Praveen has conducted more than 100 FSC Chain of Custody and five (5) Controlled Wood audits/assessments in India, Nepal and United Arab Emirates. He has extensive experience conducting audits for different industries such as printing and packaging, …

… for managing the auditor qualification, maintaining the standard accreditation and providing client services. Lisa … for all Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Agriculture Standard (RA SAS) Chain of Custody (CoC) and Farm audits in …

Peiying provides support to companies choosing to mainstream sustainability into their business practices by scheduling and implementing risk assessment and mitigation activities, aimed at meeting the requirements of the EU Timber Regulation. Previously, …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

Michal is responsible for planning and conducting Chain of Custody certification assessments. Michal studied Environmental Studies in Technical University in Zvolen, Faculty of Forestry and Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences. During his …

Violeta has a degree in forest engineering from the Agrarian National University (UNALM) in Perú. She began her career in the Peruvian Forestry Research Institute where she conducted a diversity of studies and monitored plantations and natural forests in …

Marimuthuram began his career working for the USAID Forest PLUS program as a Research Associate. In this role, he travelled extensively in India, having project landscapes in Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka, to implement monitoring, …

His other responsibilities are to help Preferred by Nature establish strong internal controls, to ensure accurate finance information and to ensure compliance with accounting standards across all of our LATAM entities. Omar joined Preferred by Nature in …

Liis provides assistance to Preferred by Nature’s Executive Director in a variety of activities ranging from everyday tasks to supporting internal and external projects. … As a personal assistant to the Executive Director of Preferred by Nature, Liis …

… Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) and Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) in Europe. Rasmus …

Tereza has more than 14 years of experience in human resources. She has worked for international automotive and IT companies as an HR Business Partner and HR Manager.  She studied Economics and Management at the Mendel University in Brno. Tereza joined …

Trang brings with her over 5 years of experience in the accounting and financial sectors. Previously, she worked for Commonwealth Bank of Australia in the Finance and Accounting Department. In that role, she handled the payment processes within the bank …