Name and Title	Location	Specialisation
Michael Barbara Manager, Acquisitions	Sydney	Timberland acquisitions and asset management, eco product development
Allison Blair Land Administrator	Sydney	Leasing, land title administration, property due diligence
Maria Bosman Senior Analyst, Resource Management Systems	Sydney	Forestry operations, resource management systems
David Brand Managing Director	Sydney	Forestry investment strategy, business management, forest management
David Brentlinger Director of Operations and Investments, United States	San Francisco	Investment management, financial structuring, real estate
James Bullen Manager, Operations, Australia-Pacific	Sydney	Tropical and temperate forest operations, FSC forest management
James Davies Head of Funds Management	Sydney	Fund and transaction management, investment structuring, private equity
Benjamin Guillon Manager, Mitigation Investment and Policy	San Francisco	Investment and financial analysis, U.S. wetland, carbon and biodiversity markets
Merril Halley Project Manager, Malua Biobank	Kota Kinabalu	Conservation management, community forestry
MaryKate Hanlon Senior Analyst	Sydney	Environmental market analysis, forest carbon policy and markets, REDD
Kym Hooper Chief Operating Officer	Sydney	Corporate and financial management systems
Radha Kuppalli Director, Client Relations and Marketing	Washington, D.C.	Client relations, eco product investment strategy, fund management
Keith Lamb Director, Operations, Australia-Pacific	Sydney	Forestry operational management, strategic asset management
Gavin Le Roux Director, Finance	Sydney	Corporate finance, governance
Phil Mason Operations Manager	Melbourne	Plantation forest silviculture, forest valuation, inventory and planning systems
Desiree McClammey Office Administrator	San Francisco	Accounting, office management and operations
Ros Mitchell Office Manager	Sydney	Administration, office management
Amanda Naismith Senior Analyst, Operations	Sydney	Natural resource management
Nick O'Brien Director, Resource Management Systems	Sydney	Strategic forestry asset modelling, carbon accounting
Darius Sarshar Director, New Forests Asia	Singapore	Forest investment management, carbon & biodiversity markets, FSC certification
Melissa Scully Financial Accountant	Sydney	Corporate finance, client reporting
Dave Shelton Director, Investment Programs	Sydney	Forestry investment and investment structuring, natural resouce management
Brian Shillinglaw Manager, Carbon Investments and Policy	San Francisco	Forest carbon investment, conservation finance, US and international carbon policy
David Skilton Manager, Resource Management Systems	New Zealand	Forestry estate modelling and valuation, carbon analysis
Paul Speed Director, New Forests Asia	Singapore	Forestry investment analysis and valuation, tropical forest management
Megan Struthers Manager, Resource Management Systems	New Zealand	Forestry operational management, timberland investment analysis
Adrian Vis Manager, Agricultural Investments	Sydney	Agricultural asset management

Darius Sarshar

Director, New Forests Asia

Darius Sarshar, Director, New Forests Asia, is a portfolio manager for New Forests' forestry assets in tropical Asia and is responsible for forestry acquisitions, investment committee approvals, portfolio management and fund governance. He also oversees implementation of the Social and Environmental Management System and environmental market investments in Asia. This includes developing upside revenue opportunities from carbon and biodiversity for forestry assets and direct management of projects such as the Malua Wildlife Habitat Conservation Bank and REDD investments for private account clients. Darius has nearly 20 years experience working in forestry in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe. Prior to joining New Forests, he worked as a consultant to WWF where he worked on partnerships with leading tropical forestry companies and major timber buyers, advised on certification policy and worked with leading commercial and investment banks in Asia on forestry investment policies. He has also worked as Director of the market-leading SGS global FSC certification programme, Qualifor, following periods in plantation management in the UK and Tanzania (Commonwealth Development Corporation), community forestry (Concern Worldwide, World Bank) and field biology (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute). Darius has a Bachelor (Honours) in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge, UK, an MSc in Forestry from the University of Oxford and an MBA from the Melbourne Business School. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Forest Trends Business & Biodiversity Offset Programme. He is based in Singapore.

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Darius Sarshar

Director, New Forests Asia