Statutory and Regulatory Property Valuation in Australia

David Parker is an internationally recognized real estate industry expert and highly regarded real estate academic, serving as a consultant, advisor, mediator, and expert witness in property and valuation matters.

Dr. Parker is a Visiting Professor at the Henley Business School, University of Reading, and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Ulster. He is the Acting Commissioner of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales and a Sessional Senior Member of the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal. He is the former Valuer General of New South Wales and the inaugural Professor of Property at the University of South Australia.

With over 40 years of experience in property funds management, real estate investment trusts, valuation standards, and statutory valuation, Dr. Parker previously held senior executive positions with Schroders Property Fund and ANZ Funds Management.

Dr. Parker holds a BSc, MComm, MPhil, MBA, and PhD. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the Australian Property Institute, and the Australian Institute of Management. He is also a Senior Fellow of 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.

He is the author of Introduction to Property Valuation in Australia (2024) and the editor of Principles and Practice of Property Valuation in Australia (2022) and The Routledge REITS Research Handbook (2018). Dr. Parker also authored International Valuation Standards: A Guide to the Valuation of Real Property Assets (2016) and Global Real Estate Investment Trusts: People, Process and Management (2011). He has published numerous papers in academic and industry journals and is a regular conference presenter worldwide. He serves as an Editorial Board Member for the highly ranked Journal of Property Research and Journal of Property Investment and Finance.