Tom Sarno

Tom is responsible for the firm’s institutional timber investment program, including investment underwriting and portfolio management, acquisitions and dispositions, resource planning and analysis, client account management, economic research, and property management.
Previously, he served as global head of timberland and farmland operations, where he developed and led large-scale, integrated, investor-owned, and third-party forestry property management platforms.
Prior to that, he served as director of global timber operations.
Tom has also served as senior portfolio manager, where he was responsible for account management and portfolio development for individually managed timber accounts, as well as pooled investment vehicles; and general manager, Southern Division and Mid-Atlantic region manager.
In those roles, he led a team responsible for asset management, stewardship, and fiduciary oversight for managed assets in the South and Northeastern United States.
Prior to joining the firm in 2004, Tom was a procurement manager for International Paper’s Pensacola paper mill and McDavid sawmill enterprise.
Among other roles, he served as forest operations manager as well as forest analyst for Champion International Corporation.