Nick Hughes joined Suncorp Valuations in 2014 as a Public Sector Valuation Consultant based in Saskatoon.
Nick specialises in valuations for buildings, machinery, and equipment, serving educational, religious, and municipal clients. He brings extensive expertise in appraising city infrastructure, churches, and schools and has completed valuations for multiple mid- to large-sized municipalities, covering all aspects of their public sector assets.
Nick is an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) and holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree from the University of Saskatchewan. His diverse background as a laboratory technician, carpenter, mason, and experience in a food distribution warehouse adds practical insight to his valuation work.
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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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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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