Tanzania Team
Who We Are / The New Forests Company
Pieter du Plessis - Senior Plantation Manager, Iringa
Pieter began his career in forestry with Sappi Forests in the Lowveld in 1998 and he received his estate management and silvicultural forestry diploma in 2000. Whilst completing his final diploma exams he was offered a permanent position at Sappi Forests Inkwazi District. During the course of the next five years he rose quickly from a grade 12 forester to a grade 8 management forester, gaining increasing experience and skills in management and silviculture on bigger plantations. Pieter was the pioneer forester on Uganda's Namwasa plantation and was responsible for Uganda's FSC certification in early 2009. He is now responsible for the start-up of the Tanzania operations in the Kilolo District.