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Published on: 12/6/2002
Last Visited: 11/26/2003
Mr Daniel SpitzerChairmanPlantation Timber Products Group
Daniel Spitzer is Chairman of Plantation Timber Products Holdings Limited (PTP), a manufacturing and distribution group that he co-founded in 1993.PTP, the acknowledged leader in China's wood panel industry, started from a vision to grow fast cycle trees and produce medium density fiberboard (MDF) to replace the huge volumes of expensive and environmentally unsustainable plywood imported from Southeast Asian tropical rainforests.PTP's guiding philosophy of "doing well by doing good", has attracted investors such as the International Finance Corporation (IFC), JP Morgan Chase Capital Partners, and Search Holdings.Mr Spitzer led the development of the business from its inception and was CEO until last year when he handed over management to a successor.
Previously, Mr Spitzer was Managing Director of a major private equity investment company in Asia.Since 1976, Mr Spitzer has lived and worked in Asia for all but five years.Mr Spitzer received his Bachelors Degree from the University of California, Berkeley and his Masters Degree from Stanford University.