Dougie Bowers MRICS is Head of CPO guidance for the Valuation Office Agency covering the whole of the UK.  He has many years experience of Transport and Infrastructure and Development Viability work in Scotland. He previously led the Transport Team for the VOA in Scotland advising on CPO matters and compensation for projects such as A9 dualling, Perth Transport Futures Project, Airdrie to Bathgate Railway, and AWPR. Previous experience includes Upper Forth Crossing, Kincardine Eastern Link Road, Gleneagles Station Link Road, A90 Grade Separated Junctions, Edinburgh Tram and various other schemes. He has also dealt with part 1 claims for local authorities, Transport Scotland and Network Rail.

Dougie has dealt with compensation and compulsory purchase work for most of his 40 years in the Valuation Office and has gained very substantial experience acting for acquiring authorities in numerous compulsory purchase schemes. He has also appeared as Expert Witness at Lands Tribunal and has been involved in many large schemes form an early stage providing advice on compensation issues, complex cases and dealing with objections etc. He has also dealt with compensation for a number of flood schemes including Comrie, Almondbank, Elgin, Dunfermline, the Water of Leith and the Braid Burn.

Between 2011 and 2023 he delivered one module each year at Edinburgh Napier University (which included statutory valuation) and has provided RICS training courses on Compulsory Purchase and has spoken at RICS CPD events on Affordable Housing and Development Viability. He has contributed to RICS guidance notes and RICS Working Groups.