Matthew Rivers

Experience

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  Cawdor Forestry

  Jun 1998 - Nov 2011

  Chairman
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  Tilhill Forestry

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2006

  Managing Director
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  Forestry Contracting Association

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2006

  Board member
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  Forestal Oriental

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2009

  Managing Director

  Eucalyptus plantation company - supplier to first world scale pulp mill in Uruguay. Wood exporter.

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  UPM-Kymmene

  May 2009 - Oct 2011

  • Director Overseas Wood and Biomass Sourcing

    Jan 2011 - Oct 2011

  • Director Energy Biomass

    May 2009 - Dec 2010
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  Drax Group

  Nov 2011 - Jun 2024

  Stepped down from full time Executive Director role and now work part time on a portfolio of projects focused on forestry, supply chains and sustainability. Initially as Group Special Advisor, from April 2020 in as Director of Alternative Fuels and from November 2022 as Forestry Advisor. Excom member covering Communications, Public Affairs, Regulation and Markets together with teams working on Sustainability. Direct report to CEO. Excom member ; chairing US based Drax Biomass business and issues on supply chain Sustainability - including communications and Public Affairs. Direct report to CEO.

  • Forestry Advisor

    May 2017 - Jun 2024

  • Executive Director, Corporate Affairs

    Jun 2016 - Apr 2017

  • Executive Director of Group Sustainability, Chairman Drax Biomass International

    Jan 2015 - Jun 2016

  • Director of Fuel Procurement

    Nov 2011 - Jan 2015
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  Billington Bioenergy

  Oct 2016 - Dec 2017

  Chairman
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  Sustainable Biomass Program

  Nov 2016 - Jan 2019

  Director

  Non-executive representing Drax Group.

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  Rayonier

  Jan 2021 - now

  Non-Executive Director, Rayonier