Dr Michelle Freeman

Biography:

Dr Michelle Freeman is President of Forestry Australia, and a forester with a passion for native forest management. She has a double degree in Science (Ecology) and Forestry, and a PhD from the University of Melbourne. Her PhD was in partnership with CSIRO Darwin looking at savanna fire and tree dynamics of northern Australia, as part of the Tiwi Carbon Study. She has worked in timber harvesting operations, planning, forest fire management and regulation in Victoria and NSW and is currently a forest science and management consultant.