Greg's forest industry career commenced in 1981 and he has spent more than 25 years in the industry since. He achieved the New Zealand Certificate in Forestry (NZCF) in 1985 and has been employed in the following roles:

• Forest Trainee Instructor – New Zealand Forest Service, Ashley Forest, Canterbury – one year
• Forest Supervisor – New Zealand Timberlands - Tokomaru Bay Forest, East Coast – two years
• Forest Supervisor/Manager – Southwood Export Limited, Southland – 17 years 

In 2006 Greg moved out of the forest industry to take up the position of Parks Operation Manager for the Invercargill City Council, a position he held for four years before returning to the forest industry with Log Marketing New Zealand, in January 2011, was appointed company manager in 2015.

Paul began his forestry career with the New Zealand Forest Service in the early 1980s, specialising in forest mensuration in both native and exotic plantation forests. Paul has highly developed skills in forest inventory systems particularly MARVL and is a certified log scaler.

As a founding staff member of Log Marketing New Zealand Paul has considerable experience in the commercial activities of Log Marketing, including the purchase of woodlots and plantations and the sale of logs to a number of customers. 

Shaun began his forestry career after studying forestry at Canterbury University, completing a Bachelor of Forestry Science degree in 2002.  Shaun initially starting out as a transport scheduler for New Zealand Forest Managers in Turangi during 2003 – 2004 before migrating back to his home province of Southland where Shaun worked with Paul Cox at Forest Tech Services from 2004 – 2006 specialising in forest mensuration and inventory of exotic plantations assessing plots using the MARVL system.

In 2006 Shaun took up a position as forester for Southwood Export Ltd before eventually becoming the Forest Operations Manager from 2007-2019 overseeing all aspects of forest management from establishment, silviculture and forest health through to GIS mapping, inventory assessment and FSC/PEFC forest certification management.

Shaun took up a role with Log Marketing in February 2019 and is currently involved with Log Procurement, Harvest Planning/Management and Forest Establishment.

Shaun’s other interests include squash, trail-bike riding and fishing/diving.

Phil’s  forest industry career commenced in 1970’s where he attained Woodsman  Certificate based at Berwick Forest, following this he had extensive experience in both forestry and harvesting fields with NZ Forest Service while based in both Otago & Southland. Held the position of  Harvesting Operations Manager with Wenita Forest Products from 1994 -2002. Phil has had a lot of experience in both cable harvesting and roading engineering during his forestry career.

In 2003 Phil took the opportunity to move into a professional rugby career where he was involved in coaching roles with the Highlanders, Otago and Southland rugby teams. More recently was Otago ITM Assistant Coach and Otago High Performance Coach.

Phil has now recently been employed with Log Marketing NZ Ltd, in Log Procurement Management role being based in Otago commencing in June 2016.

Ross is a great addition to the Niagara Log Maketing team, and yours! Ross brings a wealth of industry experience and passion. His industry career began in in the 1980’s at Allan Johnstone’s Tuatapere mill, from here Ross progressed to Craigpine for five years, before a fourteen year service at Niagara and most recently Ross was the Chipmill Manager for Southwood Export, a role he fulfilled  for a decade. Across Ross’s presence in the industry he has served many roles from entry level labourer through to plant and operation management positions. The career experience Ross exudes encourages a more holistic approach to looking and assessing stands of timber. 

Outside of work Ross is an active and adventurous individual with his time spread across family, deerstalking, white baiting, trail bike riding, motor sport, and tinkering in the shed.

Sheryl is our company administration officer. She is responsible for the operation of the company’s PSLOG log sales accounting system.