Board and Executive Management Team

Board

Christopher Bell

Christopher Bell

Non-Executive Chairman

Biography

Chris joined OnTheMarket as its Independent Non-Executive Chairman in October 2017 as the Group prepared for its proposed placing and admission to AIM. He has considerable listed board experience across a range of sectors. From 2015 through to January 2022 he acted as Senior Independent Director for The Rank Group plc, where he also served on the Audit Committee, the Nominations Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Safer Gambling Committee. As Non-Executive Chairman, he took both XL Media plc and TechFinancials, Inc to market and has since May 2018 chaired Team17 Group plc. He resigned from TechFinancials, Inc in March 2020, from Rank Group in January 2022 and from XL Media in February 2022. In February 2022 Chris was appointed as the Non-Executive Chair of Codere, an international business based in Madrid.

Chris joined Ladbroke Group plc in 1991, becoming Managing Director of its Racing Division in 1995. In 2000, he became Chief Executive of Ladbrokes Worldwide and joined the Board of the rebranded Hilton Group plc, becoming Chief Executive of Ladbrokes plc, following the sale of the Hilton International Hotel division, until 2010. He has also served as Non-Executive Director at Spirit Pub Company plc (from 2011 to 2015) and as Senior Independent Director at Quintain Estates and Development plc (from 2010 to 2015). Prior to joining Ladbrokes plc, he held senior marketing positions at Allied Lyons plc. Chris was also a Non-Executive Director of the Royal Air Force Charitable Trust Enterprises between 2017 and 2023.

Jason Tebb

Jason Tebb

Chief Executive Officer

Biography

Jason was appointed CEO of OnTheMarket plc in September 2020 and took up his post on 14 December 2020. He brings over two decades of extensive property and estate agency experience across both digital and physical markets.

Throughout his career, Jason has held senior management positions at some of the largest estate agency groups including Foxtons, Chestertons and was Regional Managing Director at main market listed LSL Property Services plc. As well and spending three years in the property finance, development and investment sector he has also launched, scaled and exited Ivy Gate, a PE backed boutique London estate agency.

Jason holds a BA in Psychology from Cardiff University.

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Helen Whiteley

Helen Whiteley

Chief Commercial Officer

Biography

Helen joined Agents’ Mutual in August 2013, having previously been Sales & Marketing Director and part of the founding management team at PrimeLocation.com. Helen began her career at Citibank and later joined Lombard Bank, where, as Marketing Director, she developed the Lombard Direct brand with national TV, press and direct marketing campaigns to achieve a market-leading position. Helen has been central to the planning, development and growth of OnTheMarket.com, with responsibility for sales, member relations and marketing.

Ian Francis

Ian Francis

Non-Executive Director

Biography

Ian joined OnTheMarket as an Independent Non-Executive Director in October 2017 as the Company prepared for its proposed placing and admission to AIM. Ian has extensive listed board experience both from his executive career as a senior audit partner with Ernst & Young and from his subsequent roles. He served as Independent Non-Executive Director at Southern Water from September 2018 to February 2019.

He was appointed to the board of Paysafe Group plc (previously Optimal Payments plc) in 2010 as a Non-Executive Director and served as Chairman of the Audit Committee until its sale in December 2017.

He also served, from 2009 to 2014, as a Non-Executive Director of Umeme Limited, the privatised national power distribution company of Uganda, which was listed on the Uganda and Nairobi Securities Exchanges in 2012. Ian established and chaired Umeme’s Audit Committee.

Prior to this, he was a senior audit partner with Ernst & Young London until 2009, specialising in FTSE-listed and multinational companies.

Rupert Sebag-Montefiore

Rupert Sebag-Montefiore

Non-Executive Director

Biography

Rupert joined OnTheMarket as an Independent Non-Executive Director in February 2020. Rupert has extensive Board experience at both listed and private companies. He is currently a Non-Executive Director at Clarion Housing Association (the UK’s largest housing association) and Pigeon Land Limited (a development land promotion company). Prior to this he was on the Savills plc main Board, followed by the Group Executive Board, for 21 years. His roles included Chief Executive Officer of Savills’ principal UK subsidiary for 12 years and Head of Global Residential.

He has also previously served as Non-Executive Chairman of Fastcrop plc, which operated the property web portal PrimeLocation, as Non-Executive Director of Adventis, a marketing company, during its flotation on AIM, and as Chairman of the Finance Committee for a university. Rupert has sat on a number of external investment committees, including Christ Church College at the University of Oxford, is a Trustee of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and chairs the property companies for the private office of a European family.

Tom Carter

Tom Carter

Chief Financial Officer

Biography

Tom joined OnTheMarket on 3 July 2023 and was previously CFO at AIM listed Brand Architekts Group plc.

Tom was previously Group Finance and Operations Director at Technetix Group Limited, a market leading technology company. Prior to that, he was Regional Business Controller at Alliance Boots, Financial Controller at Sky Media and Finance Manager at Procter and Gamble. Tom trained as a Chartered Accountant with PwC.

Executive management team

Jason Tebb

Jason Tebb

Chief Executive Officer

Biography

Jason was appointed CEO of OnTheMarket plc in September 2020 and took up his post on 14 December 2020. He brings over two decades of extensive property and estate agency experience across both digital and physical markets.

Throughout his career, Jason has held senior management positions at some of the largest estate agency groups including Foxtons, Chestertons and was Regional Managing Director at main market listed LSL Property Services plc. As well and spending three years in the property finance, development and investment sector he has also launched, scaled and exited Ivy Gate, a PE backed boutique London estate agency.

Jason holds a BA in Psychology from Cardiff University.

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Tom Carter

Tom Carter

Chief Financial Officer

Biography

Tom joined OnTheMarket on 3 July 2023 and was previously CFO at AIM listed Brand Architekts Group plc.

Tom was previously Group Finance and Operations Director at Technetix Group Limited, a market leading technology company. Prior to that, he was Regional Business Controller at Alliance Boots, Financial Controller at Sky Media and Finance Manager at Procter and Gamble. Tom trained as a Chartered Accountant with PwC.

Helen Whiteley

Helen Whiteley

Chief Commercial Officer

Biography

Helen joined Agents’ Mutual in August 2013, having previously been Sales & Marketing Director and part of the founding management team at PrimeLocation.com. Helen began her career at Citibank and later joined Lombard Bank, where, as Marketing Director, she developed the Lombard Direct brand with national TV, press and direct marketing campaigns to achieve a market-leading position. Helen has been central to the planning, development and growth of OnTheMarket.com, with responsibility for sales, member relations and marketing.

Morgan Ross

Morgan Ross

Product & Technology Director

Biography

Morgan joined the business in November 2013 as part of the founding management team.

Previously, Morgan was IT Director at World Trade Group, IT Director at James Villas and IT Director at PrimeLocation.com. Morgan has been central to the planning, development and growth of OnTheMarket.com, with overall responsibility for portal development and operations as well as for the technical support team.