Charlie serves on the RMS Executive Team and Investment Committee and is responsible for directing investment strategy, portfolio management, acquisitions, and client relations. He assumed his current role as head of investment operations on October 1, 2021. Previously, he was Vice President of Investments for RMS, where he led portfolio management activities for all client investments, including forest assets in the United States, Australia, Brazil, China and New Zealand.
Prior to joining RMS, Charlie served as Director of Acquisitions and Divestitures for Weyerhaeuser, the world’s largest publicly-traded forest real estate investment trust (REIT). In that role, his responsibilities included leading due diligence on strategic timberland acquisitions, evaluating the composition and performance of the company’s timberland portfolio, and directing large divestitures of both timberland and manufacturing assets.
Earlier in his career, Charlie held positions of increasing responsibility at Rayonier where he worked in a variety of leadership roles in operations, acquisitions and market development. These included providing both operational and financial leadership for a team that oversaw an 800,000-acre timberland portfolio with assets located in six states. His professional experience also includes working to promote the sustainable management of forests in Costa Rica and Ecuador. Charlie began his career by working as an Economist for RTI International – a consulting firm that serves private and public-sector clients. He earned a BS degree in Economics and Natural Resources from Sewanee – The University of the South and holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
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