Troy Wiseman

About Troy Wiseman

CEO of EcoPlanet Bamboo Group. Serial entrepreneur and investor who wants to positively change the world. Formerly founded the B.U.M. International clothing brand, and the InvestLinc Group. Co-founder of World Orphans, which during our early years of development helped fund over 500 orphanages in 46 countries.

Experience

1. CEO

   EcoPlanet Bamboo

   Dec 2010 — Present

   EcoPlanet Bamboo Group is the largest owner and developer of commercially grown bamboo plantations globally. EcoPlanet Bamboo combines this global resource base with investment into technology that enables bamboo to be a superior fiber solution across multiple sectors, including textiles, pulp and paper, and plant based packaging, providing a seed to sale sustainable solutions for industries that currently rely on the harvesting of natural forests for their wood and fiber based products. With operations in Central America and Africa, and Southeast Asia, EcoPlanet Bamboo targets areas that have suffered extreme deforestation, ensuring that our bamboo plantations and bamboo based products are only ever developed on degraded land, don\'t compete with food security, and are a deforestation free crop. In conjunction with each plantation, R&D focuses on ensuring clean manufacturing techniques, leapfrogging current technology to create a turnkey solution.Plantations are certified under the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), and/or suitable alternatives, and climate change benefits are quantified and commercialized through the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS).

Education

• International School of Hard Knocks

  PhD, Entrepreneurship

Skills

• Renewable Energy
• Start-Ups
• Entrepreneurship
• Investments
• Sustainability
• Private Equity
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Venture Capital