
Benjamin Walker MRICS
The move
Career arc
- Partner, Head of Project & Building Consultancy MENAMay 2022 — Present
Knight Frank MENA· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time - Partner, Head of Project & Building ConsultancyJul 2018 — May 2022
Cavendish Maxwell· Dubai· Full-time - Director, Head of Building ConsultancyOct 2016 — Jun 2018
CBRE Asia Pacific· Auckland, New Zealand
- Senior Building Surveyor / Project ManagerOct 2015 — Oct 2016
JLL· Edinburgh, United Kingdom - Senior Building Surveyor / Project ManagerMay 2014 — Oct 2015
Maynard Marks· Auckland, New Zealand
- Building Surveying ConsultantMar 2012 — May 2014
Thomson Bethune· Glasgow
- Managing DirectorSep 2008 — Feb 2012AAllscot Chartered Surveyors Ltd· Glasgow
- Building Surveyor / Chartered Building SurveyorJul 2005 — Jul 2008
Ryden· Glasgow
Education
- Weymouth CollegeBTEC National Certificate · Building Studies2000 — 2001
- Glasgow Caledonian UniversityBSc (Hons) · Building Surveying2001 — 2005
- Weymouth CollegeA Levels · Psychology & Law1997 — 1999
- The Wey Valley SchoolGCSE's · English, Maths, Design Technology, Art, Phys Ed, Science & German1992 — 1997
Languages
- English · Native or bilingual
Top skills
About
An experienced chartered building surveyor/project manager and head of Knight Frank’s project and building consultancy team in the MENA region with over 21 years overall (18 years MRICS) experience in the surveying and property industry gained in the UK, New Zealand, Australia and the Middle East. A dynamic and results-driven senior property professional with a diverse commercial skill set gained in a combination of multi-disciplinary consultancies, main contractor and as managing director of a small start-up professional services company. An experienced leader with excellent technical knowledge and a flexible can-do attitude leads to a proven track record of providing exemplary service to all internal and external clients alike by building lasting relationships and consistently delivering