Experience

Forest Alpha

• New Zealand
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founding Partner

  • Jul 2020 - Present

  Auckland, New Zealand Co-founded Forest Alpha to support institutional investors, TIMOs, Iwi groups, and other corporate clients achieve their timberland investment objectives.



Resource Management Service LLC

• United States
• Investment Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Strategic Projects

  • Jan 2020 - Jul 2020

  Auckland, New Zealand Working directly with RMS leadership and clients to deliver business-critical outcomes for RMS growth projects.

• Forest Planning Manager

  • Sep 2014 - Dec 2019

  Boulder, Colorado, United States Led a global team of forestry investment professionals responsible for strategic planning and financial modeling to support acquisitions and investment decisions for RMS's portfolio of timberland assets across the US South, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand and China.

• Investment Forester

  • Jul 2010 - Sep 2014

  Auckland, New Zealand Working with a small team of senior forestry and investment professionals in New Zealand, developed an acquisition modeling and evaluation process to support RMS's Asia Pacific investment strategy. Completed transaction due diligence supported the successful acquisition of RMS's first assets in the region.



New Forests

• Australia
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager, Resource Management Systems

  • Aug 2008 - Jul 2010

  San Francisco, California, United States Provided analysis, modelling and valuation services for clients interested in forestry investments with particular emphasis on emerging markets (carbon offsets, biodiversity credits etc.) and financial modelling for traditional forestry acquisitions in Australia, New Zealand and South-East Asia.



Independent Consultant

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant

  • Jan 2008 - Aug 2008

  Auckland, New Zealand Providing investment and land evaluation advice to a client interested in large-scale carbon forestry programs in New Zealand and Brazil.



Danone Waters

• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Business Planner

  • Apr 2006 - Dec 2007

  London, England, United Kingdom Responsible for budgeting, financial forecasting and controlling for a supply chain cost centre of €60 million. Worked closely with the Supply Chain Director to improve cross-functional processes and with the Systems Business Planner on integrated reporting tools that delivered significant improvements in tracking of both physical product flows and costs across the supply chain network.



Carter Holt Harvey

• Wholesale Building Materials
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Operations Planning Manager

  • 2004 - 2006

  Tokoroa, Waikato, New Zealand Reporting to the General Manager, Operations, responsible for leading a team working directly with operations managers and engineering staff to develop and maintain integrated supply plans for the annual harvest of 2 million tonnes of logs. Increased plan compliance by 10% and reduced working capital by $600k through improved plans.

• Supply Chain Harvest Scheduler

  • 2004 - 2005

  Tokoroa, Waikato, New Zealand Reporting to the National Planning Manager, worked closely with operations staff to maintain the master production schedule. Developed analytical and reporting tools to measure performance to plan and improve forecast accuracy.

• Valuation Consultant - Project Canopy

  • 2003 - 2004

  Auckland, New Zealand Seconded as a business expert on a $7 million project to design and implement an integrated SAP/Oracle ERP system for Carter Holt Harvey Forests. Reporting to the Land Database Project Manager, collaborated with other internal experts, external consultants, and contract software developers through all parts of the software development lifecycle. Developed analytical and reporting tools to measure performance to plan and improve forecast accuracy.

• Estate Description Analyst

  • 2001 - 2003

  Tokoroa, Waikato, New Zealand Part of a small team of analysts reporting to the Business Planning Manager. Responsible for a wide range of projects and ongoing work focused on strategic planning and asset valuation. Developed analytical and reporting tools to measure performance to plan and improve forecast accuracy.