– UK, London – Woodbois Limited (LON: WBI), the African-focused forestry, timber trading, reforestation, and voluntary carbon-credit company, today announced the appointment of Guido Theuns to the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.
“Guido brings a welcome wealth of experience and impartial views to Woodbois at a key moment during its review of activities and strategy. He will be a strong support for many aspects of the Group’s operations and highly constructive in its governance. ” said Board Chair Graeme Thomson.
Guido Theuns will be a Member of the Audit, Remuneration, and Nominations Committees.
About Guido Theuns
Guido Theuns has a wide range of international business experience gained over 40 years, in particular in investor communications, governmental and commercial negotiations, risk management, IT and investment fund, and family office structuring. He is a Dutch national living in France and holds both a B.Sc and B.Ed degrees.
Guido Theuns said: “I am honored to join Woodbois as an Independent Non-Executive Director and look forward to leveraging my extensive international business experience to contribute to the Company’s growth and strategic initiatives. This is an exciting and important time for Woodbois and I am optimistic about its future development. “
About Woodbois
Woodbois Limited is an African-focused forestry company, divided into three distinct, but highly complementary divisions comprising the production and supply of sustainable African hardwood products, the trading of timber and timber products, and a reforestation and carbon credit division.
Woodbois’ forestry division has production facilities in Gabon and Mozambique, managing a total of c470,000 hectares of natural forest concessions. The trading division comprises an experienced team of timber specialists, who source and supply sustainable timber to a global customer base. Its proprietary technology developed in-house, captures, stores, and presents data, providing a matching engine to build scale and optimize trading opportunities with its global customer base.
The Company’s carbon sequestration and trading division aims to generate voluntary carbon credits for corporate partners through the delivery of large-scale reforestation projects. The conditional lease announced today is its first project.
The Company’s focus on the transparency and sustainability of its timber operations has been recognized by The Zoological Society of London, which ranked Woodbois joint eighth in its Sustainability Policy Transparency Toolkit ESG policy transparency assessments for the worldwide timber and pulp industries for 2022.
SOURCE: https://www.woodbois.com/
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