Lourens Nel

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Career Tree

Porfessional Work

2025

Current Roles & Focus

  • Managing Director & Founding Partner – UNIQUECO Property Valuers.
  • Executive Leadership in SARWA, continuing to shape the valuation profession.
  • Active member of:
  • SACPVP – SA Council for Property Valuation Professionals
  • SAIV – SA Institute of Valuers
  • CIGFARO – Chartered Institute of Government Finance Audit & Risk Officers
  • IRWA – International Right of Way Association
  • FASA – Franchise Association of South Africa
  • Continuing leadership in:
  • Mass appraisal, servitude valuations, insurance valuations, and portfolio management.
  • Driving software innovation in valuation technology.
  • Contributing to heritage & development projects such as:
  • Cradle of Life National Heritage
  • Nkomazi Game Reserve

International Leadership

  • Served as International Director – SARWA Chapter 83 (IRWA).

  • Chaired Community of Practice: Valuations (COP), SARWA.

  • Executive Committee Chair – Marketing & Communications, SARWA.

Education & Presidency

  • Achieved Pastoral Narrative Therapy (University of Pretoria).

  • Elected President of SARWA (2021/22).

Career Beginnings to Establishing Uniqueco

2010 – Establishing UNIQUECO

  • Founded UNIQUECO Property Valuers.

  • Introduced South Africa’s first valuation franchise model, growing a national presence.

  • Took on leadership of large municipal general valuation roll projects.

1999–2009 – Building Experience

  • Worked across several valuation companies, including De Leeuw Africa and Dijalo Property Valuers.

  • Developed expertise in municipal valuations, investment properties, and insurance valuations.

1995 – Career Beginnings

  • Started at CP De Leeuw Appraisers, specialising in real estate data collection.

  • Early exposure to mass appraisal methodologies and municipal valuation systems.

Projects & Insights

2025

Major National Projects

 

2021–2024 | Leadership & Insights

  • Recognised as a public speaker and thought leader on valuation and property rights.

  • Delivered insights into municipal valuations and right of way servitude assessments.

  • Advocated for balancing idealism with practical execution in valuation practice.

2015–2021 | Software & Innovation

  • Founded AFROVAL Software Consulting.

  • Developed AFROVAL, tailored for South African valuation requirements.

  • Contributed to integrated systems FINIQ and MA-AMS for property management and mass appraisal.

Expanding into Portfolios & Servitudes

 

  • Began working on corporate investment portfolios, laying groundwork for handling large-scale assets.

  • Took part in right of way servitude valuations, establishing expertise in land acquisition and expropriation cases.

Education & Presidency

  • Achieved Pastoral Narrative Therapy (University of Pretoria).

  • Elected President of SARWA (2021/22).

Early Career Projects

 

  • Assisted in municipal valuation rolls during formative years at CP De Leeuw and subsequent firms.

  • Gained early experience in mass appraisal systems and municipal property tax valuations.