#Nootka traders professional

In addition to being voted the class valedictorian he was awarded the Dean Braun’s medal for Highest Ranking Student in HBScF. where he developed a market logging program through strong relationships with First Nation tenure holders, licensees as well as the local harvesting and road building industry.ĭave is a graduate of the HBScF Co-op program from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario. He joined A&A in 2002 to open and manage an office in Terrace B.C. Dave began his career and worked several years with a major coastal licensee as an Assistant Engineer, Cruiser and later Quality Control Supervisor.

#Nootka traders professional

John is a graduate of UBC, Bachelor of Science (Forestry) and currently sits on the Board of the BC Council of Forest Industries (COFI).ĭave is a Registered Professional Forester and as A&A Trading’s Vice President of Operations, oversees all of the planning, engineering and development activities associated with properly managing a forest tenure and delivering logs to the highest end use markets.

He has built an experienced, hardworking team with an overarching culture based on the pillars of strong relationships, communication, humility and safety. Under John’s leadership, A&A Trading has become one of the leading privately held forestry companies on the BC Coast. John’s philosophy is based on the importance of building long term business relationships that are not predicated on short term gains, but built to grow, strengthen and benefit the next generations. His belief is that these relationships must be defined through transparency and respect for the values and skills each brings to the partnership. These friendships have influenced him profoundly and he was an early proponent in moving the forest industry towards developing successful and meaningful First Nations partnerships. Throughout his years of work on the Coast, John has built many close relationships with First Nations people. Upon his return, he worked in all areas of the business from logging operations to timber valuation, log trading and logistics, through to saw-milling for custom cutting. In his early twenties, he spent a year in Japan learning Japanese saw-milling techniques, log grading, logistics and sales marketing methods. John’s career in forestry began as a child at his fathers’ side, following him around for log inspections, meeting with Japanese customers and learning the qualities they look for in timber. It is this strong bond with our customers that is one of the core reasons for A&A’s success. We share a sense of loyalty and commitment to each other, mutually recognizing the challenges we both face in carrying on our business. Over the years, A&A has been successful in finding a strong customer base that understands the complexities of harvesting in B.C. A&A Trading provides engineering and management services for resource based infrastructure projects such as bridge building and design, road building and design, along with construction and management services. In addition to managing tenures and selling logs, A&A Trading owns in partnership, a 'stump to dump' logging company, and a road building company.

A&A Trading is PEFC Chain-of-Custody certified and certified to the SFI Forest Management standard on our Sunshine Coast tenures. we manage the forests we work in sustainably, offering environmental solutions to meet local and market demands. to provide customers with the forest products they’ve needed for the last 30 years. The diversity of British Columbia’s coastal forest has allowed A&A Trading Ltd. A&A is a fully integrated forestry company, serving an array of markets across four continents through long term customer relationships.