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

Paul Speed

Director, New Forests Asia

Paul Speed, Director, New Forests Asia, is co-portfolio manager of New Forests' forestry investments in Asia and the tropical Pacific. His specialities include forest due diligence process, investment appraisal and operational management. Paul's experience spans nearly 20 years, primarily in plantation and natural forest management in tropical Asia Pacific but also includes time spent in the more temperate areas of Oceania, Africa and Central America. Before joining New Forests in 2008, Paul was a Senior Consultant with Poyry Forest Industries for seven years based first in New Zealand and then in Singapore. His worked focused on valuation and appraisals, feasibility studies and due diligences covering planted and natural forests throughout Asia Pacific with exposure also to both Africa and Central America. Prior to Poyry, Paul was a manager with the Commonwealth Development Corporation seconded to Kolombangara Forest Products Limited (KFPL) in the Solomon Islands for nine years. KFPL became the first FSC certified plantation forest in the tropical Asia Pacific in 1998. Paul gained his bachelor's degree in Pure and Applied Biology from Oxford University in 1991 and an MSc in Forestry also from Oxford in 1993. He is a full member of the New Zealand Institute of Forestry and the Incorporated Society of Planters in Malaysia. Paul is based in Singapore.

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Paul Speed

Director, New Forests Asia