Andrew Esson

DIRECTOR – SALES & MARKETING MANAGER

As the sales and marketing director for TPT Forests, Andrew ensures TPT maintains the best available market mix and customer diversity to optimise client returns through all stages of the market cycle. Andrew joined TPT in 2009 and has been primarily managing log sales into the China market, along with responsibility for TPT’s China office. Having been in the Forest Industry since the early 90’s, prior to joining TPT, Andrew was operating a private forest harvesting & marketing business, with previous roles in New Zealand with Tasman Forestry and in Canada for Ainsworth Lumber managing roading, planning, harvesting, trading and domestic wood sales.

Collectively TPT’s export sales team bring many years of direct industry experience, and although each have direct responsibility for individual markets, each manager maintains knowledge and competence across the full range of markets.

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Mark Procter

DIRECTOR – SUPPLY & OPERATIONS MANAGER

Mark manages TPT client relationships, port operations and the sales and operations planning team. Before Mark joined TPT in August 2004, he was supply and logistics manager for Norske Skog for five years. This role encompassed responsibility for electricity and fibre supply, wood processing operations, finishing and warehousing, water treatment and ancillary services for one of New Zealand’s largest pulp and mechanical paper manufacturing sites. He gained significant industrial relations experience, dealing with a diverse workforce and multiple unions. Mark also worked at Fletcher Challenge Forests for 14 years in silviculture, roading, harvesting, trading and domestic log and residue sales.

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Mike Morrison

DIRECTOR – COMMERCIAL MANAGER

Mike heads the finance team but his forest industry roots run deep too. The former general manager of Woodlink (Fletcher Challenge Forests’ trading subsidiary) has been around trees for 25 years. Prior to joining TPT in August 2002, he was sales and marketing manager for Lake Sawn Lumber and has managed two sawmills that each employed more than 200 staff. Mike worked in Fletcher Challenge Forests for 17 years, in the lumber side of their business and as manager of the company’s supply and trading division that procured and sold logs.

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