Mark heads BTG’s Landscape Capital and provides overall leadership on sustainability policy and performance for the BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (TIG). Mark previously led the Global Forestry program at The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and before joining TNC, led Portfolio Management, Portfolio Analytics, and Research at TIG. Mark was a Founder and Managing Director of Equator, LLC and its Brazilian subsidiary, TTG Brasil Investimentos Florestais Ltda, which was acquired by BTG Pactual in 2012. Prior to his work with Equator, Mark led reforestation research for the Smithsonian Institution and served as Program Director for the Yale Tropical Resources Institute. Mark currently serves on the Executive Committee of The Forests Dialogue at Yale University and as an external adviser to the Climate-smart Forest Economy Program of the Good Energies Foundation and to the Hoffmann Centre for Sustainable Resource Economy at Chatham House. Mark’s research has been published in scientific journals such as Forest Ecology and Management, Conservation Biology and The Annual Review of Anthropology. Mark received his B.S. in Forestry from the University of Washington and his Master of Forest Science from Yale University.

Gerrity provides overall strategic and business leadership for TIG, and is a Managing Director and Partner of BTG Pactual. Prior to his current role, Gerrity was a Founder and CEO of Equator, LLC and its Brazilian subsidiary, TTG Brasil Investimentos Florestais Ltda (“TTG Brasil”), which was acquired by BTG Pactual in 2012. Prior to this, Gerrity spent nearly a decade building and as CEO of Madison Trading, LLC and Chatham Energy Partners, LLC (acquired by The Intercontinental Exchange). He is on the Board of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, the Buckley School in New York City, the National Alliance of Forest Owners (NAFO) and La Fundación de la Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. Gerrity received his B.A. from Duke University.

Mitch has spent his career in accounting, finance, and investment banking, including more than 12 years of timberland investment experience. Mitch oversees all phases of transaction execution and investment management within TIG. Prior to this role, he was a Founder and COO of Equator, LLC and its Brazilian subsidiary, TTG Brasil, where he was responsible for day-to-day operations. Prior to joining TTG Brasil, Mitch was the CFO of Chatham Energy Partners, LLC and Madison Trading, LLC. Mitch also worked as an investment banker, first at Gruntal & Co., and later at Brean Murray and Co., Inc. and as an accounting manager in Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette’s Merchant Banking Group. Mitch is a licensed CPA, earned his B.S. from the State University of New York at Albany and his M.B.A. from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business.