Dr Ben Donkor is the new manager of the London office of Ghana’s Forestry Commission.

Dr Donkor, who has 15 years’ experience in the forestry sector, was previously the manager responsible for industry monitoring and evaluating at the Forestry Commission’s head office. He succeeds Alhassan Attah who has completed a five-year secondment. Mr Attah has been appointed executive director of the Timber Industry Development Division of Ghana’s Forestry Commission. He is also chairman of the International Tropical Timber Council.