Peter has been a member of the New Zealand Institute of Forestry since 1984. He spent 15 years in the Forestry Sector  up to 1996 where with a multi-disciplinary back ground of a Forestry degree, Chartered Accountant and a MBA he held a diverse range of roles. Peter has previously served on the NZIF Council in the 1990’s. 

Then up to 2017  Peter held senior roles in the public and private sector across the Transport, Infrastructure, Industrial Chemicals, Property and Fund Management sectors. Peter returned to the sector in 2017. Peter is currently the Chief Executive  of New Zealand Carbon Farming, the largest New Zealand owner of planted managed forests, and largest supplier of Carbon Credits in NZ.  Peter served on Council 1994-1996 and 2018-2020.

Peter is  New Zealand Institute of Forestry Registered Forestry Professional, Chairman of the Registration Board (since 2018) and hopes his range of experiences can contribute to growing community recognition of the positive and value add role of the professional forester.

David was appointed as the independent member of the Registration Board in 2015. He is a civil engineering graduate from Canterbury University, a Fellow of the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand and has been a board member of the Institution of Professional Engineers, the Engineers Registration Board and the Chartered Professional Engineers Council. He is currently employed as an Environment Commissioner with the Environment Court. Prior to this, he worked in senior roles for a large firm of consulting engineers, architects and planners. He has worked on physical infrastructure projects in New Zealand, Australia, the UK and in many developing countries in the Asia Pacific region

Geoff is the newcomer to the Registration Board and says he looks forward to representing the views of the Institute membership, however they are presented to him.

Geoff is one of a vanishing breed – foresters trained under the New Zealand Forest Service training scheme who attended an overseas forestry school. He was the last Kiwi to graduate from the Oxford School of Forestry Science.

After graduation, Geoff worked in a number of New Zealand Forest Service positions in Head Office, the Forest Research Institute, Waipa Sawmill, Kaingaroa Forest, the Forestry Training Centre and in Dunedin. He joined Dunedin's Tasman Forestry Ltd in 1981 and worked for nine years in Otago/Southland, Nelson/Marlborough, and as a visiting lecturer at the School of Forestry. After that he was forest manager for the Christchurch City Council, then the Wellington Regional Council.

In 2000 Geoff became self-employed and successfully applied for recognition as a registered forestry consultant. His main areas of consulting work have been in rural fire project management, rural fire protection reviews and environmental (mainly FSC certification) auditing. Geoff joined the NZIF in 1970, and held the positions of Newsletter Editor and Councillor between 1982 and 1988. He was Secretary for the then Wellington Section from 2001 to 2003, and has been on the organising committees for several Institute conferences.

Geoff was elected as a Fellow in 2012.

Peter has been a member of the New Zealand Institute of Forestry since 1984. He spent 15 years in the Forestry Sector  up to 1996 where with a multi-disciplinary back ground of a Forestry degree, Chartered Accountant and a MBA he held a diverse range of roles. Peter has previously served on the NZIF Council in the 1990’s. 

Then up to 2017  Peter held senior roles in the public and private sector across the Transport, Infrastructure, Industrial Chemicals, Property and Fund Management sectors. Peter returned to the sector in 2017. Peter is currently the Chief Executive  of New Zealand Carbon Farming, the largest New Zealand owner of planted managed forests, and largest supplier of Carbon Credits in NZ.  Peter served on Council 1994-1996 and 2018-2020.

Peter is  New Zealand Institute of Forestry Registered Forestry Professional, Chairman of the Registration Board (since 2018) and hopes his range of experiences can contribute to growing community recognition of the positive and value add role of the professional forester.

Silvicultural Scientist and Portfolio Leader of Designing Forests - Mahi Tahi Whaihua at Scion (New Zealand Forest Research Institute).

Scion is a Crown research institute that specialises in research, science and technology development for the forestry, wood product, wood-derived materials, and other biomaterial sectors. 

The Designing Forests - Mahi Tahi Wahihua portfolio is focused on sustainable forest systems designed around the needs and values of communities, specifically the benefits from standing trees.  The portfolio includes research focused on sequestration of carbon in forests for climate change mitigation; forests for the protection of soil, water and biodiversity; wilding conifer control; integration of trees into agricultural systems; urban forests; and, complex forest systems with mixed-species or multiple-ages managed for multiple benefits.

My own research applies forest ecology principles to the sustainable management of our forests for a variety of benefits including carbon sequestration, climate change adaption, mitigating  hazardous wildfires, protection of soil and water, healthy forests, conservation and biodiversity, aesthetics and recreation, and wood production.  With over twenty years of experience working in forestry, science and academia, I have worked in a wide variety of forest ecosystems, including native forests and exotic forest plantations of New Zealand, mixed-hardwoods in eastern United States, and the conifer forests of the Southern Rockies.

