REMAX President Alex Vidal to also lead REMAX Canada
Less than three months into his leadership role at the iconic franchise brand, Vidal is slated to take over for current REMAX Canada President Don Kottick.
REMAX's new president, Alex Vidal, is about to step into a second leadership position at the major franchise brand: head of REMAX Canada.
Vidal will succeed Don Kottick, who is slated to leave his post next month. Kottick has been REMAX Canada's president since April 2025.
In an internal memo addressed to REMAX Canada broker-owners and managers and reviewed on Nov. 13 by Real Estate News, Vidal wrote that one of the brand's goals as part of the new Real REMAX Group is "to unite the entire REMAX network behind one cohesive vision, with better tools and stronger support" to help broker-owners, agents "and all REMAX affiliates grow."
"Having one leader oversee REMAX operations across the globe, including support and expansion, aligns the entire REMAX network," Vidal added. "This move helps ensure every REMAX region around the world receives as much of the same focus, momentum and opportunities as possible."
Vidal will succeed Kottick when he departs the company on Dec. 15.
Real Estate News has reached out to REMAX for further comment.
How we got here: Vidal's appointment to lead REMAX was announced in September, shortly after The Real Brokerage's acquisition of REMAX closed in late August. At that time, as the combined company's new leadership team was taking shape, an internal memo reviewed by Real Estate Magazine suggested that Kottick was expected to retain his role at REMAX Canada.
News of Kottick's impending departure has come less than three months later.
A legal challenge to Vidal's role: Before joining REMAX, Vidal led ERA Real Estate as president for over three years. He was still leading the brand when Compass International Holdings closed its acquisition of ERA's parent company, Anywhere Real Estate, earlier this year.
After Vidal took the reins at REMAX, Compass sued, alleging that the former ERA executive violated non-compete agreements in his move to Real REMAX Group. The Oct. 19 complaint sought to enforce those agreements and prevent Vidal "from serving as President of, or otherwise providing services to, RE/MAX or any other Competing Business in violation of the Non-Competition Covenant for a one year period."
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