Thomas van Straubenzee
Partner, Global Head of Private Office
Global HeadquartersGB
Thomas has worked in the London property market for the last 20 years. Having qualified as a chartered surveyor with Strutt & Parker, he set up VanHan - a property agency - with his business partner Rory Penn. VanHan specialised in high-end residential and commercial real estate and completed nearly one hundred deals for high net worth individuals. Thomas assists his clients and their families and/or contacts to extend their portfolios. VanHan was nominated for London Property Advisor of the Year numerous times by Spears Wealth and won the best 'High-Value Estate Agency' of the year.
In 2018, the UK's most eminent property agency, Knight Frank, acquired VanHan and made Thomas and Rory proprietary partners and joint heads of their new Private Office team. Thomas is well known in the market a invariably acting with total integrity and discretion. Hallmarks which assure him access to any property in London.
The Knight Frank Private Office is a fully integrated residential and commercial real estate advisory team, advising and transacting for high net worth clients, family offices and their advisers. Clients benefit from one point of contact, high quality service and a long-term relationship that will span family generations to come. This new market-leading team have consistently been involved in 60% of deals done over £10m in Prime Central London over the last five years.
Thomas is interested in music, wildlife and conservation. He is strongly committed to his family charity 'The Henry van Straubenzee Memorial Fund' which supports 51 schools in Uganda.
Qualifications
MRICS