Henry William Studholme

Sir Henry "Harry" William Studholme, 3rd Baronet, DL is a British forester, businessman and landowner.[1][2][3][4] He is the chairman of the U.K. Forestry Commission,[5][6] which manages the U.K.'s state-owned forests and is the country's largest land manager.[7] He ran the U.K. government's Regional Development Agency 2009 – 2012.[8]

In 2012, the Bishop of Liverpool James Jones and Studholme, as Chairman and Deputy Chairman respectively, conducted the Independent Forestry Panel report on the future of the UK’s state-owned forests after the government announced plans to sell off the British state forests.[9][10]

In 2017, he was appointed as an honorary professor of the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of Exeter researching the forestry in the British Isles, and the impact of tree disease.

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  10. ^ "Independent Panel on Forestry Final Report" (PDF). Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK Government. 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2018.