Charlie Smith
European Advisor, Concierge Auctions
Charlie Smith is a results-driven and highly-motivated commercial manager with significant experience in strategic planning and business development. A 25-year veteran in luxury real estate with experience in all areas of residential and mixed use real estate, Charlie runs his own London-based real estate advisory business, London Real Estate Advisors LLP. Previously for seven years, he was the Managing Director of Sotheby’s International Realty in the UK, on numerous Sotheby’s steering committees, and on the London and Prime board of Countrywide following his engineering of the sale of SIR from Realogy to Countrywide. This extensive experience has given him a clear and acute understanding of the discretionary real estate market. This understanding covers the requirements of buyers and sellers in all market conditions, as well as marketing strategy, design, and implementation. Previously a fine art underwriter for Hiscox, he has his whole career been involved in the HNW field and has an acute understanding of private client culture. He is in listed in Debrett’s People of Today, and with numerous press and television credits has a savvy and experienced working relationship with the media.
About Concierge Auctions
Concierge Auctions is the largest luxury real estate marketplace in the world, powered by state-of-the-art technology. Since its inception in 2008, the firm has generated billions of dollars in sales, broken world records for the highest-priced homes ever achieved at auction, and is active in 40 U.S. states/territories and 29 countries. Concierge curates the most prestigious properties globally, matches them with qualified buyers, and facilitates transparent, market-driven transactions in an expedited time frame. The firm owns the most comprehensive and intelligent database of high-net-worth real estate buyers and sellers in the industry. As a six-time honoree to the annual Inc. Magazine list of America's fastest-growing companies, it now joins the Inc5000 Hall of Fame; was named No. 38 on the 2018 Entrepreneur 360™ List recognizing 360 small businesses every year that are mastering the art of and science of growing a business in the areas of impact, innovation, growth, leadership, and business valuation; and has contributed more than 200 homes to-date as part of its Key for Key® giving program in partnership with Giveback Homes™, which guarantees that for every property the company sells, a new home will be built for a family in need. For more information visit conciergeauctions.com.