PETER GILMOUR
Senior Vice President
Franchise Sales,
Brokerage and International Development
Peter Gilmour joined the RE/MAX network in 1994 as Regional Director and co-owner of RE/MAX of Southern Africa. Gilmour and his wife, Val, both natives of South Africa, joined the Denver-area headquarters operation in March 2003 as Director of Franchise Sales and Manager of Franchise Sales Services, respectively. In Gilmour's first year at RE/MAX International, franchise sales eclipsed all previous records in the network's 30-year history. He was named Vice President of Franchise Sales in December 2003 and was named Senior Vice President of Franchise Sales, Brokerage and International Development in July 2004.
Under Gilmour's leadership RE/MAX of Southern Africa became one of the most successful regions outside the United States and Canada. In addition to being named RE/MAX Regional Director of the Year in 1997, Gilmour and his staff were honored as the 2001 RE/MAX Region of the Year, and then selected as Top Real Estate Franchise in South Africa by a 2001 survey for Finansies en Tegniek/Finance Week . In both 2002 and 2003, RE/MAX was recognized by the Franchise Association of South Africa (FASA) as one of the top five franchises in South Africa and in 2003 was named Franchisor of the Year in the "All Industries" category. It was the first time the honor had gone to a real estate organization.
Gilmour took RE/MAX to the other side of the worl d where it was unknown . N o national advertising or standards existed, but he made it a dominating force in the real estate market there.
He first became involved in the real estate industry in 1975, as a principal in partnership with his father, Robert Lewis Gilmour. That agency grew to seven offices and more than 80 associates by 1994.
Gilmour, earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University of Cape Town in 1971, and achieved a diploma in property valuation and an appointment as valuer and appraiser in South Africa in 1988. He also holds the CRS and ABR designations from the National Association of Realtors.
His wife, Val is Manager of Franchise Sales Services at RE/MAX International and their daughter, Vicky, is Personal Assistant to the Regional Director at RE/MAX of Southern Africa. They also have three grown sons, Robert David and Michael John, who live in South Africa and Malcolm who lives on the Gold Coast in Australia with his wife and family.
