WPA Governance

The Wood Processors Association is an incorporated society and is governed by a board of member-elected Directors. 

  Directors + Contact Phone Numbers

The rules of WPA have been established deliberately to ensure no one sector dominates the governance of WPA. Therefore there are three directors in Category A (representing sawmillers with up to 100,000 tonnes of logs processed), three directors in Category B (representing sawmillers with greater than 100,000 tonnes of logs processed), four directors in Category C (representing the pulp, paper and engineered wood products sectors) and a further two positions in Category D who are elected from within the entire membership.

Directors retire by rotation on a two-year basis and nominations are called in accordance with the rules prior to the annual meeting held around November/December in each year. On formation, the WPA Board established the following seven priority areas - to:

1. Proactively lobby for a more supportive regulatory environment.
2. Provide a united voice to improve the perception of wood-based products and increase domestic demand.
3. Ensure fair outcomes from Kyoto so that international competitiveness is not compromised, and to ensure Kyoto does not restrict planting and supply of wood to the industry.
4. Provide direction to government on international market access, and act as a catalyst for pan-industry or commercially-driven market cluster developments and distribution initiatives.
5. Work to reduce energy costs and improve supply.
6. Promote R&D, pursue supportive tax incentive and funding policies, and streamline the RMA to encourage investment in value-added plant and projects aimed at increasing the sector’s export earnings.
7. Adopt industry practices that support continuous profitability and push for a more stable currency environment.

These priority areas are still relevant and form the basis for the work programme for the chief executive.