Mike Kapur
Biography
Mike Kapur is a qualified Chartered Accountant who has previously been Audit and Risk Chair at Leicester Royal Infirmary, The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, De Montfort University and National Forest Company.
He has an active interest in public service and is a Trustee of National Space Centre, Leicester City Football Club Trust, and an Independent Panel Member for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
He was the figurehead for small and medium-sized businesses at the Confederation of British Industry. Mike brings a wealth of expertise in governance and has a proven record of bringing private and public stakeholders together.
Forestry Commissioner
Forestry Commissioners have a number of specific statutory duties and powers, summarised in the Forestry Act as:
- promoting the interests of forestry
- the development of afforestation
- the production and supply of timber and other forest products
In practice, these mainly relate to providing incentives (grants), regulation though controls on felling, plant health issues and managing the public forest estate.
The Commissioners have a legal duty to seek a reasonable balance between the production and supply of timber and the interests of conservation. In promoting the multiple benefits of forestry, they also seek to take careful account of people’s needs and wishes, including local communities.