John Schrider - Director

John co-founded Forme Consulting Group in 1987. John has a wealth of knowledge of the forestry industry, in which he has worked since 1969.

His eighteen-year career with the Forest Service followed a different route than most. He began in a range of in-charge positions and moved to specialise in industrial engineering and training. When the Forest Service was corporatised in 1987, John was a Senior Forest Ranger in the head office.

John has been instrumental in developing Forme Consulting Group's audit and review processes. He also has practical experience of every service that the company offers, working on both general and specialised client projects.

John considers that continuing professional development is critical to maintaining the highest delivery standards. He completed a BBS extramurally from Massey University in 1998 and has recently completed a Diploma in Dispute Resolution, also at Massey.

He is also a strong supporter of the NZ Institute of Forestry's Registered Forestry Consultant programme, which requires high ethical and moral standards as well as sound, up-to-date forestry knowledge. John has been a Registered Forestry Consultant since 1990.

Jon Dey - Director

In 1987 Jon left the New Zealand Forest Service as senior harvesting and marketing manager and co-founded Forme Consulting Group. In his 30+ year career in forestry, Jon has worked in forest development, harvesting, processing, domestic and export marketing and business strategy and is a Registered Forestry Consultant with the NZ Institute of Forestry.

Jon travels extensively, providing consultation and management advice to corporate, government and private sector clients throughout New Zealand and overseas. When required Jon can take a strong leadership role with projects. He has an ability to grasp complex concepts and communicate these effectively from the boardroom to the bush.

Jon also speaks at conferences and seminars and has experience in New Zealand, Canada, USA and France.

Jon Dey has a New Zealand Forest Rangers Certificate and has undertaken study at Otago, Victoria and extramurally at Massey Universities. He also studied at the Central Institute of Technology in Wellington and is a qualified Industrial Engineer and productivity improvement specialist.

Paul McCreedy - Director

Paul’s career has spanned over 30 years in the Timber Industry including 16 years in log and timber processing; managing for several very successful public and private companies in various key roles such as General Manager, Executive Director, Shareholder/Manager after 10 years in Forestry roles planning and managing harvesting and marketing, forest engineering and establishment operations, followed then by 5 years consulting in his own business; Timber Management Solutions, which recently merged with FORME Consulting Group Ltd in April 2011.

Paul is based in Northland, NZ where he has worked for a large part of his career in sawmilling, forestry and consulting. He travels extensively acting for clients in New Zealand, Australia, China, South Africa, USA, and elsewhere.

Paul’s broad range of hands on experience and management roles from tree establishment to the timber end use enables him to act effectively throughout the entire forest industry specialising in optimisation, feasibility, , manufacturing efficiency, strategic planning,  supply chain management, due diligence, plant design and construction assignments. He is able to lead teams in all aspects of this work or act as a valued team member as required.

Paul is a Member of the New Zealand Institute for Forestry.

Chris Carlaw - Forest Engineer

Chris has been with Forme since the end of 2008. Using his forest engineering qualification obtained from the University of Canterbury, he has been involved in forest harvest costing, production studies and engineering design with both forest companies and contractors. With his forest engineering qualification, Chris also has knowledge in civil engineering with regards to road design and the issues associated with roading.
He enjoys the challenges of troubleshooting and resolving problems that constrain the harvest to market supply chain.
Chris’ experience is not only limited to New Zealand but has experience in Australia and the USA as well.

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