Across Nature & Across Forest
Across Forest AS and Across Nature AS are sister companies that hold ownership of the Nicaforest Reforestation Program and handle the commercialization of carbon credits respectively.
These companies are registered as Norwegian legal entities with the aim of investing in high-impact reforestation projects. It is owned by private and institutional Norwegian investors.
Nicaforest Plantations SA & Nicaforest Wood Company
Nicaforest Plantations S.A & Nicaforest Wood Company are sister companies based in the city of Santo Tomas in the Chontales region of Nicaragua.
Nicaforest oversees all operations related to the management of plantations established in the Reforestation Program & Nicaforest Wood Company oversees the commercialization of timber products.
Top management
Øyvind Berg
CEO AND CO-OWNER
email: ob@across.no
phone: +47 91335558
CEO and founder of Across Forest AS. Vice President of Nicaforest Plantations S.a, Master of Business Administration from Henley Management College, United Kingdom.
Øyvind Berg is an experienced project manager from various business development projects in Central America, FYR Serbia, Russia, and Latvia, as well as projects and managerial positions in a wide range of industries and companies in Scandinavia. He has worked for many years with the wood processing industry (particle boards, furniture, and other value-added products).
Furthermore, he has worked as a business development consultant in various wood processing companies and in the food processing industry, melt working industry, transportation industry, tourism, and rental industry.
Dr. Carlos J. Perez
PRESIDENT AND CO-OWNER
email: cjperez60@gmail.com
phone: +505 85903642
Carlos J. Pérez is founder and President of Nicaforest Plantations S.a, also is the Landscape & Climate Specialist in Solidaridad Network Mesoamerica.
His background comprises the deployment of sustainable agriculture programs, sustainable land management, landscape restoration, payment for ecosystem services, and mobilization of different sources of funding.
He has worked with the United Nations Development Program, Swiss Development Cooperation, CATIE in Costa Rica, Christian Aid, and UNOPS among other international organizations. He holds a Ph.D. from Cornell University (Ithaca, NY).
Hobbies: beekeeping, organic coffee production, and cycling.
Jimmy H. Robles
OPERATIONAL MANAGER AND CO-OWNER ING.
email: jhr@nicaforest.com
phone: +505 88652596
Jimmy graduated in agriculture and natural resource management from EARTH University in Costa Rica and holds an MBA from Formato Educativo Business School/Cadiz University, Spain.
Jimmy has managed the operational activities of the project since the start in 2010. He has experience from several agroforestry projects in Nicaragua and has developed land selection models for forestry plantations, especially based on teak and cocoa, using modern technology and applying scientific criteria.
Furthermore, he has considerable experience assessing farms and implementing the principles of FSC and Gold Standard in the management of the company.
Chairman of Across Forest AS. International investor and business advisor.
Steinar has 14 years of experience in the Scandinavian financing industry.
Steinar Nordengen
CHAIRMAN OF ACROSS FOREST AND CO-OWNER
email: steinar.nordengen@across.no
Kennedy is a an experienced accountant fully licensed in Nicaragua.
Kennedy is in charge of financial reporting internally and externally, the cashier function and reports to authorities as well as internal financial analysis.
Kennedy Nasareth Salachs
Accountant/Finance
email: caja.nicaforestal@gmail.com
The operational team
The operational team works out of the office in Santo Tomas and takes care of the day-to-day business of managing the Nicaforest Reforestation program.
This is a small but dedicated team with extensive know-how in silvicultural management, sustainable forestry, and environmental and social impact, which affects the program every day.
The operational team
Hazell Garcia
INTERNAL SERVICES
Jose Alejandro Cuarezma
JUNIOR FORESTRY TECHNICIAN
Jimmy H. Robles
OPERATIONAL MANAGER
Boanerges Reyes Gonzalez
FORESTRY CONTROLLER / SUPERVISOR [GT1]
Kennedy N. Salachs
ACCOUNTANT/ FINANCE