About Mere Plantations
Who we are
Mere Plantations owns the leasehold rights for 50 years on 4,000 Hectares (10,000 Acres) of degraded forestland for our first plantation. The land is found over 2 distinct sites, located within the Afram Headwaters Forest Reserve ("AHFR").
Each site is broken down into "compartments", which are approximately 100ha, and each compartment is broken down into 2-4 "sub-compartments". Fire-rides (roads cleared of vegetation to compartmentalise the spread of fire, also called "fire-breaks") separate our compartments and sub-compartments.
The reserve is located within the climatic transition zone of the Ashanti Region in Ghana, where the moist, deciduous forest of the south meets the dry, Guinean Savannah vegetation of the north.
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Headquartered in Chester, UK, Mere have three main commercial offerings which fund the establishment and management of our plantation stands.
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Whilst commerciality is the cornerstone of what we do as a private business, our day-to-day activities are so much more:
International Board of Directors
ANTHONY INDAIMO
Non-Executive Chairman of the Board
Anthony Indaimo has assisted numerous successful entrepreneurs as well as many prestigious luxury and consumer brands on a variety of corporate, M&A and commercial matters, including structuring investments, expansion into emerging markets and access to capital. He is considered a trusted advisor to many clients, and also acts as nonexecutive director and mentor to various young emerging company clients and entrepreneurs.
MARK HOGG
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Mark Hogg is an experienced and successful international businessman and entrepreneur with over 25 years’ experience of doing business in Africa. Mark has a wealth of experience in numerous sectors including plantation development and management, media, television production, business services and marketing. To date Mark has developed and managed several thousand acres of hardwood plantations in Africa.
PAUL FORJOE
Managing Director Ghana Operations and Co-Founder
Paul Forjoe is a Ghanaian entrepreneur with a vast experience in plantations, agriculture, retail trade and aviation. Paul holds a master’s degree in airline management from The City University, London and has held senior positions with the national airline in Ghana. He is also an executive director and major shareholder of Hallmark Cards Inc’s exclusive distribution company in Ghana and owns various commercial produce farms.
MIKE RAWLINSON KC
Independent Non-Executive Director
Michael Rawlinson KC was called to the Bar in 1991 and took silk in 2009 and now divides his time between practice within Kings Chambers, Manchester and King’s Bench Walk, London. He specialises in claims for damages arising from environmentally induced cancers and from aviation collisions. He has extensive experience in the trading of Teak having done so in 2010-2011 and every year thereafter.
KEVIN O'DOHERTY
Independent Non-Executive Director
Kevin O’Doherty is an unpaid independent nonexecutive director of Mere Plantations for the purpose of monitoring the interests of Tectona Syndicate members. Kevin has over 25 years’ experience in funds as well as extensive experience in areas of financial services regulation. Kevin is co-founder of Quayside and Tectona Forestry Management Ltd.
MILES HOGG
Director of Carbon, Plantation Strategy
Miles joined Mere Plantations in 2020, splitting his time between Mere's UK office and the plantation. He has overseen the certification of Mere's carbon credits, certified under the Cercarbono carbon standard, as well as the delivery of timber sales and the implementation of Mere's digital forestry and satellite monitoring programs.