Mr. Bishop brings over 25 years of forest industry experience to the position including the last seven years with Brookfield Asset Management, Acadian's manager.
Prior to joining Brookfield, Mr. Bishop was a top‐ranked paper and forest products research analyst and held various forest industry operating and financial positions with large paper and forest product companies.
In addition to his new role with Acadian, Mr. Bishop will continue to lead Brookfield's timberland business development activities outside of North America. Mr. Carter will continue to lead Brookfield's timberlands platform and intends to remain on Acadian's Board.
Acadian Timber Corp. is a leading supplier of primary forest products in Eastern Canada and the Northeastern U.S. With a total of 2.4 million acres of land under management, Acadian is the second largest timberland operator in New Brunswick and Maine.