Dan Wilson is the owner/manager of Wm. S. Jackson & Associates Ltd. – a full service valuation and consulting firm serving Vancouver Island and the surrounding coastal areas of British Columbia.
Jackson & Associates was formed in 1980 and is based out of the Comox Valley on the northeast coast of Vancouver Island. The firm provides residential, commercial, investment and recreational real estate valuation and consulting services for a broad spectrum of clients including all levels of municipal, provincial and federal government, lending institutions, development companies, insurance companies and private individuals. Jackson & Associates Ltd. is one of the largest appraisal firms on Vancouver Island.
Dan commenced work with Jackson & Associates in 1994 and has developed a broad range of valuation experience of valuation and consulting work with particular emphasis on Ecological Gift Valuation, development project valuation and reserve fund planning.
He has a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of British Columbia with a major in Urban Land Economics and was awarded the AACI designation by the Appraisal Institute of Canada in 1999. In addition, he was awarded the RI designation from the Real Estate Institute of BC in 2000 and received his MRICS designation from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors in 2010. In 2012, Dan obtained his CRP (Certified Reserve Planner) Designation from the Real Estate Institute of Canada.
His professional career includes extensive volunteer experience in the profession including a term as President of the Appraisal Institute of Canada from June 2013 to June 2014. He has also sat as a director for the BC Association of the Appraisal Institute of Canada for 11 years (2004 to present) which included two terms as Provincial President (2007-2009). He has also served as Vice President of the Real Estate Institute of British Columbia from 2016-2017 and has served as Vice President of both the Comox Rotary Club and BNI Olympic Gold chapter.