Proptech Spotahome has hired Cleo Sham , who led Uber 's EMEA operations, as COO. The Madrid -based property rental site is targeting global growth, with plans to open a Madrid base in Q1 2019 and to take on around 200 employees. Spotahome has secured 200 of $ 200 m in contract value for its Homecheckers landlords and, to date, the platform has enabled 7.5 million nights in bookings. In the past year alone, Spotahome has secured almost half of the $200m total contract value for its European landlords with over 7.5m total nights booked on its platform to-date. Cleo Sham 's appointment follows several other recent major hires. She will be the first female executive at the company, which has stated diversity and inclusion as key aims.
Proptech Spotahome has hired Cleo Sham , who led Uber 's EMEA operations, as COO. The Madrid -based property rental site is targeting global growth, with plans to open a Madrid base in Q1 2019 and to take on around 200 employees. Spotahome has secured 200 of $ 200 m in contract value for its Homecheckers landlords and, to date, the platform has enabled 7.5 million nights in bookings. Cleo Sham 's appointment follows several other recent major hires. She will be the first female executive at the company, which has stated diversity and inclusion as key aims.