Ross Holbrook

Sustainability Manager
FIA

Ross serves as sustainability manager for Forest Investment Associates (FIA), a specialist investment manager with more than 38 years of timberland investment experience helping clients around the world grow value through investing in sustainable forestry. He works across the growing scope of FIA’s sustainability programs, including the implementation of the firm’s ESG and impact roadmap. He also works with investment and forestry operations staff on ESG integration to ensure continual improvement, and is a member of the Business Development and Sustainability Team. His career started in exploration geology, working in remote areas with traditional communities, where he was exposed to a variety of natural resources, sustainability, social impact, and other ESG considerations and opportunities. Prior to FIA, he managed a boutique sustainability, business development, regulatory, and natural resources-focused consultancy for a diverse client base throughout the United States, Latin America, and Europe. Ross earned his BS in Geology & Environmental Geosciences from College of Charleston; MBA from the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University; and masters of international management from IAE Paris Sorbonne Business School.

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