The winners of the 2022 Spear’s Awards have been announced. The event recognises innovation and success among advisers and service-providers to UHNWs and HNWs, and that includes a category for Property Adviser of the Year.

No fewer than 10 people made this year’s shortlist:

• Jo Eccles – Eccord
• Camilla Dell – Black Brick
• Cameron Smith – Mayfair Private Office
• Jonathan Hopper – Garrington
• Roarie Scarisbrick – Property Vision
• Marcus O’Brien – Beauchamp Estates
• Rory Penn – Knight Frank
• Peter Wetherell – Wetherell
• Becky Fatemi – Rokstone
• Alex Christian – Savills

The winner:

Rory Penn, Knight Frank’s head of London residential sales and chair of the firm’s global private office has been named ‘Property Adviser of the Year’ at the Spear’s Awards 2022.

Beating competition from nine other leading UK agencies, Penn’s win follows a successful year during which he helped expand the firm’s Private Office into the wealth hubs of New York, London, the Middle East and Singapore, working alongside Thomas van Straubenzee and Paddy Dring.

Day to day, Penn has advised on and sold some of the largest and most prestigious trophy homes in the London market and of note, his last three house sales in London averaged £65m. In his new role as head of London residential sales, he also oversees Knight Frank’s market-leading network of offices across London.

Penn commented, “I am thrilled with this award at a personal level, but even more so for the recognition of the hard work and expertise shown by our London and private office teams over the last 12 months. They deserve all the credit!

“It is an evolving and dare I say it challenging market, and we are delighted to have delivered for so many clients across London and Country. Since the end of the GFC 13 years ago, it has never felt so important to provide straight-talking advice and a truly personalised service for clients.”