Mr Peter Lyford-Pike

Managing Partner - FAS / Uruguay

Peter Lyford-Pike started his involvement with the forestry sector in 1988, as one of the founding Directors and General Manager of Tile SA, the first Eucalyptus pulpwood exporter out of Uruguay.
Immediately following this activity, he was directly involved in starting two companies doing the first large scale Eucalyptus plantations and the first exporting Eucalyptus sawmill in Uruguay. He also started, for the same Uruguayan Group “Otegui Forestal”, the pulpwood export operations out of Argentina.
In 2002 he left the Group and founded Pike & Co, a forestry consulting firm. This firm has successfully completed more than 24 consulting assignments for international forestry sector corporations and international public agencies, on top of numerous studies for domestic companies and government entities.
Peter is a partner in Forestal Atlántico Sur SARL, a company established in 2006, specialised in forestry management and logistic services, and forestry exports. He is also a partner in Carbosur SRL, a company dedicated to preparing and implementing CDM and environmental projects.
He is one of the three co-organizers of the International Pulpwood Resource and Trade Conferences, and has made presentations on the Uruguayan and Argentinean forestry sectors in numerous international seminars.