Leon Holt is a farm forester and mid-career professional with a background in native forest management and regulation in Victoria. He has a Master of Forest Ecosystems Science and a Bachelor of Arts & Science from the University of Melbourne. Leon has worked in forestry for over 10 years in the public sector, in roles ranging from district forester to manager of the Victorian Government’s timber harvesting regulatory strategy team. He was the 2019 recipient of the Prince of Wales Award for Sustainably Forest Management, and was a Forestry Australia board observer from 2021to 2025. Leon helped establish the Future Foresters Initiative and the Forestry Australia’s long-running webinar program.