Team
Our passion is to make businesses and the world a greener place. To make this happen, we come together from all over the globe with a range of different backgrounds, skills and perspectives to join our forces. We are profiting from an interdisciplinary professional background in different sectors as well as countries. Our personal commitment to this mission further motivates our professional engagement and unites our team.
Each one of us is driven by the same ambitious purpose – To make a difference.
The FORLIANCE team is supported by a huge highly specialized expert network.
Leadership Team
Andreas Schnall
Managing Director
For 10 years Andreas is consulting, managing and supervising the development and implementation of forestry and agroforestry projects worldwide.
Dirk Walterspacher
Managing Director
Dirk has more than 15 years of experience in the field of forest and agroforest project development, implementation and management.
German Rodriguez
Senior Director Nature-Based Solutions
German has more than 15 years of experience in project management, corporate strategy, clustering processes and financing of land use projects worldwide.
Julian Ekelhof
Senior Director Climate Solutions
Julian has nearly 10 years of experience in corporate carbon strategies and sustainability solutions to support businesses in becoming carbon neutral and implement sustainable supply chains.
Climate Solutions
André Raabe
Partnership Development Manager
André takes care of our upcoming and existing partnerships. He is the first person of contact for our customers and supports them on the journey from enquiry to climate neutrality.
Andrea Vera
Director Natural Carbon Solutions
Andrea is a forestry expert specialized in social development, land use planning and management of natural resources. She is responsible for the design and execution of carbon projects from the agriculture, forestry and land use sector worldwide.
Arine van Walré de Bordes
Regional Manager the Netherlands
Arine represents FORLIANCE in the Netherlands. She brings our expertise in nature-based project development to the Netherlands and supports companies in moving towards climate neutrality.
Astrid Manciu
Executive Operations Manager
Astrid holds a Master in Sustainable Resource Management and is responsible for our After-Sales Services and Customer Management.
Céline Girard
Project Finance Manager Climate Solutions
Céline has 5 years of experience in impact investing and consulting. She is in charge of the relationship with investors that are interested in supporting our nature-based carbon projects.
Jorge Pinto Monteiro
Consultant Natural Carbon Solutions
Jorge is an expert in land use assessments for the development of international nature-based climate protection projects.
Julia Haack
Manager Climate Strategy
Julia has a Master degree in Sustainability Management and is responsible for our Carbon Management Services. She advises organizations regarding the calculation of footprints and the development of climate strategies.
Kars Meijboom
Manager Climate Strategy
Kars holds a Master in Forest and Nature Conservation and is responsible for our carbon management services, including carbon footprinting and the development of climate protection strategies.
Lina Ávila
Manager Natural Carbon Solutions
Lina is an Environmental Engineer and expert in Sustainable Resources Management. She is responsible for the development of nature-based climate protection projects.
Michael Sahm
Director Climate Strategy
With more than 10 years of experience Michael leads the market intelligence and business development at FORLIANCE and manages several corporate clients.
Nataly Cubillos
Consultant Natural Carbon Solutions
Nataly is responsible for the continuous conceptual development of biochar related activities and for supporting the international biochar project development.
Patrick Fortyr
Senior Manager Climate Strategy
Patrick is responsible for our advisory services, including carbon footprinting and certifications, as well as customer service and technical research.
Rizza Karen Veridiano
Senior Manager Natural Carbon Solutions
Karen holds a master’s degree in Environmental Science and is responsible for the development of methodologies and certification processes of carbon projects in the forestry and blue carbon sectors (e.g. mangrove).
Nature-based Solutions
Andreas Bodoukain
Manager Agroforestry Strategy
Andreas is Agronomic Engineer with two years of experience in different plantations in LATAM. His tasks are the general operations and supplier management of Bayacao.
Antonio Calle
Director Earth Observations
Antonio is a forestry engineer and expert in GIS and Remote sensing with more than 10 years of worldwide experience. He is responsible for the earth observation services and geo digital solutions.
Daniel Prieto
Consultant Earth Observations
Daniel is geographical and environmental engineer; he is an expert in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing. He has been involved in forest management and monitoring projects in Latin America, Europe and Africa.
Gabriela Arellano
Consultant Nature-Based Solutions
Gabriela is an Economist with experience in environmental sciences, non-renewable natural resources, forest conservation, policies for adaptation and mitigation of climate change.
Huntley Brownell
Senior Consultant
Huntley provides project management expertise and technical advice for forest restoration and other nature-based solutions projects. He has worked in Africa, North America, Latin America, and Europe.
José Villegas
Senior Consultant Nature-Based Solutions
José has more than 15 years of experience in Latin America in the management and development of environmental, climate change, food security, rural development, ecosystems and biodiversity conservation projects.
Konrad Hentze
Senior Manager Earth Observations
Konrad Hentze is an interdisciplinary Geographer with extensive methodological experience on land use management and mapping. His international record includes the work in East and Southern Africa, South East Asia and the Carribean.
Michael Ponce
Consultant Nature-Based Solutions
Michael is an Environmental Engineer who consults on minimizing environmental degradation. He has a Master Degree on water catchment management.
Veronika Wendt
Senior Manager Nature Based Solutions
Veronika is a forest ecologist and policy advisor with extensive project management expertise in FLR and other nature-based solutions projects. She has worked in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe.
Yann Gaitán
Manager Agroforestry
Yann is Agronomic Engineer with 5 years of experience in operations around Africa and Latin America. He manages general operations and is responsible for the supplier management of Bayacao.
Wu Zijing
Consultant Earth Observations
Zijing is supporting our Earth Observations Team. She is keenly interested in applying her GIS and RS expertise to climate change mitigation through nature-based forest projects.
International Central Operations
Daniel Paez Martín
Senior Manager Finance
Daniel is responsible for corporate finance management, including financial planning, financial risk, accounting and financial control.
Johanna Zeller
Executive Operations Manager
Johanna is responsible for business development and innovation. Among her core responsibilities are the development and execution of due diligence, business plans, project management, controlling and evaluation.
Marie González
Marketing and Communications Manager
Marie is in charge of FORLIANCE's digital strategy. She develops campaigns to make our services visible and easy to find through methods such as SEO and SEA.
Tam Tran
Manager Finance & Controlling
Tam is responsible for financial assessment, market research and project controlling.
Uschi Dellian
Manager HR & Office
Uschi provides core services to the team including communications, database and project management. She has extensive experience in planning and executing diverse business-critical programmes worldwide.