Mark Christensen

Profile summary
Mark is currently an Associate with Synergies Economic Consulting. Previously he was a senior lecturer in finance at QUT. He is co-author of Australia’s leading corporate finance text and he has extensive experience in valuation and issues related to valuation including cost of capital, access pricing and real options. Mark also provides seminars for a number of professional bodies including CPA Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Much of Mark’s experience centres around valuations. He has been involved in a range of valuations including forests, dams, rail networks and power stations. Some valuations have been unique where he developed a model to value crime while others have been more traditional application, for example, valuing oil rights. Recently Mark has been providing advice to Royal Dutch Shell, Europe’s largest corporation and one involved in the natural resources industry. During the period of consultancy, Mark was required to analyse and resolve a number of issues. The advice was provided to a variety of gas and oil businesses and in a number of countries including Russia, Nigeria, United States of America, England, Middle East and Asia.