Purplebricks CEO confirms new sales chief as crucial year begins
Industry veteran Vince Courtney joins the agency as it fights falling revenue and profit, and attempts to make a turnaround plan successful.
Purplebricks has appointed an experienced industry personality to become its new Chief Sales Officer.
Vince Courtney will join a leadership team grappling with a turnaround plan designed to lift the agency from its current position of falling revenue and profit.
A new CFO was taken on in October, with Dominique Highfield replacing Steve Long after less than a year in post.
Now Courtney joins with the share price rock bottom, and many industry commentators and analysts predicting worse to come for Purplebricks.
Helena Marston, who joined the agency as COO before becoming CEO in April last year, admitted recently that her turnaround plan needed to work this year.
Courtney, who was most recently sales director with Andrews and before that Haslams, spent more than 20 years with Romans.
Ideally placed
Marston says: “I am delighted to confirm Vince Courtney has joined Purplebricks as Chief Sales Officer. With over twenty five years of industry experience, successfully building and leading residential agency sales teams, Vince is ideally placed to embed a performance culture throughout the team and grow our market share.
“His appointment is a sign of confidence in our turnaround plan and the size of our ambition.”
My role here is to combine the best of estate agency experience with new technology”
Courtney says: “I am excited to be joining the UK’s biggest estate agency brand. My role here is to combine the best of estate agency experience with new technology that will transform the way people buy and sell homes.
“I have had a fantastic induction and the talent and passion of the people has far surpassed my expectations.”
