Chairman

Board Members

Ross Bradshaw, Managing Director of TSP, a leading supplier of thinprint paper has worked in the paper manufacturing industry for over twenty years. He is a member of the Paper Agents Association Environmental Committee and a Freeman of Stationers’ Hall. Ross joined the PEFC UK Board in July 2006.

Julia Griffin is a member of B&Q’s Social Responsibility team and her area of expertise is timber.  B&Q is a UK home improvement retailer, owned by Kingfisher PLC.  Julia works with the Commercial, Quality Assurance teams and suppliers to monitor timber and forest products sourced by the business to ensure they meet the requirements of B&Q’s Timber Policy. She is also responsible for reporting performance to the B&Q Board, the Kingfisher Board and the WWF UK Forest and Trade Network (FTN).  Julia has been the timber expert in B&Q’s Social Responsibility team for almost five years and has first-hand experience of the practicalities and challenges associated with implementing and adhering to a responsible timber sourcing policy.

Hugh Miller graduated in forestry from the University of Aberdeen in 1964. For the next two decades he led research into forest biogeochemistry at the Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, during which time he published extensively and in 1981 was awarded the Scientific Achievement Award of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations.  In 1984 he was appointed Professor and Head of the Department of Forestry in the University of Aberdeen, retiring in 2004.  He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Foresters and was President from 1994 to 1996.  In 2007, the Institute awarded him its Medal.  He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1985.

John Sanderson is Director, Global Environmental Market Support for UPM Kymmene, a global forest products group with core businesses in printing papers, speciality papers, label materials and wood products. John has worked exclusively for UPM since graduating from the University of Wales over twenty years ago with a degree in wood science and forestry. Increasing environmental focus and concern from UPM's customers has led to an unprecedented increase in demand for environmental education, commitment and performance from suppliers. John's current role is designed to address this market interest head on by educating customers and end users about the industry’s sustainability credentials.

Rob Shaw, FICFor, CMIOSH, graduated from Aberdeen University in 1988 and joined Scottish Woodlands Ltd. In 1998 he helped achieved FSC Resource and Group Scheme Management status for the Company, a first within the UK. As QESM Manager for the Company he is now responsible for a range of internal systems and accreditations. Between 1999 and 2002 he carried out international Certification Consultancy work in Latvia, and Slovakia. In 2007 he was appointed SEQ & Contracts Director and oversees the Utility and Landscaping Division in addition to Certification and Safety issues.

Geoff Skinner has worked in the UK Timber Trade for over forty years; principally involved with importation and distribution. He spent thirty four years with Meyer International and Jewson, and the past seven at Crown Timber. In 2008 he left Crown to form his own consultancy company, Skinner Associates. Geoff has been a PEFC (UK) board member since 2005.

William Walker trained at Aberdeen University in the 1960’s before embarking on a career in forest management during which time he was responsible for some of the largest privately owned afforestation programmes completed in the Borders during the seventies and eighties.  In the late 1980’s he established an environmental forest consultancy practice which led him to specialise in forest certification and the development of Forest Standards. He served as PEFC UK’s National Secretary from 2005-2009.

Mark Weatherbed’s current role is European Head of Category – Paper & Envelopes for Williams Lea, the UK’s largest print management company.  He is responsible for all paper and envelope procurement; currently in excess of 100,000 tonnes per annum for the Williams Lea Group in the UK and Europe and for ensuring that corporate sustainability programmes are properly implemented throughout the Group.  Prior to joining Williams Lea, Mark held a variety of senior positions within the print, paper and publishing industries.