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 …

… schemes including the Forest Stewardship Council TM (FSC TM ), Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), Programme …

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, …

Guangxin works with the Quality and Assurance teams to ensure successful and efficient maintenance of third-party accreditations, serving as a liaison with accreditation bodies for auditing, inquiries and other accreditation issues. Guangxin has over 11 …

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 …

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 …

James is a Senior Specialist in Forestry with Preferred by Nature and a Registered Professional Forester in Ontario with over 8 years of experience in forest and resource management. James has been with Preferred by Nature since 2020, having completed ISO …

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, …

Wendy juggles multiple tasks before the implementation of the audits for the Rainforest Alliance programme which are identifying equipment, arranging the logistics, providing support to the auditors where applicable, and reviewing reports outlining the …

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 …

Rasmus has a background in biology and horticulture. Prior to working as an auditor, Rasmus worked as a Technical Advisor in an international substrate-producing company consulting growers in many regions of the world. Rasmus serves as a Senior Supply …

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 …

Yiqing Huang provides certification administration services support and up-to-date information to auditors and for clients in the region on issues related to trademark policies, standards, procedures, in a timely manner. Her other responsibilities include …

As a Manager in Supply Chains, Julie works with clients holding multifaceted certification scopes and conducts complex Forest Stewardship Council™ (FSC™) Chain of Custody and Controlled Wood audits. She holds a MSc. in Environmental Sciences and became an …