Kathy Yorkston originally joined Suncorp Valuations in 2006, as a Valuation Consultant based in Edmonton. Kathy provides valuation services to private and public entity clientele, with her primary focus being the provision of real estate valuations for international insurance firms, government agencies, and property management companies.
Kathy has analytical experience with all real estate property types including single and multi-family residential, commercial, industrial, development land, and agricultural.
Kathy has a Bachelor of Design Studies degree from the University of Adelaide and a diploma in Architectural Technology from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology.
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Nihar Talati joined Suncorp in 2022 as a Consultant for our Asia-Pacific team, based in India. He has 4 years of prior experience in the Valuation industry and prior to this he was involved in the construction industry and has a deep understanding of building construction costs.
Nihar holds a Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering and a Masters of Technology in Construction Project Management. He is fluent in the English, Hindi and Gujarati languages.
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Luis Diaz joined Suncorp Valuations in 2021 as a Senior Consultant for the Industrial team based in Los
Angeles, California.
For the past 15 years, Luis has been an active member of the industry. He has done a large number of
appraisals, including building and public utilities such as water treatment plants, wastewater treatment
plants, electric substations, churches, hospitals, airports, ports, educational buildings, and land
improvements. He has experience in project management as well.
Luis is working towards getting his ASA designation.
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Kira Penner joined Suncorp Valuations in 2021 as a Senior Consultant for the Private Sector team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Kira has residential and commercial valuation consultant experience, real estate appraiser, and market analyst experience, and holds a Bachelor of Business (Real Estate) and Diploma (Urban Land Economics), plus Canadian Residential Appraiser (CRA, P.App) and Accredited Appraiser Canadian Institute (AACI, P.App) designations.
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Joseph joined Suncorp Valuations in 2018. Prior to this, Joseph accumulated 42 years of experience in the valuation industry and has been involved in many complex engagements for a myriad of uses from financial reporting (IFRS/FASB/ASPE/IASB), to purchase price allocation, to insurance placement.
Joseph has served public sector entities, privately held companies, and many publicly traded corporations. Joseph has completed high profile valuation projects for companies in forestry, power generation, oil and gas production and distribution, deep sea shipping, grain handling, food processing, petrochemical and mining.
Joseph holds a diploma in Forest Resource Technology from the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
Joseph is fluent in both the English and Portuguese languages.
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