… activities. She has vast knowledge and understanding of the international timber legality requirements. Peiying Zhou …

Chloé studied political science and law at Sciences Po, where she focused on international law, public policy and cooperation in environmental protection.  She began her professional career in Côte d'Ivoire where she implemented and monitored a legal …

Iwan oversees the development and implementation of agriculture audits in the Asia-Pacific Region. He ensures efficiency, quality control and adherence to appropriate agriculture technical and administration certification protocols. He also serves as a …

Rosie supports companies with Preferred by Nature’s ResponsibleSource service to map and assess risk in supply chains on forest-impact commodities, including oil palm, soy and beef. In addition, she also delivers external capacity building training. Rosie …

Laura began her career in the areas of administration for private companies and government institutions. In June 2006, she joined the Rainforest Alliance office in Oaxaca, Mexico. She started in the administration unit, focused on forest certification …

As a Senior Forestry Manager in Preferred by Nature, Cu oversees regional forestry teams, which includes monitoring their performance and ensuring timeliness and quality across all audits. He is also involved in identifying clients for key account …

Makayla graduated from Aquinas College in 2016 with a degree in Sustainable Business. She has experience with internal and external auditing. Makayla is an external auditor for various schemes including the Forest Stewardship Council TM (FSC TM ), …

Ouattara is an agricultural engineer with more than 10 years’ experience in sustainable agriculture, especially in providing technical support for cooperatives and exporters. In 2013, she started working for the Rainforest Alliance business unit, RA-Cert, …

… of Medicinal Materials in Vietnam. He was certified as an internal inspector according to Good Agricultural and …

Mai has over seven years of experience in the accounting industry. Prior to joining Preferred by Nature, she worked for a Japanese company for six years, which has equipped her professional knowledge, cautiousness, time management skill and to always keep …

Jakob is a member of Preferred by Nature’s executive management group. He is a specialist in Sustainable Tropical Forest Management, including Community Forest Management, Forest Certification, Timber Legality, Agroforestry and Forest Monitoring. He has …

… and HR support to Preferred by Nature staff in China. Beyond administrative tasks, she is also responsible …

Leonid graduated from the Forestry Department of Kharkiv National Agricultural University, Ukraine. After graduating from his postgraduate degree at the Ukrainian Research Institute of Forestry and Forest Melioration, he worked at the institute for more …

Linda provides accounting and financial support to all Preferred by Nature legal entities in Africa. She is a highly organised and seasoned accounting and financial specialist, with more than ten (10) years’ experience working in diverse financial roles …

Josette began her career in December 2011 after completing her training as a Rainforest Alliance, UTZ Certified and Cocoa Practices auditor. Throughout her career, she has freelanced for several certification bodies including Rainforest Alliance’s …

She has over 9 years of experience in the financial and administrative management of multinational projects funded under European Commission (FP7, Horizon2020, etc.) and national programmes; supported by more than 15 years of practice in an accounting …

Prior to joining Preferred by Nature, Gabriel worked as a Forest Engineer at the Polytechnical University of Valencia. He had also worked in the Spanish Confederation of Woodworking Industries, from 2009 to 2013. In this role, he provided technical …

Joris has experience with FSC and PEFC Chain of Custody and Forest Management certification with from his earlier career in the Netherlands and Suriname, where he worked with sourcing sustainable timber from South America and with sustainable forest …

… conservation projects globally including within the UK, China, India and the USA. … James is responsible for …

… Ecology and Environmental Sciences. During his studies, he interned as a field researcher of primary forests in the Carpathian Mountains. He also completed his internship monitoring dust deposition in Iceland.   He …