Ms Liane Luke

Director, Four Winds Investments, USA

24 yrs. experience in real asset investing with the last 14 yrs. exclusively in timberland investing.Co-founder and Portfolio Manager of Phaunos (PTF), executing its global strategy and building PTF’s world class team.
Chief Timber Officer at FourWinds and Member of the Phaunos Board of Directors, heads timberland investment and timber portfolio management at FourWinds Capital. With more than20 years experience in real asset investing, Ms. Luke has spent the last 10 years working exclusively in timberland investing. As a Vice President of Hancock Timber Resources Group from 1996 to 1998, Ms. Luke developed timber investment products for US tax-exempt institutional investors with first investments made within six months. From 1998 to 2005, Ms. Luke was a Principal and Managing Director of Resource Management Services, the largest privately held forest management and consulting firm in the United States. She raised over $500 million for timberland investments and designed products with tax efficient structures for international clients. In 2005, Ms. Luke formed Greenway Investments to focus on structured finance and other novel timberland acquisition projects. Ms. Luke earned her BA magna cum laude from the University of New Hampshire and her MBA from the Yale School of Management.