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All change at the top of PEFC UK
John Kirkby has been appointed as the new executive director of PEFC UK and will replace Alun Watkins as the new head of the organisation.
After 13 years heading up PEFC in the UK, present executive director Alun Watkins retired at the end of June 2023. Since joining PEFC UK in January 2010, Mr Watkins has worked tirelessly with stakeholders from all sectors of the forest products supply chain – from the construction and forestry sectors to furniture and latterly, even fashion, to promote the benefits of PEFC certification and the role of certified material in helping to meet global low carbon targets. His successor John Kirkby was most recently principal technical consultant at 2C Consultancy Ltd and he is well versed in the world of certification and the demands of forestry.
Above: John Kirkby is PEFC UK’s new executive director
Since graduating with a degree in Forestry Management from the University of Aberdeen in 2001, Mr Kirkby has
Neil Donaldson announced as next captain of The R&A
ambassador for the club and attend R&A championships around the world. Mr Donaldson became a member of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club in 1992 and has served on a number of committees, including as chairman of the Club Committee, deputy chairman of the General Committee, chairman of the Heritage Committee and he was the first chairman of the Nominations Sub-Committee. He also served on the board of the then British Golf Museum.
Above: Neil Donaldson is the new captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club PHOTO: THE R&A
President of the Donaldson Group and 2020 TTJ Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Neil Donaldson, has been announced as the next captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.
Mr Donaldson has been nominated by the past captains of the club and will begin his year in office with the traditional driving-in ceremony on the first tee of the Old Course on September 22, 2023. As the captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club, he will serve as an
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“It’s a real honour to be taking on this historic role as the captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club,” said Mr Donaldson. “I’m extremely proud to have been nominated by the former captains and look forward to representing golf, the club and The R&A for the year ahead.”
A successful businessman for more than 45 years, Mr Donaldson has enjoyed a long career in the timber industry and is a passionate supporter of timber. In 1988 he became the first Scottish chairman of TRADA. He was also president of the Scottish Timber Trade Association from 2004 - 2006 and was president of the Timber Trade Federation from 2006 - 2008. Mr Donaldson won the Lifetime
Achievement category in the 2020 TTJ Awards.
had several roles in the timber products industry.
From 2001 to 2012 he worked for
TRADA Technology, providing timber consultancy, but for the last 10 years he has specialised in helping companies across the UK gain chain of custody certification. His clients have included sawmills, printers, joinery companies and builders’ merchants – both large and small. This means he will bring his knowledge of working with the key business sectors that make up PEFC UK’s membership, to the organisation.
“I am delighted to be joining PEFC
as executive director,” said Mr Kirkby. “Demand for sustainably sourced products, such as PEFC’s, continues to grow in the UK market. My aim is to increase this even further and build on the fantastic work that Alun and the PEFC UK team have undertaken over the last decade to maximise the benefits of certification to all our stakeholders.”
Obituary – Peter Waddington
Peter Waddington formerly of Palmer Timber and Montague L Meyer (MLM) sadly passed away on April 20, following a long, valiant battle with cancer. For many years Mr Waddington worked for MLM from its Birmingham office promoting and selling Troms heavy duty chipboard to the mezzanine and access floor markets.
Following the breakup of MLM
Mr Waddington then joined Troms as its UK sales manager. He undertook this position successfully until Troms closed its only chipboard mill and he then joined Palmer Timber as its panel products sales manager, fulfilling this role until his retirement in 2015. Mr Waddington is survived by his wife Kate, two daughters and grandchildren.
□ Enrico Aureli, vice-president of SCM Group, is the new president of Acimall for the 2023-2026 term. He will be supported by Raphaël Prati (chief marketing and communications officer at Biesse, Pesaro) as vice-president. They succeed Luigi De Vito (general manager at SCM Group) and Marianna Daschini (managing director at Greda, Mariano Comense), who respectively served as president and vice-president in the 2020-2023 period.
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