Realogy Franchise Group Appoints John Peyton as President and Chief Operating Officer

Realogy Holdings Corp. (NYSE: RLGY), the largest full-service residential real estate services company in the United States, today announced the appointment of John Peyton to the newly created role of president and chief operating officer (COO) for its subsidiary, Realogy Franchise Group (RFG). Peyton, formerly the senior vice president of brands and shared services for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., will begin at RFG on Oct. 13. Alex Perriello, CEO of the Realogy Franchise Group, will now focus primarily on strategic growth while Peyton will be responsible for the operational management of Realogy's franchise brands.

Peyton is a recognized global branding leader in a multi-brand environment. He is adept at leading large, complex global structures to maximize the benefits of scale while enabling innovation and flexibility. During his 17-year tenure with Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, he combined his expertise in global operations and brand building to drive innovation and ensure the market positioning of the company's leading hotel brands, which include: St. Regis, The Luxury Collection, W Hotels, Westin,Le Meridien, Sheraton, Tribute Portfolio, Four Points by Sheraton, Aloft, Element and Design Hotels.

Previously at Starwood, Peyton led the company's Global Initiatives team from 2012 to 2014, where he directed the implementation of key strategic company priorities around the world, including supply chain and revenue management initiatives. He has held a number of senior operations and marketing positions for Starwood, including chief marketing officer. In 2005 he was responsible for implementing a significant brand repositioning strategy for the company. In 2001, Peyton led Starwood in the launch of implementing Six Sigma practices in the business and became the first company in the hospitality industry to adopt this methodology as a way of improving business processes and driving innovative change. Prior to joining Starwood, he had a 10-year career with Pricewaterhouse Coopers, serving in both its accounting and management consulting practices.

Peyton holds an MBA in accounting and marketing from New York University and a bachelor's degree in English from theUniversity of Pennsylvania. Peyton is active in the community with several organizations supporting the health and welfare of children. He is a member of the board of directors for Child Advocates of Southern Connecticut and Full Court Peace, and also serves as a senior adviser to the A.J. Cina Foundation.

NRT Makes Executive Leadership Appointments to Enhance its Growth Strategy

NRT LLC, the nation's largest residential real estate brokerage company and a subsidiary of global real estate leader Realogy Holdings Corp. (NYSE: RLGY), today announced two newly created executive roles to enhance its growth strategy while optimizing the efficiency of NRT's operations. Ryan Gorman has been promoted to Chief Strategy & Operating Officer, a broad new role to help ensure all aspects of NRT are primed for growth in a strategic manner and with a focus on enhancing efficiencies in the operational support of NRT's business. Peter Sobeck has been appointed to the role of Chief Recruiting Officer focused on NRT's organic growth.

"These appointments, both filled from within our organization, speak to the strength of our leadership bench at NRT," said Bruce Zipf, president and chief executive officer, NRT LLC. "We are taking significant action steps to enhance our performance in areas that are important to our service delivery, overall growth and success."

Ryan Gorman, who most recently held the role of Senior Vice President, Strategic Operations, will be responsible for bringing a heightened focus on service delivery, defining a comprehensive integrated growth strategy and leveraging the resources of NRT and Realogy to drive a superior experience for affiliated agents, employees and customers. Since joining NRT, Gorman has worked with Zipf and his leadership team to craft and refine new strategic and operating plans throughout the company, in addition to launching NRT's new property management business. During his Realogy career, Gorman led the company's strategic acquisition of ZipRealty, Title Resource Group's acquisition of the title insurance agency and title insurance underwriting operations of Texas American Title Company and Cartus' acquisition of Primacy Relocation.

A major focus of NRT's growth strategy is to expand its independent sales associate base as well as increase the productivity of its existing sales associates. In Peter Sobeck's new role as Chief Recruiting Officer, he will work with field leadership to accelerate the recruitment of top-producing independent sales associates and refine NRT's existing retention programs. Sobeck has a well-rounded real estate background rooted in agent attraction and retention as demonstrated by his successful sales career and prior roles with NRT as a President's Council Manager, Senior Vice President of Business Development and in his most recent role as Chief Operating Officer for Citi Habitats, an NRT subsidiary in New York City.