About us

Zoopla.co.uk is the UK’s most comprehensive property website, focused on empowering consumers with the resources they need to make better-informed property decisions. We help our users make sense of the residential property market by combining property listings with market value data, local information and community tools.

Zoopla.co.uk was founded on the principles of transparency and efficiency and everything we do aims to make the market more effective for both property consumers and professionals alike. By combining free, instant value estimates for every UK home with sold prices, local market information and hundreds of thousands of properties available for sale and to rent, Zoopla.co.uk has rapidly become the ultimate destination for property consumers to search for property and do their market research. Our unique features allow users to gain an insight into the market and discover information they won't find anywhere else. And, as a result, we have become one of the most valued sources of both applicant and vendor leads for UK estate agents.

Launched in 2008, we are the fastest growing property website in the UK, now attracting over 10 million visits per month and are proud to have been awarded numerous accolades including being listed in the Top 10 UK Tech Companies (Guardian) and the Top 10 Most Innovative UK Companies (Smarta 100) as well as being voted the UK's Best Property Portal (Web User, Daily Mail Awards, Website of the Year).

Zoopla Ltd is a privately held company with a highly experienced and proven management team, led by Founder and CEO, Alex Chesterman, and backed by well-respected angel investors and leading venture capital firms Atlas Venture (atlasventure.com) and Octopus Ventures (octopusventures.com).

Zoopla Ltd, 2nd Floor, Union House, 182-194 Union Street, London SE1 0LH
Registered in England. Registered Company No. 6074771
VAT Registration number: 918 8081 01
Data Protection number: Z9972266

Board of directors

  • Alex Chesterman

    Alex Chesterman, Founder, Chairman and CEO

    In 2008, Alex founded Zoopla, which has become the UK's second biggest property website and where he remains as Chairman and CEO. In 2003, Alex co-founded LOVEFiLM.com, Europe's leading online DVD rental subscription service. Alex is widely recognised as one of the UK's leading internet entrepreneurs and was recently named as one of the 100 most important people in residential property (Property Week). Alex holds an honours degree in Economics from London University.

  • Fred Destin

    Fred Destin, Non-Executive Director

    Fred joined Atlas Venture in 2004 as a Partner on the technology team focussing on software, technology-enabled services and digital media infrastructure/applications. Previously, Fred was a Venture Manager with Speed Ventures, a fund backed by Permira and Soros Partners, and also an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs. Fred authors a widely read blog at www.freddestin.com and holds a Masters in Financial Engineering from the University of Brussels.

  • Simon Embley

    Simon Embley, Non-Executive Director

    Simon became the Chief Executive Officer of LSL Property Services at the time of the management buy-out of e.surv and YOUR MOVE from Norwich Union in 2004. From 2001 until the management buy-out, Simon was managing director of the Group, where he oversaw its turnaround from a heavily loss-making business to the successful business it is today. His previous experience includes establishing Norwich Union's pensions business in Poland for eighteen months and in 2000 he was a director of Norwich Union Wealth Management.

  • Simon Kain

    Simon Kain, Co-founder and CTO

    Prior to co-founding Zoopla in 2008, Simon was most recently CTO at LOVEFiLM.com, where he was responsible for building the technical platform and team behind Europe's leading online DVD rental service. In 1997, Simon joined start-up Bookpages.co.uk, which was subsequently acquired by Amazon.com where Simon spent 5 years developing and managing a significant part of the European software team. Simon holds an honours degree in Computer Science from Warwick University.

  • David Livesey

    David Livesey, Non-Executive Director

    David joined Connells over 20 years ago and is largely responsible for creating some of the most successful parts of the business. He developed the current Connells Mortgage Services model, established Connells Asset Management, a market-leading asset manager of repossessions and probate properties across the UK, and transformed Connells Survey & Valuation from a small surveying operation to one of the top three surveying companies in the UK. David has been a Director of Connells Group since 1995 has been involved in every subsidiary in the Group, becoming Group Chief Executive in 2008.

  • Dr Simon Murdoch

    Dr Simon Murdoch, Non-Executive Director

    Simon is the founder of StormForward, an ecommerce conversion consultancy business. He was also founder of FriendsAbroad.com, an online languages social community that was sold in 2008. In 2000, Simon co-founded Episode 1 Partners, a venture capital firm managing early stage Internet investments. In 1996, Simon founded Bookpages, which he subsequently sold to Amazon.com where he launched the UK service and became VP Europe. Simon holds a first class degree from Cambridge University and a PhD in Computer Science.

  • William Reeve

    William Reeve, Non-Executive Director

    William is a serial entrepreneur and business angel and is on the board of a number of high-growth internet businesses. In 2003, William co-founded LOVEFiLM.com, Europe's leading online DVD rental subscription service, where he served as COO until early 2008. In 1997, William founded Fletcher Research, which he sold to Forrester Research, where William then spent 3 years as European Group Director. Prior to that, William spent 2 years at McKinsey & Co as a management consultant. William holds a first class Masters degree from Oxford University.

  • Grenville Turner

    Grenville Turner, Non-Executive Director

    Grenville joined Countrywide in August 2006 as an Executive Director and became Group Chief Executive in January 2007. Also a director of Countrywide Estate Agents and Non-Executive Chairman of Knightsbridge Student Housing Ltd. Former roles include Chief Executive, Intelligent Finance and Chief Executive, External Sales at HBOS and previous Directorships have included St James's Place plc, Sainsbury's Bank plc and Rightmove.co.uk Limited. Grenville qualified as a Chartered Banker in 1982 and holds an MBA from Cranfield Business School.