David Hunt

Biography

More than 12 years of commercial real estate experience both in the UK and abroad. Seven years’ experience in Central and Eastern Europe, working on assignments ranging from Central Asia to the Baltics and the Balkans.

Specialist in real estate valuation, mostly working on reports for secured lending, investment, and financial reporting, as well as providing highest and best use advice on individual projects

Previous positions with the Valuation Office Agency (UK), DTZ (Ukraine), Cushman & Wakefield (Romania and Poland).

Qualifications and memberships

Teaching

Research interests

Industry

Qualifications and memberships

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Real Estate Management, University of Paisley (now University of the West of Scotland)
PG Dip Property Investment, University of Reading/College of Estate Management (now the University of the Built Environment)
PG Cert Russian Language, University of Glasgow
MLitt Viking Studies, University of the Highlands and Islands
MA Education, Oxford Brookes University
MSc Infrastructure Planning and Sustainable Development (dist.), Oxford Brookes University
CFA Institute Certificate in ESG investing

Memberships

MRICS (Member, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)
FHEA (Fellow, Higher Education Academy)

Teaching

Module leader on various modules at both undergraduate and postgraduate level including:

Valuation
Statutory Valuation
Planning and Development

Research interests

Valuation for expropriation
Incorporation of ESG aspects into real estate valuation
The emergence of PRS/BTR as an institutional asset class
Use of computer-aided assessment in built environment education
Property taxation

Industry

ESPI International Weeks in Nantes and Lyon, 2022, 2023, 2024, ESPI Nantes (online attendance). Guest presenter on valuation of build to rent (BTR) residential property. May 2022
Member of judging panel for Investment & Pensions Europe’s (IPE) annual property awards 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025
Bayfield Training (online). Presented a series of webinars focused on the office markets in three cities (Warsaw, Prague & Bucharest) Jun 2022
Land Aid, London. Presented a session: Introduction to Property Investment. Dec 2019
CEMRAAN, Nigeria. Presented three days of CPD training for the University’s Nigerian alumni network in Abuja, Enugu and Lagos. Dec 2018.
Member of the RICS Global Valuation Standards Expert Working Group
Member of the IVSC Academic Forum