Agne Karuzaite joins Strutt & Parker

Strutt & Parker has added to its prime central London (PCL) sales team with Agne Karuzaite joining as senior associate director in the firm’s West Chelsea office.

Karuzaite has 17 years’ experience in the PCL market and joins Strutt & Parker after seven years with Savills’ Knightsbridge office and prior to that, Marsh & Parsons. In her new role Agne will focus on the prime and super prime markets across SW10.

Karuzaite commented: “Strutt & Parker has a market leading position in the PCL market, consistently achieving fantastic results for clients. It’s a brilliant time to join the team, and I look forward to expanding our footprint in SW10 and building on the office’s fantastic track record.”

Karuzaite’s appointment follows key new hires to Strutt & Parker’s London new homes team last month. Robert Cox joined the division after 13 years with Harrods Estates, while Orla O’Sullivan moves over from the Kensington office.

Louis Harding, Head of London Residential at Strutt & Parker, comments: “Agne is a key new appointment to our London sales team. She brings a wealth of specialist experience and an impressive track record in this area. This is an exciting time to join the business. Our West Chelsea office has had a strong 2021, particularly in the last quarter, and Agne’s appointment builds on this recent success.”

Spicerhaart announces the second of two new lettings director roles

Spicerhaart has announced the second of two new lettings director roles, again promoting internally under its planned £30m expansion programme.

Melissa Casey, 38, has been with haart for 15 years, starting as a lettings manager at haart Maidenhead, progressing to area director for the M4 and West London.

Casey said: “haart have been amazing for me in terms of professional development. It has always been so important for me to see a clear career path and development in terms of training and qualifications – and this is exactly what I’ve received from the company.

“I didn’t want there to be a glass ceiling in terms of my career and earning potential and after 15 years I am still taking steps in my career and achieving highly.”

She added: “I want my team to know that I want to know them; I want to understand what they need from training to wellbeing support in order for them to thrive.

“It’s important to me that the whole team is tuned into our vision of expansion and creating outstanding agents to ensure Spicerhaart and those within prosper.”

Sprift appoints former estate agent 

Sprift, the property data specialist, has appointed Dan Fuoco into the role of commercial director.

Fuoco will be responsible for breaking new ground and exploring fresh markets with Sprift’s extensive property data, promoting what will be termed ‘Property Data for Good’.

He has vast property experience having worked in the industry since the age of 18. His most recent role was as head of commercial operations for Homesearch, where he was responsible for commercial strategy.

Fuoco commented: “I have a deep understanding of the applications of the data and how it can be used. I also have an appreciation for the pain points and the key cogs of the property information cycle. I truly believe that Sprift has the power to fill so many of these gaps and to support the requirement for minimising risk.

“This truly is property data for good, where we will continue to act on market demands at relevant touchpoints, to try and set about influencing change in all industries that consume property data.”

Matt Gilpin, CEO at Sprift, added: “This is a very exciting point for the business, and I am delighted that Dan has come on board to explore new avenues for our extensive property data and is overseeing our venture into new markets.

“Our mission remains unchanged, ‘to better inform buyers and, ultimately, reduce the time it takes to complete a property sale’ – we want to improve the home buying and selling process. Our data is only as good as those who are using it, and – already – it is having a huge impact on swathes of agents.

“Now is the time to break new ground with unrivalled property data, and to enable many others to benefit from its value. From mortgage companies to asset management, utilities and the public sector – there are endless and multi-faceted property transactions which really could benefit.”