Stephen is co-Managing Partner of Stafford’s Timberland team and is responsible for client services, investment sourcing and due diligence.
Stephen was previously the Forest Business Manager for Willmott Forests where he managed large afforestation and acquisition projects. He was also a senior consultant at URS, specialising in plantation management, timberland appraisals and due diligence.
He holds a Bachelor degree in Forestry from the University of Melbourne.
Read MoreJames is responsible for portfolio management, origination, due diligence and investor reporting.
Prior to Stafford, James was a Senior Analyst at EBG Capital, an agricultural investment advisory firm, where he completed mandates for various Family Offices, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and the German International Development Agency. Before this, James was an Investment Manager at EnerCap Capital Partners in Prague, focusing on wind farm project finance and M&A in central and eastern Europe. He also has experience in carbon finance (with Climate Change Capital) and public market transactions.
James holds an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London and a BA (Hons) in Natural Sciences from Clare College, Cambridge.
Read MoreNick Anderson is an Associate on the Timber team responsible for evaluating new investment opportunities.
Prior to Stafford, Nick was an Associate at J.P. Morgan Chase responsible for underwriting debt solutions to sponsor-backed tech and life sciences companies.
Nick holds bachelor’s degrees in Finance and Philosophy from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
Yughues joined Stafford as an Investment Associate based in Brazil and is responsible for investor relations, industry research, asset due diligence, and the monitoring of investment performance with a focus on Latin America.
Previously Yughues worked for TTG/BTG from coordinating the planting of seedlings in the field to performing internal valuations. In total, holds over 15 years of experience working in forest management and consulting.
He also holds Bachelor's degrees in Forestry, Business Management, and Project Management from Universidade Federal do Paraná, FAE Business School, and FGV.
Read MoreRichard co-founded Stafford Timberland and co-developed Stafford Private Equity’s initial international expansion plan. Prior to this, Richard was CEO of Pantheon Ventures. He is involved in relationship management, strategy formulation and investment evaluation. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG in London and has a BSc Honours in Chemistry from Exeter University.
Read MoreMarek is an Investment Manager focused on investor relations, industry research, asset due diligence and monitoring of investment performance.
Prior to Stafford, he was the Forestry Director at Green Resources, a vertically integrated forest products company operating across East Africa. Previously, Marek was a Principal with Pöyry Management Consulting where he led a team providing advisory services to a wide range of stakeholders in the forest sector.
He holds Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry from the University of Stellenbosch.
Read MoreJack is an Associate in Stafford's Timberland business. Jack is responsible for portfolio management and client development across Stafford’s global investor base. Jack has a strong experience working with a variety of institutional clients to realise their investment targets across Real Asset sectors.
Prior to Stafford, Jack was at Manulife Investment Management, located in Brisbane Australia, responsible for delivering the analysis and development of the Australian and New Zealand Agricultural and Timberland portfolios.
He holds a Masters in Agribusiness from the University of Queensland supported by a Bachelors of Business, Finance and International Business from Queensland University of Technology.
Andrew is responsible for oversight and strategy for Stafford's U.S. timberland investment portfolio.
Prior to joining Stafford, Andrew held roles in risk management at Alliant Insurance Services and as Portfolio Manager & Manager of Business Development at Campbell Global, where he focused on timberland portfolio operations, strategy, acquisitions, dispositions, analytics & fundraising.
Andrew holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Oregon with a concentration in finance & economics.
Seb is an Anssociate with Stafford Timberland, and is involved in investor relations, monitoring and reporting of investment performance, asset due diligence and market research.
Prior to Stafford, he worked in the Technology Risk Management team at Natwest Markets.
Read MoreGeoff is a co-founder and non-executive director of Stafford Capital Partners, and is the company’s largest shareholder. He was the founding Chairman from 2000 – 2021. Prior to this, he founded Pantheon Ventures’ Asia Pacific operations before it was acquired by Pantheon. Geoff serves on several of Stafford’s Investment Committees, as well as a continuing role on the company’s Strategy and Remuneration Committees. He holds Bachelor degrees in law and accounting from the University of Canterbury (BComm/LLB(Hons)), a Masters degree in Management (MS) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan Fellow), is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and a New Zealand Harkness Fellow.
Read MoreDaan is involved in relationship management, investment sourcing, due diligence, negotiation and research for investments in timber.
Daan was previously with URS as a senior consultant specialising in timberland appraisals and environmental audits.
He holds a Bachelor degree in forestry with honours from the University of Melbourne and a Graduate Diploma in applied finance (FINSIA).
Read MoreJay Peay is a Vice President with Stafford Timberland and is involved in due diligence and transaction sourcing for Timberland investments.
Prior to joining Stafford, Jay was a Deals Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he focused on M&A valuations, market research, and analytics.
Jay is a Certified Public Accountant. He has a Master of Accountancy from Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management as well as a BA in Finance and Accounting from Wofford College.
Read MoreDan is an Vice President with Stafford’s Timberland team. His focus areas are market analysis, investment due diligence and operational management of timberland investments.
Prior to Stafford, Dan worked as a Forestry, ArcGIS and Bioenergy Analyst at Pöyry in both New Zealand and Australia. His experience includes: forest appraisals, asset due diligence, market trends and analysis and forecasting with a focus on the Asia Pacific region.
Dan holds a Bachelor of Forestry Science from the University of Canterbury.
Carlos Ruiz is a Vice President with Stafford Timberland and is involved in due diligence and transaction sourcing for Timberland investments.
Prior to joining Stafford, Carlos was a Transaction Manager at Manulife where he focused on Farmland and Farmland plus acquisitions in US and Canada
Carlos holds a master’s degree from the University of Georgia as well as a BS in Industrial Engineering.
Read MoreDaria Stotskaya is Carbon Associate within Stafford's Timberland team, supporting primarily with the development of the Carbon Fund.
Daria joined Stafford from South Pole, a leading climate-solutions project developer and a consultancy, where she worked within the Carbon projects team and engaged in the in-house research activities.
She holds a Masters of Sustainable Urbanism from the University College London (UCL) and a Bachelor of Science from the London School of Economics (LSE).
Henry is a Vice President with Stafford Timberland, and is involved in investor relations, asset due diligence, market research and sustainability.
Prior to Stafford, he was a Consultant at AFRY Management Consulting where he managed a range of projects including asset due diligence, valuations and market studies.
He holds a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Forestry from the University of Bangor.
Amy Zhao is Portfolio Analyst with Stafford Timberland. Her focus areas are portfolio management, investment modelling, and investor reporting.
Prior to Stafford, Amy worked as a Senior Portfolio Analyst at Challenger where she was responsible for origination, due diligence, portfolio management, and credit reporting.
Amy is a qualified Chartered Accountant with Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (CA ANZ) and holds a Master of Accounting from the University of New South Wales.
