It is a good course for expanding the knowledge of real estate staff

Adnan Doughan-Senior Manager, Property Management, First Gulf Bank, UAE

Real Estate Finance And Investment

26 – 30 April 2009  •  JW Marriott Hotel  •  Dubai


Discover Successful Strategies For The New
GCC Real Estate Market

About Your Expert Course Leader

Julian Spencer Roche
Finance Training Consultant, Australia and UK.



Julian was educated at Oxford and Exeter Universities. In the 1980s he served on the Defence Intelligence Staff of the, UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) as an economist responsible for analysing Soviet and East
European trade and payments. From 1990 through to the present he served in various corporate and academic positions including:
 • Director, Forecasting Service, DRI McGraw-Hill. Responsible for macro-economic analysis and forecasting of Soviet and East European economies
 •Lecturer at Southampton University in Corporate Finance (Accounting and Finance BSc). Corporate finance teaching, including business valuations, investment banking, corporate governance, EVA, CFROI, investment analysis, fund management, private finance initiatives, mergers and acquisitions, management buy-outs, venture capital and other aspects of corporate fi nance
 •Partner, RER. Established the fi rm that produces the “Green Book” internationally known database. World leader in international business confi dence and real estate data
 •Head of Research, Hudson Venture Partners. Responsible for the selection and evaluation of investment projects and account management
 •Vice President, MHC International. Responsible for corporate finance and economic input to fi rms specialising in corporate social responsibility issues
 •Consultant to professional bodies including ACCA in Europe and Asia
 •Consultant to major corporations specialising in commodities production and trade

Julian’s United Nations work includes:
• UN Expert on Commodities and part time Staff Economist, UNCTAD Risk Management
  Division
• UNCTAD Representative on UN Expert Committee on Sustainable Development Indicators
• UNCTAD Panel Member, Swiss Futures and Options Association Burgenstock Meetings



It is a good course for expanding the knowledge of real estate staff
Adnan Doughan, Senior Manager, Property Management,
First Gulf Bank, UAE

Julian was very informative and his knowledge adds a lot to the course
Nasser Nassif, Manager Product Development,
National Commercial Bank, UAE