Chris Fleetwood-Bird
Head Valuation & Advisory Services for Africa and the Middle East
Chris Fleetwood-Bird is head of Valuation & Advisory Services at Africa Terre & Property Consulting (ATPC). He has nearly 50 years of experience in Appraisal and other Real Estate activity in Africa, the Middle East and Asia/Pacific.
Chris started his career in the UK before migrating to Africa working in the private sector as the director/partner in various general practice firms in Uganda and Tanzania, and as a Partner/Director of CBRE in Botswana and Zimbabwe.
He has specialized in the appraisal of property of all classes for a wide variety of purposes including for privatisation, security and balance sheet purposes and well as for sale and lease negotiations and acting as a municipal rating valuation officer. His career has included acting as an expert witness in compensation claims before international Tribunals.
His last 14 years have largely been spent in undertaking appraisal and other work as an Associate of CBRE involving properties world-wide.
SIGNIFICANT ASSIGNMENTS
Client
Transcation Type
US Department of State
Appraisals, market reports and disposals mainly in Africa
US Department of State
Peer reviews of reports by CBRE Associate offices worldwide
PPESA Ethiopia
Appraisals of all fixed assets for the privatisation of 50 SOE’s throughout Ethiopia
British Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Appraisal of all diplomatic properties in 20 Sub-Saharan cities
British Council
Appraisal of properties in 15 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
Electrogaz, Rwanda
Appraisal of all fixed assets countrywide
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS
- Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS)
- RICS Registered Valuer
- Member of the South African Institute of Valuers. (MIV (SA))
- Sworn Appraiser in the High Court of Botswana
- Diploma in Estate Management, the Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester UK
