BWEMBYA C. CHIKOLWA, Ph.D.

, AAPI, MRICS

368 Anawanda Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15228; Tel: 412 657 1467; Email: bwembya.chikolwa@gmail.com

EDUCATION:

CURTIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, PERTH, AUSTRALIA:

Ph.D. Real Estate Investment and Finance, 2008
 Dissertation: The Development and Structuring of Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities in
Australia.
ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN:
Master of Real Estate Management, 2003
 Swedish Institute Fellowship.
INSTITUTE OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS:
PG Dip. Real Estate and Project Management, 1999
 The Netherlands Government Fellowship.
COPPERBELT UNIVERSITY, KITWE, ZAMBIA:
BSc Land Economy, 1994
 British Council Fellowship.

OTHER TRAINING:

HARVARD UNIVERSITY:
Real Estate Advanced Finance Program, 2009
QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA:
Early Career Academic Recruitment and Development Program, 2008.
SWEDESURVEY AB, GAVLE, SWEDEN:
Strategic Planning and Management of Land Administration and Geographical Information Organisations,
2001.

EXPERIENCE:

Property Economics Assistant Professor/Discipline Coordinator - Undergraduate, School of Urban

Development, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia:
2007, July – 2010, June
Responsibilities:
 Lecturing in the following real estate and infrastructure related courses:
 Property Feasibility Studies – UDB246 (Undergraduate)
 Property Finance – UDB341 (Undergraduate)
 Urban Development Economics – UDB104 (Undergraduate)
 Development Process– UDB302 (Undergraduate)
 Introduction to Professional Learning – BEB100 (Undergraduate)
 Project Financing – - BEB114 (Undergraduate)
 Infrastructure Planning and Management – UDN572 (Graduate)
 Attendance and delivery of papers at conferences and their subsequent publication in journals.
 Involvement in university consultancy research projects and committees.
 Administration of various courses.
 Supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate research projects.
 Guiding the undergraduate Property Economics program.
Achievements:
 Contribution to maintaining QUT as a leading real estate education and research institution.

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  Increasing QUT research output on real estate and infrastructure matters. +10 publications in top
real estate journals and +15 international real estate and finance conference presentations.
 Successfully guiding annual Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) accreditation visits and
being part of the team that attained the 5 year Australian Property Institute accreditation in 2007.
 Three research grants of AU$23,000 combined value.
 Provision of leadership in study area and course development.

Research Analyst, Jones Lang LaSalle, Perth, Australia: 2004, July – October

Responsibilities:
 Preparation of the Quarterly Reports on the Perth office, industrial and retail markets.
 Assisting other business units will clients briefs.
 Promotion of company profile through newspaper publications.
 Publication of ‘White Papers’ on current burning issues in the industry.
Achievement:
 Contribution to a research team highly regarded for producing quality research reports and
undertaking leading-edge consultancy assignments.

Instructor, Property Department, School of Economics and Finance, Curtin University of Technology,
Perth, Australia : 2004-2007

Responsibilities:
 Instructing and teaching assistantships in Valuation Methodology, Income Property Analysis, Real
Estate Market Analysis, and Real Estate Finance.
Achievements:
 Contribution to high quality teaching standards resulting in the property program maintaining its
leadership in Western Australia.
 Contribution to maintenance of Curtin as a top destination for students from Southeast Asia.

Consulting Partner, Bitrust Real Estate Consult, Lusaka, Zambia: 1997-2001

Responsibilities:
 Private sector real estate advisory services on valuation, investment, sales and letting, and
Management.
Achievement:
 Starting a real estate consultancy firm with colleagues as a partnership. The firm has since grown to
be one of the leading real estate consultancy firms in Zambia.

Chief Appraiser, Government Valuation Department, Ministry of Local Government and Housing, Lusaka,
Zambia: 1993-2004

Responsibilities:
• Managing the northern region of the Department comprising 12 professional staff and 4 support
staff.
 Supervising and undertaking timely preparation of valuation rolls to enable local authorities collect
appropriate revenue.
• Supervising and undertaking of quality consultancy service on real estate to determine optimum
values and realise revenue.
• Supervising and undertaking of property transfer tax analysis with the aim of maximising
government revenue.

