Leadership - Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd.
Phil Soper is President & CEO of Royal LePage and Brookfield Real Estate Services, Inc. With over 18,000 agents in its Royal LePage, Royal LePage Commercial, Johnston & Daniel, and Via Capitale businesses it is the largest real estate brokerage firm in Canada.
The company has interests in the American market stemming from a series of acquisitions made from 2008 until 2012, including GMAC Real Estate, Real Living and Prudential Real Estate. In 2012, these businesses became Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices®,a joint-venture between Brookfield and Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway.
A frequent commentator on economic issues and the North American real estate industry, Soper was honoured as “CEO of the Year” by the Canadian Public Relations Society, a first for a real estate industry executive in the long history of the award.
Soper’s community involvement includes United Way and Toronto Sickkids Hospital campaign leadership,and directorships on the boards of the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation, and Ryerson University’s Ted Rogers School of Business. He is a former governor of the University of Alberta.
John O'Rourke was born into a real estate family - both his parents sold real estate with A. E. LePage in the 1970s. As owner of the very successful Royal LePage Lakes of Muskoka franchise, John identified an opportunity to bring Johnston and Daniel back to the Port Carling area and in 2017 launched the very first independently-owned and operated Johnston and Daniel brokerage - Rushbrooke Realty. The unique connection between Royal LePage and Johnston and Daniel has opened new avenues for collaboration and mutually beneficial relationships with new colleagues and offers expanded channels and a more deliberate approach to service and marketing for the benefit of all stakeholders.
Ahmed is an experienced Real Estate professional with more than 20 years of management expertise; skilled in recruiting, managing, training, coaching, problem solving and helping his team achieve maximum performance.
Ahmed is a non-competing manager providing special focus on agent training/ development, buisness practices and ethics, along with helping his Realtors becomes some of the most knowledgeable real estate professionals in the city.
Ahmed prides himself on helping his team grow and be more productive while building a collaborative culture.
With 30 years of Real Estate experience in many areas of the Real Estate Industry, Christine believes that treating people with respect is key. Her focus is to project the right mix of enthusiasm, strength, and energy in everything she does.
She possesses confident leadership skills in providing guidance, mentoring agents, contract law, offer preparations and negotiation. The ability to motivate, energize and develop agents & teams to their full potential through training, coaching and listening is one of her areas of expertise.
Christine’s strategic objective is to attract productive real estate salespeople who reflect the image, ethics and professionalism of Johnston and Daniel.