our team…
the EWF team
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Tom Compton
Managing Director
BSc Hons (Forestry), MICFor
E: tom@englishwoodlandstimber.co.uk
M: 07715 705334
Tom joined the company as Managing Director in 1989?? He is also co-director of English Woodlands Timber – our sister company in Sussex which sells quality timber for furniture, joinery and building.
Woodland and estate management
Timber valuation, grading and marketing
Project management and budgeting
Woodlands and landscape in South East of England
Species selection
Stakeholder engagement and networks
Winner of RFS award in Excellence in Silviculture 2019 (Shere Manor Estate)
Diploma in business management
Alison Field
Non-executive Director
BSc Hons (Forestry), FICfor
Alison joined the business in 2019 with over 30 years’ experience in forestry. She was previously the Forestry Commission’s Area Director for South East and London and Manager of the New Forest.
Project funding and delivery
Carbon budgeting
Woodland creation
Farm woodlands
Fellow and Council member of the Institute of Chartered Foresters
Trustee of the National Forest Company
Trustee of Confor Education and Provident Fund
Member of the Editorial Panel Quarterly Journal of Forestry
Facilitator of Winchester to River Test farm cluster group.
Laura Henderson:
Forestry Business Lead
BA (Hons), MSc (Ecology), MICFor
E: laura@englishwoodlandsforestry.co.uk
T: 07731 591888
Laura joined the company in 2021. She previously worked for the Forestry Commission in the development of new grants, as a woodland officer and as a biodiversity research scientist for Forest Research.
Grants
Regulations
Stakeholder and public liasion
Marketing
Project management
Ecological surveys
Member of Confor Advisory Board
Thomas Simmons
Senior Forest Manager
MICFor FdSc (Forestry and Woodland Management)
E: Thomas@englishwoodlandsforestry.co.uk
T: 07912 547570
Thomas has been with the company since 2017 after several years of running his own independent forestry consultancy in the South East of England.
Woodland management planning
Woodland Management Operations
Infrastructure – building and improving
Woodland Creation and carbon code
Timber mensuration
Operational contracts
Ecological surveys
Client liaison
Diploma in countryside management
Josh Diplock
Forest Manager/Arboriculturist
FdSc (Forestry and woodland management)
LANTRA (Professional Tree Inspection)
E: Josh@englishwoodlandsforestry.co.uk
T: 07902 331333
Josh joined the company in 2015 whilst completing his forestry degree. He is a fully qualified tree safety inspector.
Tree Risk Surveys
Tree Risk Management Plans
Arboriculture operations
Tree health
Woodland Management Plans
Woodland Management Operations
Technician grade member of Arboricultural Association
Jack Smith
Forest Manager
FdSc (Forestry and woodland management)
E: Jack@englishwoodlandsforestry.co.uk
T: 07922 427599
Jack joined the company in 2020 following his forestry degree and four years’ experience of practical woodland management.
GIS Digital Mapping
Woodland Management Operations
Woodland Management Planning
Woodland creation and carbon
Operational contracts
Woodland surveys
Tom Compton
Managing Director
BSc Hons (Forestry), MICFor
E: tom@englishwoodlandstimber.co.uk
M: 07715 705334
Tom joined the company as Managing Director in 1989?? He is also co-director of English Woodlands Timber – our sister company in Sussex which sells quality timber for furniture, joinery and building.
Woodland and estate management
Timber valuation, grading and marketing
Project management and budgeting
Woodlands and landscape in South East of England
Species selection
Stakeholder engagement and networks
Winner of RFS award in Excellence in Silviculture 2019 (Shere Manor Estate)
Diploma in business management
Alison Field
Non-executive Director
BSc Hons (Forestry), FICfor
Alison joined the business in 2019 with over 30 years’ experience in forestry. She was previously the Forestry Commission’s Area Director for South East and London and Manager of the New Forest.
Project funding and delivery
Carbon budgeting
Woodland creation
Farm woodlands
Fellow and Council member of the Institute of Chartered Foresters
Trustee of the National Forest Company
Trustee of Confor Education and Provident Fund
Member of the Editorial Panel Quarterly Journal of Forestry
Facilitator of Winchester to River Test farm cluster group.
Laura Henderson:
Forestry Business Lead
BA (Hons), MSc (Ecology), MICFor
E: laura@englishwoodlandsforestry.co.uk
T: 07731 591888
Laura joined the company in 2021. She previously worked for the Forestry Commission in the development of new grants, as a woodland officer and as a biodiversity research scientist for Forest Research.
Grants
Regulations
Stakeholder and public liasion
Marketing
Project management
Ecological surveys
Member of Confor Advisory Board
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ENGLISH WOODLANDS FORESTRY LTD.
Cocking Sawmills
Cocking
West Sussex
GU29 0HS
T: 01730 816941
E: Email us
Co. Reg. No.: 9472697
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