BIHT

Some of the UK and Ireland’s foremost silviculturalists and forest tree breeders are working with us to study how best to ensure our future broadleaved trees will be doing all they can to help us. 

Our team consists of:

Prof. Jeffery Burley, CBE– Emeritus Director, Oxford Forestry Institute, Professorial Fellow of Green College

Dr Peter Savill, Oxford Forestry Institute, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford (retired), Fellow of Linacre College

Dr David Boshier –Senior Research Associate Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford

Dr Rodrigo Olave – Team Leader, Agri Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI, Loughgall, Co. Armagh)

Dr Andrew Barbour – Estate Manager, Atholl Estates

Jo Clark – Forest Research Manager, Earth Trust, Oxfordshire

Dr Gabriel Hemery – CEO, Sylva Foundation, Oxfordshire

Karen Russell – Lockhart Garratt Ltd (and formerly a researcher at East Malling Research)

Dr Douglas Malcolm – University of Edinburgh (retired)

Pat Doody – Seed manager, Coillte, Co. Carlow

Rob Sykes, Project Support Officer, Forest Research, Roslin

Gerry Douglas – Forestry Researcher, Teagasc, Kinsealy, Dublin

John Fennessy – Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Dublin

Dr Michael Carey – Coillte Ireland (retired)

Graham Taylor – Pryor and Rickett Silviculture

Rik Pakenham – Chiltern Forestry

Geraint Richards – Head Forester, Duchy of Cornwall

Tim Rowland – Development Officer

John Davis - Treasurer