United KingdomActing Chairman
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.
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Board Members
Ross Bradshaw, Managing Director of TSP, a leading supplier of thin print paper has worked in the paper manufacturing industry for over twenty years. He chairs the Paper Agents Association Environmental Committee and a Liveryman of Stationers’ Hall. Ross joined the PEFC UK Board in July 2006.
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Julia Griffin is a member of B&Q’s Social Responsibility team and her area of expertise is timber. B&Q is a
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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
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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. Between 1999 and 2002 he carried out international Certification Consultancy work in Latvia, and Slovakia. In 2007 he was appointed SEQ & Contracts Director and now oversees the Utility and Landscaping Division in addition to Certification and Safety issues. Scottish Woodlands runs one of the largest Group Certification schemes in the UK, and is dual-certified, with the ability to supply both FSC and PEFC labelled timber into the major markets.
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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 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 this, Mark held a variety of senior positions within the print, paper and publishing industries.
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