TimberWest Forest appoints new CFO

TimberWest Forest Corp. recently announced the appointment of Robert (Bob) Allen to the position of Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer effective June 14, 2010.

Bob joins TimberWest with a strong background in both the BC forestry industry and financial management with 20 plus years of experience building, leading, and advising corporations

through complex restructurings, acquisitions/divestitures, and capital market transactions. He is the former Chief Financial Officer of Ainsworth, where he worked for some six years. He has also occupied senior roles at Skeena and Western Forest Products. He started his career in 1986 with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, where he worked for five years as Senior Audit Supervisor.

A Vancouver native, Bob is a Chartered Accountant and he also holds a BSc in Agriculture from the University of British Columbia.