Compass Sees Some Executives Shuffle After MegaMerger

The game of musical chairs has begun at Compass International Holdings, the new holding company that now oversees the residential giant and the firms under the Anywhere Real Estate umbrella, including Corcoran, Coldwell Banker and a host of other brands that have been scooped up in recent years.

Most recently, Compass announced Neda Navab would be promoted to president of the brokerage. Navab joined Compass as CEO Robert Reffkin’s chief of staff in 2018 before being promoted to president of brokerage operations in 2022.

The move comes as Reffkin, now the head of the newly minted holding company, steps back to focus on the larger-scale strategy affecting the roughly 340,000 agents that fall under his purview after the $4 billion merger between Compass and Anywhere closed in January.

“While I will continue to partner closely with Neda to advocate for agents and their clients, her role will remain solely focused on helping Compass agents thrive,” Reffkin said in a statement.

Navab was one of several Compass executives tapped to testify during a November hearing in the company’s antitrust lawsuit against Zillow, where she spoke about her role in rolling out Compass’ three-phase marketing strategy to agents.

Navab’s promotion comes after an executive departure last month. Lacey Conway, who last year was promoted to lead Compass’ M&A team, left the company less than a year later to take a position as president of Long & Foster Real Estate, a Virginia-based brokerage with over 6,000 agents. The brokerage was acquired by HomeServices of America in 2017.

Conway had previously led Gulf Coast-based Latter & Blum when it was acquired by Compass in 2024. Conway said the deal closing was “a good opportunity to say, ‘what does my next chapter look like,’” in an interview last month.

The shuffles at the top are expected as Compass adjusts to its new scale and moves from its acquisition phase of the last few years to a new era where it will need to manage a sizable debt load and agent count.

Anywhere CEO Ryan Schneider, who had previously led the amalgam of brokerages assembled under his holding company, has not stuck around to guide the transition. He left as part of the terms of the merger agreement between Compass and Anywhere.