Current Responsibilities

Dr Goodchild, based in London, is a senior director in LaSalle’s Global Research & Strategy team that is spread over three continents, and responsible for devising how the firm can structure its various client portfolios and funds to exceed their objectives whilst maintaining the appropriate risk profile. He is a member of both the firm’s Europe Investment Committee whose approval is required for all transactions in the region and the Global Risk Committee that reviews the portfolio structure of all the firm’s funds around the world.

Experience

Dr Goodchild is a chartered surveyor with 40 years real estate experience in the UK, continental Europe and Asia Pacific who has been responsible for managing property investment portfolios since 1985. He specializes in identifying the direction of real estate markets and the investment opportunities they offer. In particular, he has been closely involved both in all LaSalle’s investments in the UK residential sector and with developing practical ways in which the risk profile of property portfolios can be analyzed.

He joined LaSalle in 1997 as Research Director and is well known in European property circles as a speaker and market commentator. He was appointed an Honorary Fellow of the UK Society of Property Researchers in 2004 and received an Achievement Award from the European Real Estate Society in 2007

Positions

Prior to joining LaSalle, Dr Goodchild was a partner of Gerald Eve, chartered surveyors, in London for 12 years.

Education and Affiliations

Dr Goodchild was awarded a PhD by the University of Cambridge in 1979 and an MA by the same university in 1975. He qualified as a chartered surveyor in 1973. He is currently Honorary President of the Society of Property Researchers, an editorial board member for the Journal of Property Investment & Finance, a visiting Professor at the University of Aberdeen Business School and Chair of the Investment Property Forum’s residential special interest group.