New North East NSW Regional Forestry Hub Manager Nick Cameron.
Nick Cameron, the new North East NSW Regional Forestry Hub Manager, is a forest scientist with 30 years of forest industry experience in a diverse range of roles including operational planning and management, project management, timber marketing, plantation investment, carbon trading, policy, forest science and industry advocacy.
Nick holds a Bachelor degree in Science (Forestry) from ANU, an executive Master’s degree in Public Administration from Sydney University and is a fellow of Forestry Australia.
He is based near Dungog where he runs an angus beef cattle enterprise and a part time forestry consulting business – Forest Landscape Services. Prior to his appointment to the Hub, Nick worked for NSW Department of Primary Industries Forest Science as a forest resource analyst and a manager of its private native forest research and development program.
Nick is excited by his appointment as he sees it as a genuine opportunity to directly advance the interests of forestry and timber in NE NSW.
“I would like to formally acknowledge the valuable foundational work which has seen amazing progress over the past two years. I would especially like to thank the Commonwealth for their generous commitment of funds, Dr Stephanie Hernandez, the hub’s inaugural manager, Maree McCaskill for Hub administration and the nine members of the Hub’s Board – Andrew Hurford (Chair), Steve Dadd, Cherie Brown, Mark Wright, Lindsay Passfield, Vince Scarcella, Steve Dobbyns, Daniel Tuan, and Maree McCaskill – for their strategic leadership ” said Nick.
