Christopher is an Associate based in Ireland and is managing forest assets and investment for the SLM Silva Fund.

Prior to joining SLM Partners, Christopher worked as an Associate Director for John Clegg & Co, a trading name of BNP Paribas banking group. He managed the forestry assets for a variety of ownership entities from individual investors, to family trusts, and larger private investment portfolios, approximately 3,000 hectares in total. His role encompassed the full lifecycle of forestry asset management including strategic planning, forestry operations, engineering projects, and acquisition and sales. He also supported forest valuations within the RICS accredited programme including some of the most significant forestry portfolios in Scotland.

Before that, Christopher held various operational forestry positions. He was Area Manager (South West England) for Euroforest, the largest independent provider of timber harvesting and marketing in the UK, overseeing an area annual harvesting programme of 200,000 tonnes. Prior to joining Euroforest, he was based at Coillte, the commercial semi-state forestry company in the Republic of Ireland. Here he was involved in roles through the complete resource cycle, beginning in harvesting (130,000 tonnes) through to establishment operations (300 hectares), and then into resource planning. He also undertook projects on restock site mulching, brash bundling and drone capabilities. Before his move into forestry he worked in traditional wooden shipbuilding in Cornwall.

Christopher has a first class Honours degree in BSc Forestry from Bangor University, Wales. He has completed the Irish Management Institute graduate development programme. He is an Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Foresters, and was a Technical Member of the Society of Irish Foresters.