Our team
Our team of professional foresters are fully trained and qualified to provide a wide range of services tailored to our clients’ needs. Each team member has different skills and expertise and all our customers have a dedicated manager for their woodland.
Tom Compton
Director
BSc Hons (Forestry), MICFor, Dip Bus
E: tom@englishwoodlandstimber.co.uk
M: 07715 705334
Tom joined the company in 1990 becoming Director in 2007. He is also co-director of English Woodlands Timber – our sister company in Sussex which produces quality timber for furniture, joinery and building.
Woodland and estate management
Timber valuation, grading and marketing – especially of hardwoods
Project management and budgeting
Woodlands and landscape in South East of England
Species selection
Stakeholder engagement and networks
Winner of RFS award in Excellence in Silviculture 2019 + 2022 (Shere Manor Estate)
SEEDA Timber Champion 2009
Laura Henderson
Co-Director
BA (Hons), MSc (Ecology), MICFor
E: laura@englishwoodlandsforestry.co.uk
T: 07731 591888
Laura joined the company in 2021. She previously worked for the Forestry Commission in the development of new grants, as a woodland officer and as a biodiversity research scientist for Forest Research.
Grants
Regulations
Stakeholder and public liasion
Marketing
Project management
Ecological surveys
Member of Confor Advisory Board
Chair of Forestry Commission Forestry and Woodland Advisory Committee - South East
Jack Smith
Forest Manager
FdSc (Forestry and woodland management),
MICFor
E: Jack@englishwoodlandsforestry.co.uk
T: 07922 427599
Jack joined the company in 2020 following his forestry degree and four years’ experience of practical woodland management.
GIS Digital Mapping
Woodland Management Operations
Woodland Management Planning
Woodland creation and carbon
Operational contracts
Woodland surveys
Josh Diplock
Forest Manager/Arboriculturist
FdSc (Forestry and woodland management), MICFor
LANTRA (Professional Tree Inspection)
E: Josh@englishwoodlandsforestry.co.uk
T: 07902 331333
Josh joined the company in 2015 whilst completing his forestry degree. He is a fully qualified tree safety inspector.
Tree Risk Surveys
Tree Risk Management Plans
Arboriculture operations
Tree health
Woodland Management Plans
Woodland Management Operations
Professional grade member of Arboricultural Association
Peter Borrowman
Forest Manager
MA Hons (Geography), MSc (Environmental Management)
E: Peter@englishwoodlandsforestry.co.uk
T: 07999 403624
Peter started with English Woodlands Forestry in January 2024. He previously relocated from Scotland to complete a 2-year programme as an assistant forest manager under the Patsy Wood Scholarship.
Woodland Management Plans
Woodland creation
Deer and Squirrel control
Woodland surveys
Woodland Management Operations
Holly Whitehouse
Assistant Forest Manager
E: Holly@englishwoodlandsforestry.co.uk
T: 07849 911165
Holly joined English woodlands part time in June 2024 and stepped into an assistant woodland manager role full time in January 2025 after finishing a two year forest craftsperson apprenticeship.
Woodland Management Plans
GIS Mapping
Woodland surveys
Woodland Management Operations
Freddie Hemingway
Assistant Forest Manager
Bsc Hons (Geography)
E: Freddie@englishwoodlandsforestry.co.uk
T: 07857 373106
Freddie started with English Woodlands Forestry in June 2024. He previously worked as a field research scientist
Woodland Management Plans
Woodland creation plans
Woodland surveys
Woodland Management Operations
GIS Mapping
who we are
Our history
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