Rick Jaccard

Chief Forester

Chief Forester

Rick Jaccard is Chief Forester for the Timberland Fund. 

As Chief Forester, Rick plays an integral role in acquisition evaluation and due diligence, as well as governance and asset management to improve operational and sustainability outcomes. 

Rick is a Registered Professional Forester and has close to 40 years of experience in all aspects of timberlands management and operation. Rick was the former Chief Commercial Officer at Mosaic Forest Management (“Mosaic”), Canada’s leading timberland manager with 585,000 hectares (1.45 million acres) of privately owned forest.  In that role, he oversaw global sales and marketing, and related infrastructure and supply chain.   

Prior to that, he held a variety of operating leadership roles for over 30 years culminating in becoming the Chief Operating Officer at TimberWest (a predecessor company of Mosaic) where he was responsible for various aspects of harvest planning, forest operations and management.

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