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Board of Directors

Chairman

Vice Chairmen

Antti Sahi is the Forest Director of the Finnish Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners (MTK). He is a representative of family forest owners in several national and international forest policy bodies and organisations. He is a graduate forester from the University of Helsinki.

Current Term of Office: 2010-2013

Sheam Satkuru is Director of the Malaysian Timber Council with responsibility for Europe. Sheam is a specialist in international trade with strong experience in legal and policy analysis relating to the timber and forest industries, communication and public relations.

Current Term of Office: 2011-2014

Board Members

Juan Carlos Jintiach works with COICA, the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon River Basin. He also serves as the elected official representing indigenous peoples of Latin America in the CBD, as well as a focal point in the indigenous people’s caucus within the UNFCCC and in the Forest Investment Program (FIP) within the World Bank.

Current Term of Office: 20013-2016

Michael Proschek-Hauptmann is Managing Director of the Umweltdachverband, the umbrella organization for environmental NGOs in Austria. Previously, Mr. Proschek-Hauptmann served as EU Policy Coordinator in Brussels and Vienna. He also worked as Policy Officer at WWF Austria.

Current Term of Office: 2009-2015

Hans Drielsma is a professional forester with 40 years forest management experience, including senior executive roles with Forestry Tasmania, and State Forests NSW. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Foresters of Australia, and a Director of Australian Forestry Standard Ltd, the Australian Forest Products Association and Forestry CRC, a cooperative research centre.

Current Term of Office: 2009-2015

Sébastien Genest is the Honorary Chairman of France Nature Environnement (FNE), the French National Federation of some 3,000 local and regional environmental NGOs. Sébastien is also on the Board of the National Office of Forests (ONF) and is a Director of PEFC France.

Current Term of Office: 2011-2014

Natalie Hufnagl-Jovy draws from eight years of experience as Secretary General of the Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF) and is currently a on the Board of IFFA, the International Family Forest Alliance, and a Senior Policy Advisor to the Consortium of the German Forest Owner Associations.

Current Term of Office: 2011-2014

Peter Latham, OBE, is Chairman of James Latham plc, one of Britain's oldest timber companies. He is a former Chairman of the Forests Forever Committee of the Timber Trade Federation,  member of the Council of the Commonwealth Forestry Association, and former Chairman of PEFC UK.

Current Term of Office: 2011-2014

Joseph Lawson is the Global Director of Sustainable Forestry, for MeadWestvaco Corporation, and has over 30 years' experience in environmental and natural resource management. Joseph holds degrees in Forest Resource Management and Landscape Architecture/Regional Planning.

Current Term of Office: 2011-2014

Karen Brandt is the Vice President for Market Affairs of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI). Before that she led the BC Market Outreach Network, an agency of the British Colombia Government. Ms Brandt's forest experience includes six years as Senior Manager with the BC Ministry of Forests.

Current Term of Office: 2010-2013

Genevieve Chua has been working in the paper industry since 1990.  After working for KPMG as an Audit Supervisor, she was Chief Financial Officer for PaperlinX, Singapore, before assuming her current role of Managing Director for the same company.

Current Term of Office: 2010-2013

Julian Walker-Palin is a retail specialist, working as Head of Sustainability for Asda, the UK arm of Walmart, since 2007. In this role, he leads the Corporate Sustainability Team, which advises the Asda on sustainability policy and strategy.

Current Term of Office: 2010-2013