Gary is the Chief Executive of Woodknowledge Wales (www.woodknowledgewales.co.uk), which is a for-public-good member organisation focused upon the transformation of Wales into a high value forest nation. Gary is also co-founder and Chair of the Alliance for Sustainable Building Products – an organisation committed to bringing product sustainability, resource use and the principles of the circular economy to the centre of the construction debate. Gary is a construction engineer by training and early career. After completing a wood science masters at Bangor University, Gary established Plant Fibre Technology Ltd and has been instrumental in taking a number of plant based products from concept to market. In recent years Gary has acted in a consultancy capacity for governments in both Cardiff and Westminster focused on the strategic development of forest industries in general and the use of timber in construction in particular.
Contact Gary at: gary@asbp.org.uk