Madrid, 16th June 2022 – BidX1, Europe’s leading digital property investment platform, today announced the expansion of its Spanish management team in advance of further growth in the market. The Company has appointed Francisco Ibañez Matía, who established Colliers International in Spain and later founded Domus Residential Services, as Managing Director of Commercial Real Estate in Spain.
Ibañez will join Daniela Marchesano, BidX1’s Director of Operations, and Jonathan Fenn, Managing Director of Residential Real Estate, as BidX1 gears up for expansion in Spain and across Southern Europe more generally.
Ibañez brings a combination of Real Estate and Private Equity expertise, benefitting from more than 20 years’ experience in these sectors. Most recently, he was a Director at Talde Real Estate, a leading Spanish Private Equity player.
A seasoned entrepreneur, Ibañez co-founded the Domus Group in 2013, comprising Domus Capital Markets and Domus Residential Services. Last year, the Group was sold to Hipoges Iberia, a company owned by private equity firm KKR.
Prior to this, Ibañez established Colliers International Spain, a Joint Venture with Colliers International UK, growing the business over the next eight years into one of the leading real estate advisory firms in Spain.
The appointment comes as BidX1 gears up for another phase of growth. The Company announced strategic investments from two new shareholders late last year: doValue, the leading Servicer in Southern Europe for loan and real estate management services, with €160 billion of assets under management, and Oliver Wyman, a leading global management consulting firm.
Johnny Horgan, Chief Commercial Officer at BidX1, commented: “Francisco is a highly respected figure in the Spanish real estate industry with a proven track-record of entrepreneurship and deep sector expertise. We’re very pleased to welcome him to the team at what is an exciting time for BidX1 – both in Spain and internationally.”
Francisco Ibañez, Managing Director of Commercial Real Estate in Spain, said: “I believe that BidX1’s innovative, tech-focused approach to property sales will be the future for transactions in Spain; the transparency, efficiency and data that the BidX1 model offers is unmatched. I’m delighted to be joining the company during another period of rapid growth.
“I look forward to working with the team to develop BidX1’s commercial real estate offering and building strategic partnerships in Spain, leveraging BidX1’s technology and expertise to deliver solutions for new and existing clients.”
Established in Ireland in 2011, BidX1’s platform has proven popular with buyers and sellers across Europe; the Company has sold more than 14,000 properties to date, equating to a Gross Transaction Value of over €2.8 billion. More than 36,000 bids were placed through the BidX1 platform last year, with buyers from over 60 countries to date.
Meanwhile, BidX1 continues to increase its market share in Spain, most recently expanding into the New Homes sector with the launch of developments in Ibiza and Granada on its digital platform earlier this year.
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About BidX1
BidX1 is Europe’s leading digital property investment platform. The PropTech company has built a digital platform which connects users across the globe with property investment opportunities in five markets and enables them to complete the entire transaction online using proprietary technology. Established in Ireland in 2011, BidX1 is the market leader in online property transactions; the company has sold more than 12,000 properties to date, raising more than €2.5 billion. 36,000 bids were placed through the BidX1 platform last year, with buyers from more than 60 countries to date.
BidX1 was recognised as a ‘Best Managed Company’ by Deloitte in 2021 and has received numerous other awards, including an Irish Times Innovation Award in 2018, and a KPMG Property Industry Excellence Award in 2019. For more information, visit www.bidx1.com.
About Pollen Street Capital
Pollen Street Capital is an independent, alternative investment management company with a focus on financial and business services that drive business transformation and investment performance. For more information, visit www.pollencap.com.
About doValue
doValue, formerly doBank S.p.A., is the leading operator in Southern Europe in credit management and real estate services for banks and investors. Present in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Cyprus, doValue has over 21 years of experience in the sector and manages assets for approximately Euro 160 billion (Gross Book Value) with over 3,200 employees and an integrated offer of services: special servicing of NPLs, UTP, Early Arrears, and performing positions, real estate servicing, master servicing, data processing and other ancillary services for credit management. doValue is listed on the Electronic Stock Market managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A. and, including the acquisition of Altamira Asset Management and doValue Greece, recorded in 2020 gross revenues of Euro 421 million and an EBITDA excluding non-recurring items of Euro 127 million. For more information, visit https://www.dovalue.it/en.
About Oliver Wyman
Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in more than 70 cities across 30 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. The firm has more than 5,000 professionals around the world who work with clients to optimize their business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities. Oliver Wyman is a business of Marsh McLennan [NYSE: MMC]. For more information, visit www.oliverwyman.com. Follow Oliver Wyman on Twitter @OliverWyman.
For further information, contact:
Nicole Pomeroy, Chief Marketing Officer, BidX1
+353 (0)86 130 0717
