Meet the Team
Meet the management team
Ben Ridgway, Founder
As co-Founder, Ben has overseen our group's expansion from a primarily-auction focused business into new markets, such as Conveyancing, Compliance and CRM. Ben’s main role and passion is to explore innovation and new opportunities to develop the businesses digital strategy, investing in and developing solutions that allow property professionals to enhance their proposition and profitability.
Jamie Cooke, Founder
As co-Founder, Jamie has overseen iamproperty's expansion into new markets whilst maintaining iamsold's position as the market leading auctions provider. Jamie’s main role is the day to day operations of iamsold, the UKs largest and fastest growing auction provider, Jamie oversees continuous innovation to ensure iamproperty’s auction services continue to lead the way.
Michele Gettins, CMO
Michele joined iamproperty in 2019 to lead and grow the group’s Marketing function. The group's bold vision and her passion for pushing boundaries, means Michele takes every opportunity to work with the teams to transform the industry for the benefit of agents and consumers. Michele is an experienced senior leader with a strong strategic marketing and commercial background.
Lee Maher, COO
Lee joined iamproperty in 2020, entering the business with a 20+ year career in senior leadership within insurance, energy and property industries. Lee is passionate about developing people, bringing his strong coaching methodology and history of achieving high employee engagement. His experience includes working with some of the UK’s largest property owners, developers and Letting agents.
Vicky Judson, Director of People
Vicky has over two decades of HR experience, specialising in developing and implementing successful people-centric strategies, having worked within many well-known brands. She believes the happier people are at work, the better they perform and her focus is ensuring our people remain motivated. As Director of People, Vicky will drive our five-year people strategy as we continue to grow our team.
Eoghan Johnston, CFO
Eoghan joined iamproperty in 2016, instantly making an impact on the company’s financial direction as the Group Financial Director. Today, Eoghan is responsible for all Finance, Insurance, Commercial, Legal and Compliance activity within iamproperty. Helping to steer the company through fast growth and acquisitive activity.
Tom Duance, Group Finance Director
Tom joined iamproperty in 2024 as Group Finance Director, having previously held senior finance roles in private equity backed and publicly listed e-commerce businesses. He is responsible for ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of the finance department including audit, tax and banking processes as well as forecasting and financial modelling.
Neil Hope, Chief Transformation Officer
Neil joined iamproperty in 2022 as CTO at a pivotal time for the business. Neil has an extensive background in managing technology and IT infrastructure for large scale businesses. His focus is on delivering leading products and exceptional customer service; as well as providing technical leadership for iamproperty, and delivering the iamproperty ecosystem.
Hayley Stafford, Chief Technology Officer
With over 20 years of technology experience, Hayley has held various roles in software engineering across startups and global organisations in banking, aviation, consultancy, travel, hospitality, and property. She is committed to building high-performing teams that deliver strategic solutions to drive business value and works closely with our Partner Agents to tackle industry challenges.
Mark Lewis, Chairman
Mark brings a track record of scaling disruptive businesses with technology at their heart. During his career, he was Managing Director of eBay UK, scaling the online auction business to become a major force in UK retail; Retail Director on the board of John Lewis; and CEO of MoneySupermarket Group plc. He is a Non-Executive Director for both Santander UK and Direct Line.
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