President Diane Dumashie
2023-2026
Curriculum Vitae
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Dr. Diane Dumashie
Nationality: British/Ghanaian
Current Position: Chartered Surveyor
The FIG General Assembly elected at its
meeting in Warsaw, Poland in September 2022 Dr. Diane Dumashie as FIG
VPresident for a four-year term of office 1.1.2023-31.12.2026
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Diane Dumashie has been Vice President of FIG for the terms 2015-18 and
2019-2022
Article in GIM Magazine, 15 September 2022
Diane Dumashie Elected as new Persident of FIG Earlier in 2022 GIM
Magazine brought an article with the three president cadidates. In this
article Diane shone her light on the future of the surveying profession, the
rol FIG should play within the geospatial community and how our sector
worldwide can be encouraged to become actively involved in solving the
societal challenges with our knowledge and innovation.
Read the article
In the April 2015 issue of the Civil Engineering Surveyor Magazine,
published by ICES, Diane Dumashie talks about working across two continents
and her new challenge as vice president of FIG.
Read the interview...
Board Responsibilities
Qualifications and professional affiliations
- 2011 CEDR Accredited Mediator
- 2003 Fellow, Royal Institution of Chartered
Surveyors (FRICS)
- 2002 Associate of AMP (Association of Project
Managers)
- 2001 PhD University of Wales: Thesis:
Strategic Business management: Landowners, Local authorities and Coastal Zone
Management.
- 1984 B.Sc. Estate & Property Management-
University of Central England.
Profile
Diane is widely acknowledged as a creative and strategic business thinker
with a proven ability to lead and manage change, to energise and resolve
complex issues and deliver successful outcomes for all stakeholders.
This has led her into the field of knowledge transfer including designing
and facilitating workshops for National and Local government to adapt to
organisational change, helping Professionals and grassroots organisations to
accommodate global drivers and leading study visits for Business and
Ministry senior teams to assess in country context and strategic next steps.
Diane is passionate in her commitment to sub Saharan African , assisting
in programs to alleviate poverty and/ or facilitate gender equality in land
and property. Her focus on Africa, is through applied land economics
and enjoys providing leadership to stimulate global collaboration, to build
key stakeholder relationships at both global donor agencies and multi
national corporation levels.
Deriving strength from a broad commercial background Diane has a proven
track record of success in initiating, managing and delivering urban and
rural based economic and regeneration projects within the UK and Africa
ensuring that knowledge is transferred to client teams.
Diane has led many large and complex development projects in the public,
private commercial and NGO sectors. Such projects have seen me assume
the responsibility as a trusted Senior Advisor to Corporate Boards and SME’s
alike, giving me an in-depth and diverse knowledge across a wide range of
commercial businesses and in particular the coastal industry and housing.
Her Board level experience extends across professional member organisations
and Trusts.
Summary of FIG involvement
- Vice President (2019-2022)
- Vice President (2015-2018)
- Chair, Africa Task force (2009-2014)
- Convener & FIG lead for SIDS workshop 2010 Chair, Commission 8
(2007-2010)
- Chair, Commission 8 (2007 -10)
- Chair, Commission 8 (2004 -2006)
- Vice chair, commission 8 (1998-2009)
- Member, Task Force on Governance (2004-2006)
Presentations
Articles
Interview with Diane in Spatial Source, December 2024: Challenges
and opportunities in 2025
Interview with Diane in GIM Magazine June 2023: Partnership
and people in the surveying community
Article in GIM Magazine, 15 September 2022
Diane Dumashie Elected as new Persident of FIG Earlier in 2022
GIM Magazine brought an article with the three president cadidates.
In this article Diane shone her light on the future of the surveying
profession, the rol FIG should play within the geospatial community
and how our sector worldwide can be encouraged to become actively
involved in solving the societal challenges with our knowledge and
innovation.
Read the article
In the April 2015 issue of the Civil Engineering Surveyor Magazine,
published by ICES, Diane Dumashie talks about working across two continents
and her new challenge as vice president of FIG.
Read the interview...
Publications and conferences
- 2002- International Federation of Surveyors,
Washington Congress Commission 8: Decision support Systems combining
land use planning and CZM.
- 2002 – Property Rights, Economics and
Environment-Coastal Zone: Rapport & Paper, Strategic Management at the
Coast.
- 2001- International Federation of Surveyors,
Seoul Working Week Commission 8: Mega cities
- 2000- International Federation of Surveyors,
Prague Working Week Commission 9: Coastal Industrialised Land
Development in the UK.
- 1998 International Federation of Surveyors, Land
Commission 7: Coastal Land Management: Sustainable practices in the
public and private sectors achieving a balance in management and
planning.
- 1998 Littoral (Barcelona) –Sustainable waterfront
and coastal development in Europe, socio- economic technical and
environmental aspects.
- 1995 International Conference Coastal Zone
((Florida), Building CZM partnerships.
- 1994 World Wide Fund for Nature (UK), A Review of
UK Coastal Plans.
- 1993 Author of A Coastal Directory of Local
Planning Authorities: A review of local planning authority plans and
partnerships in Coastal Zone Management on behalf of the Royal Yachting
Association.
- 1993 International Federation of Surveyors (FIG),
Marine Policy in the State of Hawaii.
- Technical presentations to various Commercial
multi- national property Board’s and Main Board
- Publications in National journals and
International year books (EEZ).
Board and Committee position
- 2013 – 15 RICS Governing Council Board Member
- 2012- 2017 Board Member of UN Habitat Advisory Group on Gender
Initiatives (AGGI)
- 2009/14 Chairman FIG African Task Force
- 2008/10 Elected as Chairman of FIG Commission 8; Spatial Planning
and Development.
- 2008/10 Board member of RICS Environment Professional Group
- 2006/14 Chairman RICS delegation to FIG
- 2006/10 Chairman working Group 8.3 FIG, Informal settlements,
Development and plannin
- 2006/10 Board member of RICS Presidents Commission on Climatic
Disaster Management
- 2004/06 Elected as Chairman of FIG Commission 8; Spatial Planning
and Development
- 2003/04 Committee Member RICS Southwest Regional
Board.
- 2002/06 FIG Commission 8 UK delegate; Spatial
planning and development and chair of Working group focussing on
Urbanisation/ Cities, coasts & natural hazards and Informal settlements.
- 2001/04 Committee member of the RICS Local
Faculty Group, Wessex region.
- 2000/04 Chair of FIG Comm. 8.3 Working Group
Planning & Development of Mega- Global Cities.
- 1999/02 Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
(RICS) Working Party: Coastal Defence & Flood Protection.
- 1995/00 RICS Committee member: Marine Resource
Management Skills Panel.
- 1996/00 RICS Committee member: Planning and
Development Market Panel.
- 1995/8 International Federation of Surveyors
Commission 7.
- 1988 Chair of Victoria Wine Working party -
Strategic Flat Letting Policy.
Key specialist fields
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Land economist, Land use development & regeneration, Feasibility
studies, Project management, Mediator, Institutional Development (and
Workshop Designer/ facilitator) Property development & Marine and
Coastal management
Professional history
- Director Dumashie LTD (1999- to date)
- Planning and Economic Development Consultancy (1996- 1999)
- Corporate Property Director/ Senior Surveyor Manager (1990 -1995)
- Various technical, business and managerial roles, in corporate and
private sector (1984-1995)
Contacts
Dr Diane Dumashie
Dumashie LTD
Keta Lodge
Grange Road
Wareham
BH20 5DG
United Kingdom
Mb + 44 7512 323673
03-01-2023
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