Julian Roche

Course Director at IFF Training

Trainer

From an old real estate family in the UK, Julian Roche graduated with a first-class degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University. Amongst other postgraduate degrees he holds a PhD on developer strategy from Curtin University.

He began his career with the UK public sector as an analyst, subsequently joining the mainstream Civil Service fast stream. He then returned to economic analysis and became a divisional forecasting head specialising in real estate for what is now S&P’s Global Insight. He subsequently worked on real esatate derivative contracts for the London Commodity Exchange, and then set up his own consultancy with a range of clients from the international property sector, including banks and chartered surveyors, advising on aspects of investment, infrastructure and real estate financing, valuation and audit. Later he spent five years as senior consultant to a venture capital company where he advised on corporate structure, flotations, trade sales and business valuations. He currently also serves as Chief Economist of a chartered surveyor.

He regularly presents seminars on a range of real estate topics, including development, finance, investment, modelling, strategy, and valuation, to developers, investors, bankers, government agencies, and other financial organisations worldwide, and currently delivers around sixty days a year of training, and has also published a number of books, including on valuations, derivatives and real estate modelling.