Francois Viruly

Francois Viruly is a property economist with over twenty years of experience in advising public as well as private entities. His research interests are in the fields of Urban Land Economics, Property Finance and Portfolio Management. He held the position of Chief Economist at the Chamber of Mines, Acting Head of Department in the Department of Construction Economics and Management at the University of the Witwatersrand and in 2011 was appointed as Associate Professor at the University of Cape Town. He is a regular industry speaker, and delivers courses for the South African Property Owner’s Association (SAPOA). He is a past president of the African Real Estate Society and is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyor’s (RICS). He has recently been appointed onto the RICS Sub-Saharan Africa Market Advisory Panel.

Education

• Master of Arts (M.A.) Univeristy of Kent (1986 — 1987) International school geneva

Companies

• A/Professor University of Cape Town (2011)
• Prof Univ of Cape Town
• Property Economist jhi (1994 — 1999)
• Chief Economist Chamber of Mines of South Africa (1990 — 1994)