Connecting Academia, the Property Industry, and Society
Who We Are
Our Board of Trustees guides the implementation of our Vision and Mission. Together, they bring a balanced blend of expertise and experience in both the property industry and academia.
Richard Chung
Trustee/Chair
Richard Chung has had a career in property valuation and consulting since the late 1980s. He retired as a Partner in PwC’s Property, Infrastructure and Capital team in 2021 and has held previous senior roles at Wareham Cameron + Co and EY.
He is now focused on governance roles, private investments and ad hoc property consulting.
Peter Mence
Trustee/Deputy Chair
Peter Mence is the Chief Executive Officer of Argosy Property Ltd. He has 35 years of experience in the property industry working with Progressive Enterprises, Challenge Properties, Richard Ellis and Green & McCahill.
Zoltan Moricz
Trustee
Zoltan Moricz is a Senior Director of CBRE Research in New Zealand. Zoltan joined CBRE in 1994 and has led the New Zealand Research division since 1996.
Olga Filippova
Trustee
Olga Filippova is an Associate Professor in the Department of Property at the University of Auckland Business School. Olga is also an Associate Investigator at Te Hiranga Rū | QuakeCoRE Centre for Research Excellence
Her research focuses on how property market participants mitigate seismic and climate change-induced risks in response to regulatory and market pressures in high and medium earthquake risk area such as Wellington, Christchurch, Whanganui, and Invercargill.
David White
Trustee
David White is a lecturer at Massey University. He has 30 years’ experience in the property industry in areas of investment, corporate real estate and consultancy, covering commercial, industrial, retail and residential property across the public and private sectors.
Ross Hancox
Trustee
Ross Hancox has extensive executive experience across property and banking. He is well known within the New Zealand valuation industry and has been a guest speaker at numerous conferences and has also sat on several expert
panels.
Ross is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment, and also the
Financial Services Institute of Australasia.
Leigh Featherstone
General Manager
Leigh has developed and implemented successful projects in manufacturing, professional services, property, building and construction and sustainability.
He has owned two SME businesses and has experience in companies and not-for-profits at domestic and international scale. Leigh is a certified Advisory Board Chair.
