Oleksandr Topchii
Forestry Specialist
Oleksandr works as a Forest Stewardship CouncilTM (FSCTM) Forest Management and Chain of Custody auditor for Preferred by Nature in Ukraine.
Oleksandr is a forestry specialist with 18 years of experience in various positions in the forestry sector in Ukraine.
In 2000, he graduated from the Forestry Faculty of the National University of Bioresources and Nature Management (Kyiv, Ukraine).
He has been engaged in FSC certification and auditing in Ukraine since 2018. Oleksandr has also participated in projects related to the implementation of PEFC certification in Ukraine.
Oleksandr joined Preferred by Nature as a local expert in November 2022, and as FSC Forest Management and Chain of Custody auditor in February 2023.
"Preferred by Nature allows me to make my own contribution to the improvement of certain aspects of society's life."
Skills at a glance
- Forestry engineer (master’s degree)
- FSC / PEFC Forest Management auditor
- FSC Chain of Custody / Controlled Wood auditor
- IKEA IWAY Forestry auditor
- EUTR auditor
- Fluency in Ukrainian and Russian, basic English