Achievements:
 Development of managerial and supervisory skills.
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  Preparation of over 20 valuation rolls for local authorities.
 Undertaking of specialised valuation of major real estate classes.
 Asset valuation for mine expansion compensation purposes.
 Knowledge of public service operations and community engagement.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

 Member, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

 Associate Member, Australian Property Institute (API).
 Member, Financial Management Association (FMA).
 Level 1 Candidate, Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA) program.
 Registered Valuer, Valuation Surveyor Registration Board, Zambia (VSRB).
 Senior Certified Valuer, International Real Estate Society Institute (IRES).
 Member, International Federation of Surveyors (FIG).
 Member, American, African, Pacific Rim and Asian Real Estate Societies (ARES, AfRES, PRRES, AsRES).

PROFESSIONAL APPRAISAL EXPERTISE:

 Feasibility cash flow valuations for investment and development financing purposes.
 Valuation of office and retail properties (various grades, including complexes).
 Valuation of specialized properties, e.g., Service/Gas Stations, Resorts, etc.
 Resumption and acquisition valuations for Court purposes.
 Statutory valuation for taxation and rating purposes.
 Valuation for mortgage and insurance purposes.
Major Strength: Complex appraisals and investment and development feasibility studies based on
advanced cash flow analysis, using softwares such as Estate Master and Cougar.

COMPUTER EXPERTISE:

 Microsoft Office Suite (advanced knowledge in Word, Excel, Power Point and Access).
 Valuation and Feasibility Analysis Software (Cougar and Estate Master).
 Investment Portfolio Software (Markowitz Module, Performance Module, Equilibrium Module,
Valuation Module, Bond Module, Option Module, Futures Module, and Statistics Module).
 Artificial Neural Network Software (Alyuda Forecaster).
 Financial Risk Analysis Software (@Risk).
 Statistical Software (SPSS and EViews).

COMMUNITY SERVICE:

 President, Parents and Citizens Association, Sunnybank State Special School, 79 Troughton Road,
Sunnybank QLD 4109, Australia 2009, April – 2010, June
 Secretary, Surveyors Institute of Zambia 2000-2001
 Secretary, Rating Valuation Tribunal of Zambia 1999-2000
 Member of the Secretariat, Committee on the Sale of Government Houses, Government of the
Republic of Zambia 1999
 Secretary, Valuation Chapter, Surveyors Institute of Zambia 1997-1999

REFEREES:

Provided on request.

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368 Anawanda Avenue
Pittsburgh PA 15228

Tel: 412 657 1467

Email: bwembya.chikolwa@gmail.com

26 May 2010

EMPLOYMENT ENQUIRY: REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL, INVESTMENT AND FINANCE

I seek a position in real estate appraisal and/or investment and finance to fully exploit the rich
experience that I have from both private and public practice and as an academic.

I’ve 12 years professional experience in the real estate sector having worked as a certified appraiser
in both public and private sectors. In addition, I also have 6 years experience in academia initially as
an Instructor and from 2007 to June 2010 as a Property Economics Assistant Professor at
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.

I hold a Ph.D. in Real Estate Investment and Finance from Curtin University of Technology in Perth,
Australia. Other qualifications are: Master in Real Estate Management from the Royal Institute of
Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, Post-Graduate Diploma in Real Estate and Project Management
from the Institute of Housing and Urban Development, Rotterdam, Netherlands and a BSc. in Land
Economy from Copperbelt University, Kitwe, Zambia.

My research interests are as follows:

 Real Estate Capital Markets
 Application of Artificial Intelligence Technology to:
- Credit Rating of Structured Finance Products
- Real Estate Valuation
 Structured Finance:
- Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
- Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities
- Asset-Backed Securities
 Applied Financial Econometrics
 Project and Infrastructure Finance

I look forward to getting a positive feedback to my enquiry.

Sincerely,

Bwembya Chikolwa, Ph.D., AAPI, MRICS

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