International Valuation Standards: A Guide to the Valuation of Real Property Assets

About David Parker

Professor David Parker is an internationally recognised property industry expert on both the theory and practice of REITs and a highly regarded property academic being a director and adviser to property investment groups including listed real estate investment trusts unlisted funds and private property businesses (www.davidparker.com.au). Professor Parker is currently the inaugural Professor of Property at the University of South Australia an Adjunct Professor of Property at the University of Queensland a Visiting Fellow at the University of Ulster and an Acting Commissioner of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales. With over 25 years experience in all aspects of property fund management portfolio management asset management and property management as well as in property valuation Professor Parker previously held senior executive positions with Schroders Property Fund and ANZ Funds Management. Professor Parker consults widely to REITs and property funds having developed Clarity(r) a proprietorial research based property investment decision making process linking corporate vision to individual property assets. Holding BSc MComm MBA and PhD degrees Professor Parker is a Fellow of the RICS the Australian Institute of Company Directors the Australian Property Institute the Australian Institute of Management and the Financial Services Institute of Australasia. He is a member of the Society of Property Researchers the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association and the European American and Pacific Rim Real Estate Societies. The author of numerous papers published in academic and industry journals Professor Parker is a regular conference presenter around the world and Editorial Board Member for the highly ranked Journal of Property Research the Pacific Rim Property Research Journal and Property Management.