything in a company and Suvidh will help us ensure we keep this amazing culture while scaling fast.”
Speaking to Real Estate Business' sister platform The Adviser about the change of leadership, Ms Hayek said: “Leading PropHero Australia and its remarkable team has been an incredible chapter in my career, marked by substantial growth, industry recognition, and high customer satisfaction. I take immense pride in our collective success.
“As I step down, I have full confidence in Suvidh’s ability to lead with excellence, leveraging his financial expertise to unlock new opportunities. I’m excited about the path ahead for PropHero and look forward to supporting Suvidh.”
Mr Arora reflected that Ms Hayek had left a strong legacy of growth in Australia, telling The Adviser: “I’ve known Sophie for over two years now and I want to acknowledge her efforts in making PropHero the standout success it is today.
“We’ll maintain a close relationship with Sophie as she will take on the role as brand ambassador in the next few months.”
Noting his move to the proptech, the Melbourne-based broker said he had admired the proptech’s growth since its launch.
“It gives me immense pleasure to be presented with this opportunity to lead the next phase of growth PropHero is about to embark upon,” Mr Arora added.
He stated that his first priorities as CEO would include building “large-scale integrations with broker CRMs as well as aggregator and brokerage partnerships to scale up the offering to broker clients throughout Australia”.
“Given the unique proposition of being able to buy properties for clients not just in Australia, but also in Spain and Bali (with even more countries being launched next year), there are massive synergies I am looking to achieve between broker businesses and PropHero,” Mr Arora said.
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