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2 March 2020

Oman-based Master Developer

Client: Oman-based Master Developer Type: Market and Feasibility Study Location: Duqm, Oman Assets Covered: Residential, hospitality, retail, and entertainment. Reason for Study: Internal Strategy and Project Phasing

2 March 2020

Abu Dhabi-based Master Developer

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Client: Abu Dhabi-based Master Developer Type: International Sales Strategy Location: UAE and Global Assets Covered: Residential Reason for Study: Internal Strategy Completion Date: 2017 Scope of Work: Macro-economics: high level view of the UAE, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and target market economies, informing demand fundamentals for the residential market. Residential market overview: market-wide trends in UAE and other target markets noting […]

1 March 2020

Pipe Manufacturing – UAE

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Client: UAE Based Free Zone Type: Pipe Manufacturing Location: Abu Dhabi and Dubai, UAE Assets Covered: Manufacturing Machinery Reason for Study: Insurance & Loan Security Internal Completion Date: 2017 & 2019 Scope of Work: Inspection of complete bespoke process line to manufacture steel pipe including non destructive testing welding bending sorting and storage. Preparation of asset register showing lives ages […]

1 March 2020

Marine

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Client: UAE Bank Type: Marine Assets Location: Mexico Turkey Australia Assets Covered: Three Specialised ships Reason for Study: Internal Accounting and Compliance Completion Date: 2018 Scope of Work: Inspection of Three specialised Boats used in Livestock Transportation. Inspection of Certification and Shipwide inspections engineering to communications to accommodation and livestock quarters . Benchmarking analysis: a detailed analysis of similar ships […]

22 February 2020

Private Island Resort – Seychelles

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Client: Private Company – Seychelles Location: Seychelles Purpose: Technical Due Diligence Completion Date: 2019 Scope of Work: Full review of all available documentation including floor plans, island schematics, testing and commissioning certification, operation and maintenance manuals etc Full inspection of all buildings, MEP and common areas. Providing the client with a detailed report which enabled them to fully understand the […]

17 February 2020

Reverse Osmosis Plant – Bahrain

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Client: Private Company – Reverse Osmosis Plant Type: Reverse Osmosis Plant Reason for study: Financial Reporting Completion Date: 2019 Scope of Work: Seawater reverse-osmosis desalination plant with a capacity of 4,000 m³/d

17 February 2020

Aircraft, Abu Dhabi

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Client: Private Company – Aircraft Type: Aircraft Reason for study: Loan Security Completion Date: 2018 Scope of Work: Valuation of Airbus A340 and Bombardier Private Jet for Loan Security

17 February 2020

School – Abu Dhabi

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Client: Private Company – School Type: School Reason for study: Insurance Completion Date: 2019 Scope of Work: Undertaking inspections and valuation of School comprising of 10,400 Assets.

1 February 2020

Steel Manufacturing – Dammam

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Client: Private Company Type: Steel Manufacturing Location: Dammam Assets Covered: Manufacturing Machinery Reason for Study: Insurance & Internal Completion Date: 2016 & Reviewed 2019 Scope of Work: Inspection of steel processing plants at several location in Saudi Arabia Research of machinery new costings revising the asset registers and calculation of the new current day value. Preparation of asset register showing […]

17 December 2019

Coldroom – Dubai

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Client: Private Company – Coldroom Storage Type: Coldroom Storage Reason for study: Loan Security Completion Date: 2019 Scope of Work: Food Storage Cold storage and logistics services consisting of freezers, compressors, racking and transportation

17 November 2019

Oil Storage Terminal – Fujairah

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Client: Oil Tank Farm Type: Oil Storage Facility Reason for study: Loan Security Completion Date: 2019 Scope of Work: Undertaking inspections and valuation of assets for an Oil Storage Terminal in Fujairah. The terminal has a capacity of 330,000 CBM

17 October 2019

Cement Factory – Dubai

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Client: Private Company – Cement Factory Type: Cement Factory Reason for study: Loan Security Completion Date: 2019 Scope of Work: 1.5 million tons per annum cement plant and granulated blast furnace slag grinding unit

Benjamin is a Chartered Building Surveyor bringing over 15 years of global professional experience to the Project and Building Consultancy team at Cavendish Maxwell. Over the course of his career, he has successfully advised top-tier international clients from around the world on portfolio acquisitions/disposals, lifecycle costing, technical due diligence, and building pathology, among others. He has delivered a full range of project management services including new builds, refurbishment, fit-out and alterations.

Prior to his role at Cavendish Maxwell, Benjamin headed up the building consultancy department of the New Zealand arm of a global real estate firm. He also has extensive experience in the UK and the wider Middle East, covering building consultancy services across the GCC for a variety of projects and asset classes for developers, investment trusts, local authorities and large private clients in the region. He has advised clients from China, Singapore and Australia on some of the largest property acquisitions in both New Zealand and Australia.

