OUR PEOPLE

Steve Kaufmann

Chairman

Steve Kaufmann began his professional career as a Canadian Government Trade Commissioner in Hong Kong in 1968 and then served in Tokyo from 1971 to 1974. Thereafter he established Seaboard Timber and Plywood Asia in 1974, and MacMillan Bloedel Asia Ltd. in Tokyo in 1980 for the two leading Canadian lumber exporters.

In 1987 he created Kaufmann Pacific Wood Products, which then became KP Wood in 1997. Steve has over 40 years experience in the wood business and provides a wealth of experience and knowledge for the KP Wood Team and its supply and market partners.