RICS emphasises governance compliance with new appointment

RICS emphasises governance compliance with new appointment


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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has appointed Victor Olowe as the chair of its new Valuation Assurance Committee.

Oluwe is a governance consultant, board reviewer and a former chief executive of the Council for Licensed Conveyancers with expertise in professional regulation, consumer protection, quality assurance and board governance.

RICS says he  is highly experienced and currently chairs the quality assurance scheme committee at the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, CGMA examination board at CIMA/AICPA, and Water UK’s independent sewerage and water adoption panels. He also serves as vice chair of Morley College London.

The appointment of the Valuation Assurance Committee (VAC) chair comes as RICS also launches its consultation response on the regulation of valuation practice and a proposed Valuation Compliance Officer role. 

The VAC is a permanent subcommittee of the RICS Standards and Regulation Board, which will oversee the regulatory quality assurance framework for more than 16,000 RICS-registered valuers and 2,500 RICS-regulated firms internationally that offer valuation services.

The formation of VAC represents one of the main recommendations arising from the independent review of Real Estate Investment Valuation, commissioned by RICS to respond to concerns over the responsiveness of valuations to rapidly changing market dynamics and perceived lack of valuer independence.

RICS is currently recruiting the rest of the committee and plans to have it fully operational by the end of 2024. 

An institution spokesperson says: “Following a competitive recruitment process, Victor was appointed to the role, to which he brings extensive expertise as a chair and experience working within professional regulation, standards setting, and quality assurance.  Victor is well placed to steer the new committee in overseeing the regulatory quality assurance framework for RICS Registered Valuers and RICS Regulated Firms undertaking valuation services.”

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