ThirdHome names new business development director of Southeast Asia and product head to accelerate global expansion
Based in Singapore, Sedgwick is anticipated to expand the club’s local existence in Southeast Asia and develop its international portfolio of residences through creating partnerships with high-end resort developers, branded residences and second-home owners.
With the appointment of Brooke Ashton Carvalho as head of product at ThirdHome, she will supervise the development of the business’s product roadmap. Carvalho is anticipated to focus on personalisation, knowledge, and ensuring smooth participant experiences across the exchange journey.
Exclusive luxury residence exchange group for second-home owners, ThirdHome, has already assigned Julian Sedgwick as company development executive of Southeast Asia and Brooke Ashton Carvalho as head of product.
Before signing up with ThirdHome, Sedgwick held top leadership roles at Savills, JLL, BNP Paribas Real Estate, Crown Group and Damac Properties. He also started TGC Global Consultancy, where he advised builders on Asian industry entrance strategies, sales systems and resources collaborations.
Wade Shealy, founder, chairman and CEO of ThirdHome, states: “Julian’s immersed idea of Asia’s high-end real estate and UHNW landscape makes him the perfect expert to lead our local growth, whilst Brooke’s product leadership will certainly ensure we remain to innovate globally.”
Formerly, Carvalho guide large product ecosystems for Google and Walmart, where she most recently led generative AI and platform layout initiatives.
According to the firm, ThirdHome is the globe’s biggest private travel club for luxury second-home proprietors. It currently flaunts greater than 30,000 properties over greater than 100 nations, using its members access to a worldwide network of homes, resorts and private yachts without the expense of nighttime rental prices.
Sedgwick brings more than 25 years of experience in international property, financial investment structuring and cross-border purchases. Throughout the course of his profession, Sedgwick assisted in greater than US$ 5.5 billion ($ 6.96 billion) in worldwide residential property agreements and built a network of over 200 family office spaces and ultra-high-net-worth financiers all over Asia Pacific.
