Forestry

Veronica Alonso

MBA and MSc in Energy

Consultant in the Forestry Division

Veronica Alonso works on macro and microeconomic analyses of projects in Latin America, Asia and Africa. She develops surveys and analytical tools for forest sector reviews and value chain diagnostics. Furthermore, she is developing business models for enterprises and investment proposals.

Tel. +49 761 208 534 40
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Maximilian Brandt

M.Sc. (TUM) Forestry and Wood Science

Consultant in the Forestry Consulting and Timber Ecomomics Division

Max Brandt deals with issues on cluster Forestry and Wood. In this context, he mainly works on market and material analyses, sectoral employment effects and technical aspects of bioeconomy. One focus of his work is in the field of innovative timber construction products and their use. Furthermore, Mr. Brandt carries out projects for the digitisation of the forestry and timber industry. His regional focus is in Europe.

Tel. +49 761 208 534 48
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Andrea Braun

MSc Environmental Governance

Consultant in the Forestry Division

Andrea Braun manages the FSC® certification of our forest operations in Paraguay, and is responsible for the documentation and reporting activities for investors. In addition, she develops activities in the field of environmental and social responsibility and coordinates their implementation.

Tel. +49 761 208 534 40
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Germar Csapek

PhD, MSc Forest Management

Sales Manager of UNIQUE Wood

Germar Csapek heads the product management and distribution of our forest enterprises in Paraguay, especially of parquet and timber. Furthermore, he is responsible for the FSC® certification of the sales division.

Tel. +49 761 208 534 0
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Matthias Dees

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. in Remote Sensing and Forest Inventory, M.Sc. Forestry

Senior Consultant in the Forestry Consulting and Timber Ecomomic Division

Matthias Dees is an expert for remote sensing and forest inventories with more than 30 years of experience in method development, project design and implementation both in the private as well as in the academic sector. Matthias Dees geographical focus is in Germany, Europe, Asia, South-America and Africa.

Tel. +49 761 208 534 45
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Christian Held

PhD & MSc Forest Management, Assistant Tax Consultant

Lead Consultant in the Forestry Division

Christian Held is an expert in conducting investment project due diligence, plantation asset valuation, market studies, as well as for the development of sectoral and cluster studies for the wood industry at the national and international level. Furthermore, he is addresses topics regarding countries of origin and legality evidence for wood product certification and FLEGT. His specialization includes wood energy and the development of value chains in developing countries.

Tel. +49 761 208 354 22
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Eva Kehayova

MSc Forest Sciences

Consultant in the Forestry Consulting and Timber Ecomomic Division

Eva Kehayova works in the field of forest economics and forest policy with a focus on private forest owner organizations, as well as on the implementation of forest sector reforms both on the national and international level. She is involved in projects in Eastern Europe and Central Asia and has experience in Bulgaria, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.

Tel. +49 761 208 534 55
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Miguel Kohling

M.Sc. Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing, Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Aeronautical Engineering

Consultant in the Forestry Consulting and Timber Ecomomic Division

Miguel Kohling’s field of expertise is remote sensing based on air- and space born systems and spatial data analysis for forestry and land use (land use/land cover classification). His core competence lies in the development of methodologies, process automation, and big data analysis. Furthermore, he is experienced with the design and implementation of national inventories, and provides professional advice on the application of new technologies.

Tel. +49 761 208 534 45
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Eva Meier-Landsberg

PhD and MSc Forest Management

Deputy head of the Forestry Consulting and Timber Enconomics Division

Eva Meier-Landsberg works on cross-cutting issues related to the forestry and timber industry. She is a certified expert on energy, environmental and quality management. The focus of her work lies on the analysis and optimization of supply chains and processes. Eva Meier-Landsberg worked in the German Federal Research Department for five years.

Tel. +49 761 208 534 58
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Metodi Panev

MSc. Forest Ecology and Management; MSs Geoinformatics

Senior Consultant in the Forestry Consulting and Timber Economics Department

Metodi Panev's main field of expertise is GIS, remote sensing and spatial analysis in forestry and land use. Furthermore, he has extensive experience in design and implementation of forest inventories at local, regional and national levels. Metodi worked on numerous projects in Germany, Eastern Europe, South America and Asia.

Tel. +49 761 208 534 54
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Fernando Rossi

PhD & M.Sc. Forest Engineering

Consultant in the Forestry Division

Fernando Rossi works in remote sensing applied to forest management and forest inventory. He is a specialist for GIS, photogrametry, forest inventory, and management of degraded areas. Furthermore, he has experience in the Southamerican subtropics and Chaco, Central Europe as in the Scandinavian boreal forest.

Tel. +49 761 208 534 69
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Maximilian Sperlich

M.Sc. Environmental Sciences

Consultant in the Forestry Department

Maximilian Sperlich's core competencies are geoinformatics and data science. He is responsible for the management of geodata and the development of software in the forestry sector. His specialized fields are forest data collection and analysis of airborne technology 3D point clouds from LiDAR and photogrammetry. He manages analytics of large data sets, and machine learning algorithms.

Tel. +49 761 208534-18
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Matthias Wenzel

MSc Forest Management, Assessor of the Forest Service

Senior Consultant in the Forestry Consulting and Timber Ecomomic Division; Head of the Task Team Forest Management Planning and Forest Conservation

For over ten years, Matthias Wenzel has worked on topics related to forest planning and forest ecology. His core competencies include forest management planning, the development of habitat and conservation mapping, management plans and forest inventories. Although Matthias Wenzel's regional focus is Germany, he has also worked in Eastern Europe, Africa and Central America.

Tel. +49 761 208 534 21
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Bernd Wippel

PhD and MSc Forest Economy, MSc Economics

Managing Director of UNIQUE; Head of the Forestry Consulting Division

Bernd Wippel focuses on economic analyses, organizational development and forest policy related issues. He has more than 20 years of consulting experience in the forestry and timber sector. Bernd Wippel advises public and private sector clients throughout Europe and has many years of experience in the natural forest and plantation sector in South America.

Tel. +49 761 208 534 23
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Marlène Zehfuß

MSc Forest Ecosystem Analysis and Information Processing

Consultant in the Forestry Consulting and Timber Ecomomic Division

Marlène Zehfuß is specialized in the analysis and modeling of forest ecosystems. She works primarily on the management and (statistical) analysis of large data sets linked to GIS. Moreover, her work includes forest inventories, forest valuation reports and consultancies for forest enterprises. Marlène Zehfuß works predominantly in Germany.

Tel. +49 761 208534 15
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