Being an RICS-accredited Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) assessor, Benjamin provides consistently distinguished standards of service for the company and the wider surveying profession in the UAE.
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Paul has 20 years of experience in valuation and consultancy services and has worked in leading international practices across the UAE, Oman, Europe and the UK.

His professional knowledge encompasses all property asset classes including large, complex master plan developments of mixed-use properties in office, retail, industrial, leisure, hospitality and residential sectors. Paul is professionally qualified to value minerals, waste and recycling properties as well as environmental land considerations.

Paul’s client portfolio includes international and local banks, lending institutions, developers, investors, owner occupiers as well as accountants, legal firms and insolvency practitioners. As joint head of the Commercial Valuation department he is responsible for valuations of all property types. He ensures quality assurance and provides timely RICS Red Book/International Valuation Standard Council (IVSC) standard reports.
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Julian joined Cavendish Maxwell as Chief Economist in January 2019. Coming from an old real estate family in Ireland, his career as an economist began with a first-class honours degree in philosophy, politics and economics at the age of 19, following which Julian was an analyst with the UK Government. He later helped develop and launch the UK’s residential forecasting service with the firms that merged to become Global Insight. Julian subsequently developed derivatives in the City of London and established real estate futures contracts for what is now the International Commodity Exchange. He also ran a property development and management firm, before eventually serving as an international consultant and trainer to governments, central banks and notable firms including AXA, Citibank, DBS, Deloitte and Thomson Reuters.

Julian fills his work-free time with academic pursuits; he holds several postgraduate degrees, including a PhD in International Risk Management Policy, and also the Licensed Conveyancer qualification. Julian has published many business and academic texts and articles, and is also a keen walker – especially fond of the Scottish Highlands.
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Sarah-Jane joined Cavendish Maxwell in January 2020 as Head of Marketing and is responsible for the development of the marketing strategy and execution across the Middle East region. An energetic and results driven marketer, Sarah-Jane possesses a wealth of multi-channel marketing experience, within both B2B and B2C environments which she has gained over a 25 year career. Prior to joining Cavendish Maxwell, Sarah-Jane held senior marketing positions for major developers in Dubai including Emaar, Dubai Properties and Dubai Sports City. She also worked for IWG as the Regional Marketing Director responsible for the MEA and APAC regions. Before relocating to the UAE in 2005, Sarah-Jane held various management roles in public and private sector companies in the UK including ten years at Royal Mail and seven years at the Bank of America.

Sarah-Jane is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and has a BA(Hons) Degree in Business and Marketing
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Gregg is an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) with the American Society of Appraisers, bringing global valuation expertise to the machinery and business assets team at Cavendish Maxwell. He has conducted valuations throughout Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa, and North, Central and South America. During this time, he advised top-tier international clients on plant and machinery valuation matters for disposal, secured lending, insurance, and accounting purposes, as well as completed inter-company transfer valuations for multinational corporations.

Gregg has vast experience in both ASA and RICS bases of value, including valuations for fair value, fair market value in continued use/installed/removed, orderly liquidation value, forced liquidation value, and market value in place/for removal.

He has catered to sectors and markets including manufacturing, construction, F&B, automotive, aerospace, textiles, woodworking, mining, engineering, marine, plastics, public sector, education, oil and gas, commercial vehicles, electronics and semiconductors.

At Cavendish Maxwell, Gregg is responsible for overseeing plant and machinery valuations for loan security, accounts and insurance purposes. His remit also includes business development, reviewing reports and valuations, and delivering new proposals.

In his previous role, Gregg worked as associate director for a UK-based valuation firm, where he focused on valuations for loan security and restructuring purposes.
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P P Varghese leads Cavendish Maxwell’s strategy and consulting team. Varghese comes with over 17 years’ experience gained through advising government, private and institutional clients on single-use, mixed-use, standalone, and master planned projects. He has been exposed to consulting and operations functions with his expertise spanning development planning and strategy, cost-benefit analysis, operational reviews and monitoring, hotel operator search and negotiations, as well as arbitration support and dispute resolution for hotel management agreements.

In his previous role, Varghese served as Partner - Real Estate Strategy and Consulting at Knight Frank Middle East. There he was responsible for advising clients on real estate development strategy, optimising department processes to enhance revenue, and developing client acquisition and retention strategies.

At Cavendish Maxwell, Varghese will lead an expert team that provides development advisory, feasibility, portfolio analysis and real estate research for all real estate asset classes and will identify new growth opportunities for the business.

Varghese is a Master of Management in Hospitality, majoring in real estate investments and finance from the Cornell School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University, New York.
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