AssocRICS — Katinka Clover & Alfonso Muñoz (2022) — scope, verification & client journey

AssocRICS recognises assessed competence and adherence to Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) standards. Katinka Clover serves on the Board of Directors and the management team; Alfonso Muñoz also sits on the management team.

Katinka Clover AssocRICS is a Director, serving on Panorama’s Board and management team. Alfonso Muñoz AssocRICS sits on the management team. Their remit includes day-to-day oversight of front-line standards, file discipline and client-service practice, ensuring that the firm’s RICS-aligned methods are applied consistently across listings and purchases.

AssocRICS recognises assessed competence and adherence to the strict standards set forth by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). For clients, it signals methodical, documented work on the front line—precisely where quality can vary most in lightly regulated markets. AssocRICS recognises assessed competence and adherence to RICS standards.

For clients, it signals methodical, documented work on the front line—precisely where quality can vary most in lightly regulated markets. RICS is the global professional standards body for land, property, construction and infrastructure, with over 130,000 qualified members in over 145 countries.

In practice, their AssocRICS status underpins management oversight of checklists, pricing notes, documented approvals and version-controlled file-notes.

Public profiles confirm the designations of both members of the management team:

• Katinka Clover — AssocRICS
• Alfonso Muñoz — AssocRICS

(Links verified at time of publication.)

With AssocRICS on the management team, routine work is made methodical:

• Listings & sales: structured intake checklists (title/nota simple, first-occupation/planning, EPC), m² alignment with lawyers/architects, and comparable-driven pricing notes.
• Purchases: clear scope letters, fee transparency, and disciplined file-notes so decisions and approvals are easy to audit.
• Ongoing quality: continuous professional development aligned with changes in local regulation (e.g., rentals/VUT).

With FRICS leadership setting the tone and RICS firm regulation governing systems (client money, complaints, PII, conduct), AssocRICS adds consistency where clients feel it day-to-day. It’s a joined-up governance stack: leadership standard + company safeguards + front-line execution. Management oversight by AssocRICS holders closes the loop between policy and daily execution.

Why mention management roles here?
Because AssocRICS on the management team links standards to daily work—file-notes, checklists and pricing discipline—where clients feel it.

Does this replace the firm’s RICS regulation?
No. AssocRICS complements FRICS leadership and firm regulation; each plays a distinct part.

• Firm regulation (what it guarantees)
• How to verify our RICS status
• Christopher Clover — FRICS
• Katinka Clover
• Alfonso Muñoz