Andrew has been involved in New Zealand forestry since 1962. He is a NZIF Registered Forester and an NZIF Fellow. He served on the NZIF Council as a Councillor (2003-04), Vice President (2004-08) and President (2008-14). He was elected as a NZIF registered member representative to the Board in 2016.  He was part of the small NZIF team that pursued (for over 5 years) and eventually succeeded in obtaining an exemption under the Real Estate Agents Act for Registered Members of NZIF.  He chaired the NZIF Foundation from 2011 to early 2022.

The first half of his career was with the NZ Forest Service in general forestry and research. He was very involved in the corporatisation and then privatisation of the former State forests, along with Treaty of Waitangi issues and settlements involving forests and forest land in the 1980s and 90s. 

Andrew has received a number of awards, including the NZIF Thomas Kirk Award in 2014, a Commonwealth Forestry Association Award of Excellence in 2015 and was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for services to forestry in the 2016 New Year’s Honours.

Andrew strongly believes that registration is a way for a forestry professional to demonstrate they aspire to high professional standards. It follows the President Kennedy quote of “ask not what registration can do for you, ask what registration says about you as a professional”. Andrew is concerned that too many NZIF members still think of registration of interest only to consultants, rather than as a professional standard all should aspire to achieve.

Ellanese is a Registered Member of the NZIF and has been a member of the Registration Board for 3 years. She holds a Bachelor of Forestry Science degree from the University of Canterbury (2000) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Business from the University of Auckland (2017). Ellanese has worked in the New Zealand Forest industry in technical, forest management and consulting roles and hopes to bring to the Board the perspective of a mid-career practicing registered consultant.

It has been a real privilege to be a member of the NZIF Registration Board over the past two terms providing continuity in this time of flex in the industry.

My most recent forestry experience has involved harvesting a family woodlot this year.

I studied forestry at Canterbury University, then worked as a technical forester for the New Zealand Forest Service (NZFS), Forest Research Institute (FRI), NZ Timberlands, Carter Holt Harvey Forestry, Forestry Corporation and Fletcher Challenge Forests, as well as completing short contracts in Scotland and Indonesia over the years.

After a (another) major restructuring round, I went travelling and ended up in London where I worked as a consultant commercial risk manager for over 13 years; running my own company for 10 years. I worked on mostly rail construction projects ranging from smallish station re-builds (£250k) to major rail reconfigurations worth several billions of pounds, including the Thameslink programme, on behalf of both client organisations and major contractors.

Highlights of my forestry career have included being the only female forester  working for NZ Timberlands in forest management. NZ Timberlands managed 50% of the NZ plantation forest estate in those days. And, am so proud to be nominated for a long-service award (20 years) as a member of my local fire unit.

Geoff is the newcomer to the Registration Board and says he looks forward to representing the views of the Institute membership, however they are presented to him.

Geoff is one of a vanishing breed – foresters trained under the New Zealand Forest Service training scheme who attended an overseas forestry school. He was the last Kiwi to graduate from the Oxford School of Forestry Science.

After graduation, Geoff worked in a number of New Zealand Forest Service positions in Head Office, the Forest Research Institute, Waipa Sawmill, Kaingaroa Forest, the Forestry Training Centre and in Dunedin. He joined Dunedin's Tasman Forestry Ltd in 1981 and worked for nine years in Otago/Southland, Nelson/Marlborough, and as a visiting lecturer at the School of Forestry. After that he was forest manager for the Christchurch City Council, then the Wellington Regional Council.

In 2000 Geoff became self-employed and successfully applied for recognition as a registered forestry consultant. His main areas of consulting work have been in rural fire project management, rural fire protection reviews and environmental (mainly FSC certification) auditing. Geoff joined the NZIF in 1970, and held the positions of Newsletter Editor and Councillor between 1982 and 1988. He was Secretary for the then Wellington Section from 2001 to 2003, and has been on the organising committees for several Institute conferences.

Geoff was elected as a Fellow in 2012.

It has been a real privilege to be a member of the NZIF Registration Board over the past two terms providing continuity in this time of flex in the industry.

My most recent forestry experience has involved harvesting a family woodlot this year.

I studied forestry at Canterbury University, then worked as a technical forester for the New Zealand Forest Service (NZFS), Forest Research Institute (FRI), NZ Timberlands, Carter Holt Harvey Forestry, Forestry Corporation and Fletcher Challenge Forests, as well as completing short contracts in Scotland and Indonesia over the years.

After a (another) major restructuring round, I went travelling and ended up in London where I worked as a consultant commercial risk manager for over 13 years; running my own company for 10 years. I worked on mostly rail construction projects ranging from smallish station re-builds (£250k) to major rail reconfigurations worth several billions of pounds, including the Thameslink programme, on behalf of both client organisations and major contractors.

Highlights of my forestry career have included being the only female forester  working for NZ Timberlands in forest management. NZ Timberlands managed 50% of the NZ plantation forest estate in those days. And, am so proud to be nominated for a long-service award (20 years) as a member of my local fire unit.