Aleksandra Holmlund

Aleksandra Holmlund is the CEO of Qarlbo Biodiversity, and a forester with more than 20 years’ experience in operational forestry and timberland investments across Sweden, Europe and the Americas. 

As CEO of Qarlbo Biodiversity, Aleksandra leads investments in nature-positive forestry that harnesses integrated forest management to improve both production and biodiversity conservation. She has engaged in biodiversity credit research and methodology development at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), and global biodiversity credit market development as a Task Force Member with the UN-affiliated Biodiversity Credit Alliance (BCA). The methodology derived from Aleksandra’s methodology was used to facilitate Europe’s first-ever voluntary biodiversity credit transaction in 2023, and has since been adopted by Sweden as the basis for a pioneering Global Biocredit Standard launched at COP16. 

Prior to Qarlbo Biodiversity, Aleksandra held Chair positions with the Swedish Association of Foresters and Arboreal BV (now impact forestry manager Generation Forest Invest). Earlier roles included Investment Manager and then COO of Nordics, UK and Western Europe for timberland investment and management firm GreenGold, leading supply chain review and timber market analysis as a Forestry Manager for IKEA Group, and advising on natural resource and production landscape management as a consultant across Europe. 

Aleksandra is a Fellow at the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry. She holds an MSc in Forestry and Biology and Forest Resources Production and Management from SLU, and an MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics.