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The International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC), headquartered in London and with an office in Singapore, is the global valuation standards setter, responsible for developing the global approach to valuation through high quality standards and encouraging professionalism. We do this by recruiting standards board members from around the world. We currently have over 130 leaders involved in different boards and committees involving former Ministers, major business leaders, academics and former regulators.

The IVSC has consultative status within the United Nations Economic and Social Council, is sponsored by the World Bank, and required by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in certain jurisdictions. We are a not-for-profit organisation working in the public interest, with many of the top leaders from valuation professional organisations, major valuation businesses, universities, government departments, largest investors in the world, major investment banks, significant regulators, professional bodies and other renowned standard setters. We have over 200 member and sponsor organisations. www.ivsc.org

The IVSC is looking to recruit an IVSC MEA Director based in Riyadh, KSA with a strong understanding of the benefits of standards and professionalism in underpinning investor confidence. This is an exciting time for the Middle East and Africa with a mixture of sophisticated and developing approaches to valuation and an opportunity to help this development across the region. Countries typically want to use IVS and develop professionalism to give confidence to inward investors and help financial stability. The role will contribute to the evolution of quality standards and professionalism helping provide confidence in valuation in different countries.

• Create and implement the IVSC’s outreach strategy for the Middle East and Africa.
• Establish and collaborate with an IVSC MEA Committee of regional leaders to drive stakeholder engagement and regional initiatives.

• Promote IVSC standards and professionalism to senior leaders in investment, government, regulation, valuation and education.
• Host events, roundtables, and webinars to address valuation challenges and foster collaboration.

• Build IVSC’s presence in the region by attracting new members and sponsors.
• Lead a growing team, starting with yourself and additional hires in Riyadh and Africa.

• Speak at conferences and contribute to thought leadership papers.
• Lead roundtables of key stakeholder leaders to identify valuation issues and bring together valuation standards and professionalism frameworks based on IVSC materials to evolve the approach to valuation.
• Host events and webinars with partner organisations.

• Excellent spoken and written English language skills and a strong public speaker.
• Experience of working with board level stakeholders.
• A track record of being able to effectively communicate and sell a proposition.
• Entrepreneurial self-starter skillset able to help grow and develop IVSC .
• Ability to get on well with men and women from a variety of cultures.
• A sound understanding of the benefits of standards and professionalism.
• Qualified valuer.

• Arabic speaker.
• Experienced networker capable of confidently holding discussions at Ministerial level and with some of the most senior investor, regulator, valuation provider and professional body levels in your region.

• Standards Review Board – IVSC is looking to appoint up to four individuals with strong Financial Instruments or Tangible Asset skills.

• Business Valuation Board – IVSC is looking to appoint up to three individuals with strong BV and Intangible Asset skills, as well as ideally an understanding of ESG issues. To enhance the skillset and diversity of the board preference would be given to a qualified end user of valuations, or alternatively a valuer from geographies such as Europe, Africa or Latin America. Knowledge from a regulatory or a disputes perspective particularly welcome.

• Tangible Assets Board – IVSC is looking to appoint up to two individuals with strong Tangible Asset skills, as well as ideally an understanding of ESG issues. To enhance the skillset and diversity of the board preference would be given geographically to a developed market such as the US or Europe. A valuation buyer perspective eg. from a pension fund or bank would be beneficial as would a leading academic. A background in valuation of agricultural land, natural resources, commodities or extractive industries would also add to diversity of perspective.

• Financial Instruments Board – IVSC is looking to appoint up to two individuals with strong Financial Instruments knowledge, as well as ideally an understanding of ESG issues. Expertise in relation to data would be welcomed as would expertise from a regulatory perspective.