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Katherine returns to her roots

A Northumberland forestry graduate who left home to study in Aberdeen has returned to her roots, and landed a job at Hexham-based EGGER Forest Management.

Katherine Evans-Smith graduated from Aberdeen University earlier this year, and was a star student who won a national award for the best forest management plan that she produced as part of her course.

Now the 27-year-old will be putting what she learned into practice, working at EGGER – with another local manager Dave Robson from Prudhoe – as a forest manager helping farmers and landowners across the North East to maximise the value of their woodland assets.

“When I left Ovingham to study in Scotland I never thought I would get a job back home. But when EGGER set up a forest management business a couple of years ago, it created the perfect opportunity for me to return and I was delighted when I was offered this job,” she said.

In her spare time Katherine enjoys bike riding and rock climbing, and also has an allotment where she grows vegetables and keeps chickens. She is based at EGGER Forest Management’s office in Hexham and can be contacted on 01434 611038 or at katherine.evans-smith@egger.com

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