Name and Title |
Office |
Specialisation |
Michael Barbara |
Sydney |
Carbon standards and policy, eco product project development |
David Brand |
Sydney | Forestry investment strategy business management, forest management |
Mike Brand |
Sydney | Web and print design and development |
James Bullen |
Sydney | Forestry operational management, tropical and temperate silviculture |
Maree Candish |
Kota Kinabalu | Forestry and eco product asset evaluation and management |
James Davies |
Sydney | Fund and transaction management, investment structuring, private equity |
Hanafi Guciano |
Bali | Project finance and management, green development and Indonesia |
Benjamin Guillon |
Washington D.C. | Investment and financial analysis, U.S. carbon and biodiversity markets |
MaryKate Hanlon |
San Francisco | Forestry and environmental market analysis, forest carbon policy and markets |
Angela Howard |
Sydney | Investment structuring, legal due diligence, funds management |
Kay Kallweit |
Sydney | Carbon accounting and project development, Carbon markets Australia, New Zealand and CDM |
Radha Kuppalli |
Washington D.C. | Eco product investment strategy, fund management |
Keith Lamb |
Sydney | Forestry operational management, strategic asset management |
Gavin Le Roux |
Sydney | Corporate finance, governance |
Megan Mattox Struthers |
Sydney | Forestry operational management, forestry investment analysis |
Marisa Meizlish |
San Francisco | Eco product marketing and project development, U.S., Kyoto and voluntary carbon market analysis |
Ros Mitchell |
Sydney | Administration, office management |
Nick O'Brien |
Sydney | Strategic forestry asset modelling, carbon accounting |
Amrita Patil |
San Francisco | Environmental market analysis |
Susanne Pile |
Washington D.C. | Administration, office management |
Darius Sarshar |
Kota Kinabalu | Forestry certification, eco product investment structuring and asset management |
Melissa Scully |
Sydney | Corporate finance, client reporting |
Dave Shelton |
Sydney | Forestry investment and investment structuring, natural resouce management |
Brian Shillinglaw |
San Francisco | U.S. and international environmental and forest carbon policy |
David Skilton |
Sydney | Forestry estate modelling and valuation, carbon analysis |
Paul Speed |
Kota Kinabalu | Forestry investment analysis and valuation, tropical forest management |
Ben Taine |
Kota Kinabalu | Corporate finance, client reporting |
Rosemarie Wee |
Kota Kinabalu | Administration, office management |
David Brand
Managing Director
Dr. David Brand, Managing Director, has over twenty-five years experience in business management, investment management, science, public policy, public administration and international affairs. David is the founder of New Forests Pty Limited and has experience working with a wide range of public and private sector organisations in the forestry sector. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Washington, DC-based organisation Forest Trends and of Environment Business Australia and also serves on the Council of the World Economic Forum. Previously he was director of the New Forests Program with Hancock Natural Resource Group (HNRG), and was responsible for the design and oversight of investment programs that integrated timber management with emerging environmental market opportunities. Prior to joining HNRG, David was the Executive General Manager of State Forests of NSW. In that position he led pioneering transactions in the commercial development of environmental markets in New South Wales, Australia. From 1985-1995 he worked with the Canadian Forest Service as a scientist, director of scientific programs and ultimately as national Director-General of Science and Sustainable Development. He has a PhD from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor of Science in Forestry from the University of Toronto in Canada. David is based in Sydney.
