Executive Team

Ian Fillinger

President & CEO

Mr. Fillinger has been the President & Chief Executive Officer of Interfor since January 2020. Since joining Interfor in 2005 as General Manager, Interior Operations, he has accepted progressively senior roles with the Company. Mr. Fillinger was appointed SVP & Head of Operations in December 2015 with responsibility for all of the Company’s manufacturing, woodlands, timber procurement and capital projects activities. He was appointed SVP & Chief Operating Officer in February 2018. He has more than 30 years of experience in the lumber industry, including at Pacific Forest Products, Riverside Forest Products and Canadian Forest Products. 

Mr. Fillinger holds a Master of Business Administration from Athabasca University and a Diploma in Wood Products Engineering from the British Columbia Institute of Technology.

Mike Mackay

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Mike joined Interfor in 2015 and was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in December 2025. Mike is responsible for the Company’s finance, corporate development and IT functions.  Before joining Interfor, Mike held a variety of progressively senior roles in the wood products sector and in the M&A advisory group with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Mike holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Victoria, is a Chartered Professional Accountant and has completed the Wharton School of Business Executive Development Program. 

Bart Bender

Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing

Bart joined Interfor Corporation as Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing in 2015. He is responsible for Sales and Marketing across all regions and systemwide Logistics for the company with a focus on building value for Interfor customers by delivering quality products “on spec and on time.”

Bart has more than 30 years of experience in the wood products business in both Sales and Marketing, and Operational capacities. He has worked for Ainsworth Engineered Canada, Talpx Inc, Interex Forest Products and Balfour Guthrie Forest Products. In addition, Bart currently serves as Chair for both US WoodWorks and Canada Wood Group. 

Bart holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia majoring in Transportation and Logistics. 

Tim Hartnett

Senior Vice President, Human Resources

Tim joined Interfor Corporation in July 2022 and is accountable for leading the Company’s HR strategies.

Tim worked for Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP), one of North America’s leading engineered wood building products manufacturers, for over 25 years. He began his career as an HR & Safety manager at an Oriented Strand Board plant before earning promotions into regional roles and ultimately leading the HR function for the entire company, covering 25 operations and more than 4,000 employees. His most recent role was as a senior executive at an LP joint venture involved in off-site construction for the home building market.

Tim has a business degree from Michigan Technological University and an MBA from the University of Tennessee.

Andrew Horahan

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Andrew was appointed Chief Operating Officer in December 2025 and is responsible for all of Interfor’s manufacturing, woodlands, and log procurement activities across Canada and the United States. He previously served as Executive Vice President, Canadian Operations beginning in October 2022.

Andrew joined Interfor in 2008 as Mill Manager at Grand Forks at the time of the Pope and Talbot acquisition. As General Manager, Kootenay Operations, he was instrumental in resetting the operating climate at Grand Forks and Castlegar and led the successful rebuild of both mills in 2012 and 2015. In 2013, he was appointed General Manager, Interior Operations, which added Adams Lake to his portfolio. He became Vice President, BC Operations in 2015, Vice President, Western Operations in 2017, and Executive Vice President, Canadian Operations in 2022, delivering strong operational and financial performance across the region.

Bruce Luxmoore

Executive Vice President, U.S. Operations

Bruce was appointed Executive Vice President, U.S. Operations in October 2022. He is responsible for all of Interfor’s manufacturing, woodlands and log procurement activities across the U.S. Bruce came to Interfor from Tolko in 2007 as Mill Manager at Adams Lake where he played a key role in the design, construction, start-up and operation of that mill. In 2013, Bruce was appointed General Manager, Coastal Operations and, in 2016, Vice President, Northwest Operations. In 2017, Bruce was appointed Vice President, Southern Operations, and as Senior Vice President, Southern Operations in 2021 and has provided stability, structure and focus to Interfor’s operations while delivering impressive operating and financial results.

Bruce is a graduate of Wood Products Technology at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.

Xenia Kritsos

Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

Xenia joined Interfor Corporation in May 2015 and has responsibility for all legal services, advice and strategy. She is also the Corporate Secretary of Interfor Corporation and its subsidiaries.

Xenia has more than 20 years of experience as a practicing lawyer both in Canada and overseas. She has held the roles of general counsel and in-house lawyer for several public companies in the mineral resources industry, and has been in private practice with a major law firm in South Africa and with McCarthy Tétrault LLP in Vancouver.

Xenia is a member of the Law Society of British Columbia (since 2006) and the Law Society of the Northern Provinces, South Africa (since 2000, currently on the non- practicing roll). She holds a National Certificate of Accreditation (National Committee on Accreditation, Ottawa), a Bachelor of Civil Laws (Oxford), a Bachelor of Laws (University of the Witwatersrand) and a Bachelor of Arts (University of the Witwatersrand).