Rory Penn

The Private Office at Knight Frank – which Rory Penn and Thomas van Straubenzee have been co-directing since March 2018 – has attracted more than £400 million of new instructions since its launch. ‘We maintain our impressive market share,’ Penn enthuses.

He notices that technology has a more important role to play in determining the fate of the property markets, but his affluent clients want even more certainty than what raw statistics and data can offer. ‘They are looking to our team even more for clear, honest and considered advice,’ he says, ‘I cannot remember more uncertain political times and clients want to know they are making the right “buy and sell” decisions.’