Our Waikato Property Valuers | Curnow Tizard

Staff Profiles

	Geoff Tizard Director geoff@curnowtizard.co.nz Professional • Registered Valuer • Fellow New Zealand Institute of Valuers, Property Institute of New Zealand • Associate Arbitrators and Mediators Institute of NZ (Founding Member) • Bachelor of Agricultural Commerce • Accredited Supplier to Land Information New Zealand • Councillor, New Zealand Institute of Valuers Experience 1975: Farm consultant and Valuer based in Morrinsville. 1982: Moved to Hamilton Valuation practice. 1987: Established Curnow Tizard Registered Valuers. Fields of Operation Rural valuation and consultancy, plant and machinery assessments, property audit and supervision, arbitration, compensation, urban valuation (residential, industrial, commercial), insurance assessments, investment consultancy, expert witness.
	Phillip Curnow Director phillip@curnowtizard.co.nz Professional • Registered Valuer • Fellow New Zealand Institute of Valuers (NZIV), Property Institute of New Zealand • Fellow Arbitrators and Mediators Institute of New Zealand (Founding Member) • Past Chairman of Waikato Branch of NZIV • Past Councillor for Waikato Region of NZIV • Past President, New Zealand Institute of Valuers • Valuers Registration Board Member (Valuers Act 1948) Experience 1972: Valuer with Valuation NZ 1981: Joined private practice in Hamilton 1987: Established Curnow Tizard Registered Valuers Fields of Operation Urban valuation and consultancy with emphasis on central city, specialist property, leasehold and high technology property, insurance assessments and contaminated sites. Specialist in arbitration procedure.
	David Smyth Registered Valuer david@curnowtizard.co.nz Professional • Diploma in Agriculture • Diploma in Valuation and Farm Management • Registered Valuer (1968) • Fellow New Zealand Institute of Valuers • Fellow Property Institute of NZ • Member Land Valuation Tribunal (Waikato No. 1) • Past chairman of: • Waikato Branch of the NZIV • Northland Branch of the NZIV • Deputy Chair Auckland Branch NZIV • Examiner (Rural Practical and Oral) NZIV, Auckland • Accredited Supplier to Land Information New Zealand – for the acquisition and disposal of land for the Crown. Experience 1966: State Advances Corporation/Rural Banking and Finance Corporation, Farm Appraiser Rotorua, Te Kuiti, Whangarei, Senior Appraiser Auckland. 1977: Farming north Waikato and own valuation practice. 1990: Land Corporation, Hamilton, working throughout Waikato, Coromandel and King Country. 1993: Valuation practice Hamilton. 1996: Commenced with Curnow Tizard. Fields of Operation Rural valuation and consultancy with emphasis on larger scale dry stock and dairy properties. Specialist in assessing environmental impacts and compensation for both land and property right acquisitions. Experienced expert witness.

	Jeff Alexander Registered Valuer jeff@curnowtizard.co.nz Professional • Bachelor of Property • Member Property Institute of New Zealand Experience 1997 - 1999: Sales Assistant to NZ's leading Real Estate salesperson, Harcourts Real Estate (Remuera, Auckland). 1999 - 2000: Commercial Broker, Barfoot & Thompson Commercial (Auckland CBD). 2000 - 2001: Assistant Property Manager, Dilworth Trust Board (Auckland). 2007 - 2010: Property Valuer at TelferYoung (Waikato). 2010: Commenced with Curnow Tizard. Fields of Operation Residential, commercial and industrial valuation in Hamilton and throughout the Waikato.

	Michael Beattie Registered Valuer Professional • B.Ag.Com, MBA (Hons) • Registered Valuer • Associate New Zealand Institute of Valuers • Member New Zealand Property Institute Experience • Graduated Lincoln College 1974 • 6 years valuer/appraiser Rural Bank • 11 years fund manager, overseas and Wellington • 17 years property consultant and valuer Hamilton Fields of Operation Development management – commercial, industrial and education properties and land subdivisions; Strategic property portfolio management and advice; Crown property transactions and commercial clients – acquisitions and disposals; Property valuation.
	Richard Barnaby Land Rights Analyst Professional • Accredited supplier to Land Information NZ Experience 1964 – 1987: Career in Crown land administration, Lands & Survey Department, Auckland, Wellington and Hamilton rising to Assistant Commissioner of Crown Lands [Hamilton]. 1987 – 1990: Established Department of Lands in Hamilton - a transitional management unit created on the dis-establishment of Lands & Survey [1987] and the Ministry of Works and Development [1988]. The Department of Lands was merged with the Department of Survey and Land Information in 1990. 1990 – 1998: Senior Crown property management positions Department of Survey and Land Information – now Land Information NZ. 1998: Land Rights Analyst, Curnow Tizard Limited, specializing in advice to territorial authorities in land administration under the Public Works Act 1981, the Reserves Act 1977, the Local Government Act 1974 [Local Government Act 2002], the Land Act 1948 and the Resource Management Act 1991.