Director & Arboricultural Consultant
Peter Wharton
MICFor (Chartered Arboriculturist)
Peter is the company director and a creative arboricultural consultant with over 15 years combined experience within the public and private sectors. In recent years Peter has moved from a technical day-to-day job to now managing a team of knowledgeable and successful young professionals. He prides himself on providing solutions that ensure trees are considered to be assets rather than hindrances to development. Previously, Peter has been the Vice-Chair, a Trustee and Director of the Arboricultural Association, Chair of the Associations Media and Communications Committee and currently sits on the Consultants Working Group and Midlands Branch Committee.
Qualifications:
- Bsc (Hons) Arboriculture from the University of Central Lancashire
- Chartered Arboriculturalist
- Professional member of the Institute of Chartered Foresters and Registered Consultant
- Fellow of the Arboricultural Association
- Professional member of the Consulting Arborists Society
- Licensed user of Quantified Tree Risk Assessment
- Lantra Professional Tree Inspection certificated
Wharton 101:
- Peter likes to show off his qualifications
- He's obsessed with Ironman (both competing and Robert Downey Jr) and is training for his fourth (and final?) race
- He loves a Stowford Press but is only allowed G&T at the moment (he's in training)
- He idolised Super Ted when he was younger (well, up until he was 30 actually)
- He's had to stop playing rugby because he bust up his shoulder
- He's frequently seen running up and down steep hills in his lunch break
- He has extremely questionable taste in music
- When he makes his million, Pete's going to build a house overlooking Lake Windermere and work for Ironman UK
