ARBOREM & Instituto Genoma de Recursos Florestais - Director
http://www.arborem.com.br

Brazil (São Paulo, SP)

Charles Frewen, 53 with over 30 years experience in capital markets and starting new businesses. Frewen has a lifelong interest in plants and tropical forests. He recently lived for over 2 years in the middle of the Amazon establishing Wood 4 Life. He wrote and initiated an ongoing plant research project "Flora Toucan Cipo", which together with the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew has so far discovered 13 new species of plant. Frewen is a board member of The Tropical Forest Foundation in Washington, DC. Educated at Eton College, he is a Brazilian and British citizen.