John Eckford Email & Phone Number

Auckland, New Zealand

Co-founded Forest Alpha to support institutional investors, TIMOs, Iwi groups, and other corporate clients achieve their timberland investment objectives.

Auckland, New Zealand

Working directly with RMS leadership and clients to deliver business-critical outcomes for RMS growth projects.

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Led a global team of forestry investment professionals responsible for strategic planning and financial modeling to support acquisitions and investment decisions for RMS's portfolio of timberland assets across the US South, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand and China.

Auckland, New Zealand

Working with a small team of senior forestry and investment professionals in New Zealand, developed an acquisition modeling and evaluation process to support RMS's Asia Pacific investment strategy. Completed transaction due diligence supported the successful acquisition of RMS's first assets in the region.

San Francisco, California, United States

Provided analysis, modelling and valuation services for clients interested in forestry investments with particular emphasis on emerging markets (carbon offsets, biodiversity credits etc.) and financial modelling for traditional forestry acquisitions in Australia, New Zealand and South-East Asia.

Auckland, New Zealand

Providing investment and land evaluation advice to a client interested in large-scale carbon forestry programs in New Zealand and Brazil.

London, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for budgeting, financial forecasting and controlling for a supply chain cost centre of €60 million. Worked closely with the Supply Chain Director to improve cross-functional processes and with the Systems Business Planner on integrated reporting tools that delivered significant improvements in tracking of both physical product flows and costs.

Tokoroa, Waikato, New Zealand

Reporting to the General Manager, Operations, responsible for leading a team working directly with operations managers and engineering staff to develop and maintain integrated supply plans for the annual harvest of 2 million tonnes of logs. Increased plan compliance by 10% and reduced working capital by $600k through improved plans.

Tokoroa, Waikato, New Zealand

Reporting to the National Planning Manager, worked closely with operations staff to maintain the master production schedule. Developed analytical and reporting tools to measure performance to plan and improve forecast accuracy.

Auckland, New Zealand

Seconded as a business expert on a $7 million project to design and implement an integrated SAP/Oracle ERP system for Carter Holt Harvey Forests. Reporting to the Land Database Project Manager, collaborated with other internal experts, external consultants, and contract software developers through all parts of the software development lifecycle. Developed.

Tokoroa, Waikato, New Zealand

Part of a small team of analysts reporting to the Business Planning Manager. Responsible for a wide range of projects and ongoing work focused on strategic planning and asset valuation. Developed analytical and reporting tools to measure performance to plan and improve forecast accuracy.

Bac, Business/Commerce, General

Exchange, Forestry

Bachelor'S Degree (Hons), Forestry