Peter Walker is Vice President – Investments, Timberland Assets at Domain Timber Advisors, LLC, a SEC-registered investment adviser and a subsidiary of Domain Capital Group. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing the analytics, strategic management and performance of the firm’s timberland investments.
Mr. Walker began his career in 2007 as a Research Analyst with Forisk Consulting, where he provided research and mapping support for the firm’s various biomass, bioenergy, and wood-using mill projects.
The following year he joined an Atlanta-based timberland investment management organization as Portfolio Manager and Forestry Analyst, where he was responsible for property analytics used in the acquisition, disposition, and management of timberland investments. Specific responsibilities included cash flow analysis, scenario analysis and Internal Rates of Return (IRR) forecasting. Mr. Walker was also a key member of an investment team that closed more than 80 deals, representing in excess of $500M of institutional capital.
While in graduate school, Mr. Walker helped co-author the 2007 edition of Forisk Consulting and Timber Mart-South’s Timber Market Profiles & Rankings for the U.S. South, and was also a contributor to the second edition of Geographic Information Systems – Applications in Natural Resource Management, a textbook used in natural resource mapping classes.
Mr. Walker received his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Forest Resources from the University of Georgia, Warnell School Forestry and Natural Resources, with concentrations in Forestry and Forest Business, respectively. He is a registered forester in the State of Georgia and an active member of the Society of American Foresters and the Georgia Forestry Association.