{"id":57305,"date":"2021-08-17T16:49:35","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T11:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.woodandpanel.com\/?p=57305"},"modified":"2021-08-17T16:52:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T11:22:16","slug":"confor-welcomes-new-policy-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodandpanel.com\/woodnews\/article\/confor-welcomes-new-policy-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Confor welcomes new Policy Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodandpanel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/confor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.woodandpanel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/confor-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.woodandpanel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/confor-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.woodandpanel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/confor.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Experienced communications and engagement professional Maria Bellisimo, joined Confor as its new Policy Officer. Maria, who will join the Confor team on 6th September, has a strong understanding of the UK\u2019s political and policy-making process &#8211; and detailed industry knowledge through her recent work with both BSW Timber and, previously, the Wood Panel Industries Federation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>She has held a number of roles across Westminster and the private sector, and understands forestry and wood\u2019s vital role in contributing to the sustainability agenda. Confor Chief Executive Stuart Goodall said: \u201cMaria is a fantastic addition to the Confor team. Her strong background in public affairs and her specific experience working with businesses in the sector mean she can hit the ground running and add real value to our work at a time when forestry and timber have never been more important to society.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Maria, who has vast experience of designing and running political and single-issue campaigns, is well-known to a number of the Confor team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited to be joining Confor, and to have the opportunity to build on my experience. I am very passionate about communicating all the benefits of forestry and wood to key decision-makers and help promote this vital industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experienced communications and engagement professional Maria Bellisimo, joined Confor as its new Policy Officer. Maria, who will join the Confor team on 6th September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":57308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[25,7,40,10443,27527],"tags":[11249,10830,11309,30086,30085,28177,26785,18599],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodandpanel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57305"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodandpanel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodandpanel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodandpanel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodandpanel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodandpanel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodandpanel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodandpanel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodandpanel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodandpanel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}