Mark Hayton has been Chair of the Wood Recyclers’ Association since March 2025.

Mark is Director of wood recycling company EGGER Timberpak Ltd, which sources waste wood for the EGGER chipboard production sites.

Following a career as an electrician, Mark joined the chipboard industry as a buyer in a UK owned worktop and chipboard business, where he spent 13 years progressing to the role of Financial Director.

Mark was responsible for technical purchasing, HR, accounts and sales as well as purchasing large volumes of forestry and sawmill-based products.

He joined Egger as Recycled Purchasing General Manger in 2003 and shortly after became fully responsible for Timberpak Ltd.

During his time in the panel board industry, he has acquired a detailed knowledge of the waste wood sector, having grown Timberpak from a single site processing 20,000 tonnes a year to a four site unit, processing more than 400,000 tonnes a year.
 
Mark joined the WRA board in 2014.