Our team
Our team of professional foresters are fully trained and qualified to provide a wide range of services tailored to our clients’ needs. Each team member has different skills and expertise and all our customers have a dedicated manager for their woodland.
Tom Compton
Director
BSc Hons (Forestry), MICFor, Dip Bus
E: tom@englishwoodlandstimber.co.uk
M: 07715 705334
Tom joined the company in 1990 becoming Director in 2007. He is also co-director of English Woodlands Timber – our sister company in Sussex which produces quality timber for furniture, joinery and building.
Woodland and estate management
Timber valuation, grading and marketing – especially of hardwoods
Project management and budgeting
Woodlands and landscape in South East of England
Species selection
Stakeholder engagement and networks
Winner of RFS award in Excellence in Silviculture 2019 + 2022 (Shere Manor Estate)
SEEDA Timber Champion 2009
Alison Field
Non-executive Director
BSc Hons (Forestry), FICfor
Alison joined the business in 2019 with over 30 years’ experience in forestry. She was previously the Forestry Commission’s Area Director for the South East and London and Manager of the New Forest.
Project funding and delivery
Carbon budgeting
Woodland creation
Farm woodlands
Fellow and Council member of the Institute of Chartered Foresters
Trustee of the National Forest Company
Trustee of Confor Education and Provident Fund
Member of the Editorial Panel Quarterly Journal of Forestry
Vice President of the Royal Forestry Society
Laura Henderson
Co-Director
BA (Hons), MSc (Ecology), MICFor
E: laura@englishwoodlandsforestry.co.uk
T: 07731 591888
Laura joined the company in 2021. She previously worked for the Forestry Commission in the development of new grants, as a woodland officer and as a biodiversity research scientist for Forest Research.
Grants
Regulations
Stakeholder and public liasion
Marketing
Project management
Ecological surveys
Member of Confor Advisory Board
Chair of Forestry Commission Forestry and Woodland Advisory Committee - South East
Jack Smith
Forest Manager
FdSc (Forestry and woodland management), MICFor
E: Jack@englishwoodlandsforestry.co.uk
T: 07922 427599
Jack joined the company in 2020 following his forestry degree and four years’ experience of practical woodland management.
GIS Digital Mapping
Woodland Management Operations
Woodland Management Planning
Woodland creation and carbon
Operational contracts
Woodland surveys
Josh Diplock
Forest Manager/Arboriculturist
FdSc (Forestry and woodland management)
LANTRA (Professional Tree Inspection)
E: Josh@englishwoodlandsforestry.co.uk
T: 07902 331333
Josh joined the company in 2015 whilst completing his forestry degree. He is a fully qualified tree safety inspector.
Tree Risk Surveys
Tree Risk Management Plans
Arboriculture operations
Tree health
Woodland Management Plans
Woodland Management Operations
Technician grade member of Arboricultural Association
Rory Lewis
Assistant Forest Manager
BSc Hons (Biology), MSc (Environmental Forestry)
E: rory@englishwoodlandsforestry.co.uk
T: 01825 598850
Rory started with English Woodlands Forestry in 2022 as an intern immediately after he completed his MSc in Environmental Forestry at Bangor. He was then employed full time to support the team in their core estate work including woodland management planning and GIS work.
Woodland Management Plans
Inventories
Mensuration
Woodland surveys
GIS Digital mapping
Peter Borrowman
Forest Manager
MA Hons (Geography), MSc (Environmental Management)
E: Peter@englishwoodlandsforestry.co.uk
T: 07999 403624
Peter started with English Woodlands Forestry in January 2024. He previously relocated from Scotland to complete a 2-year programme as an assistant forest manager under the Patsy Wood Scholarship.
Woodland Management Plans
Woodland creation
Deer and Squirrel control
Woodland surveys
Woodland Management Operations
who we are
Our history
our work