About us

SilviCarbon has a highly diverse team that is spread around the world. We work across multiple time zones which makes us adaptable to rapidly developing situations. We have boots on the ground near all of our operations, enabling us to take a hands-on approach while collaborating closely across four different continents.

Our diverse backgrounds and locations combined with our ability to collaborate closely allows us to effectively tackle multifaceted challenges, which are characteristic of integrated landscape projects. We pride ourselves in navigating difficult environments and finding optimal solutions to complex issues, delivering only the best results to our clients.

The Team

Michael Knap

Director

Michael has over 25 years’ experience in the forest sector and over 10 years in private equity, carbon development and the energy transition.

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Dr. Peter Ebsen

Carbon Finance Lawyer

Peter is highly experienced in helping organisations transition towards net-zero in a way that is climate radical, business friendly and socially just.

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Jan-Willem Martens

Carbon Market Expert

Jan-Willem is one of the top global experts in carbon markets, with extensive experience in carbon policy, carbon finance and carbon project certification.

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Carl Johan Krigström

Forestry Project Developer

Carl Johan has a deep background in forestry and investment banking, and was responsible for identifying the best locations for large scale timber plantations.

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Belinda Kinkead

Head of Carbon

Belinda has more than 20 years of industry experience in carbon markets, sustainable energy and climate finance.

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Thurstan Wright

Senior Carbon Expert

Thurstan is a senior carbon expert who has worked within a variety of top tier academic, non-profit and corporate settings.

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Luis Garcia da Silva

Carbon Specialist

Luis has more than 6 years of industry experience in risk management, trading and investments.

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Helena Axelsson

Project Manager

Helena has worked for forestry companies in Laos since 2007 and was part of the Stora Enso agroforestry team.

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Yolanda Granada

Project Manager

Yolanda has over 10 years of experience in the Paraguayan forestry sector, covering conservation, plantations, and local wood industries.

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Jouke Dröge

Marketing Manager

Jouke has background knowledge in carbon and experience with marketing and communications in the sustainable energy sector.

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Tom Rowe

Head of Carbon VARO Energy

Tom, together with Michael Knap, is a director of SilviCarbon. Tom works for VARO Energy, SilviCarbon’s majority shareholder, and is based in Zug, Switzerland.

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Alma Fleitas

GIS & RS Technical Specialist

Alma is an internationally-trained environmental engineer with over 8 years of experience in designing and managing environmental projects across Latin America.

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Lina Maria Jimenez

GIS & RS Consultant

Lina is a GIS analyst with knowledge in digital processing of satellite images for NBS and experience in land management, project structuring and geographic databases.

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Angélica Beltrán Ochoa

NBS Technical Specialist

Angélica specialises in reforestation projects with capabilities in project design and execution, audit management, conducting environmental studies, and strategic guidance.

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Daniela Mazo Calle

NBS Technical Specialist

Daniela has a background in technical knowledge in agriculture, forestry, and other land-use projects and carbon markets.

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Ana María Zapata Mcormick

GIS & RS Technical Specialist

Ana Maria is a forest engineer and an environmental and geoinformatics specialist with a Master's degree in Geographic Information Systems.

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Rachele Pesce

Forest Conservation Specialist

Rachele is finalizing an MSc in Forest and Nature Conservation at Wageningen University, focusing on forest ecology, agroforestry, and advanced data collection and analysis methodologies.

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