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Belizea Corporation will work to be a respected community leader and driving force for the economic and social development of Belize by supporting the Country's mission to strengthen alliances and partnerships between regional public, academic, and private sectors and to work with local and global leaders to strategically foster high growth potential, high value technology and business development in synergy with the eco- and agri-tourism economy.
Our managing partners include:
Gerhart W. Walch - Gerhart Walch, B.Sc. Technology & Dipl. Econ., is the Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO of both Belizea Corporation and Mayan Plantation Limited. Mr. Walch, educated in Austria and Switzerland, is a bi-lingual, experienced business entrepreneur, a devoted family man, an environmentalist and active philanthropist.
(Mr. Walch's complete curriculum vitae)
Gordon E. Rapozo - Mr. Rapozo is a Director, Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer of Belizea Corporation and Mayan Plantation, Limited. Mr. Rapozo is an accountant in private practice. Mr. Rapozo previously served as Senior Loan Officer and Treasurer of GECC Financial, GE Capital (Hawaii), a General Electric Company.
James D. Boersema - Mr. Boersema is the Director and the Executive Vice President of both Belizea Corporation and Mayan Plantation, Limited. Mr. Boersema brings significant Marketing, Public Relations and Advertising Expertise to the Companies. He has served as Public Relations Manager and as the Director of Corporate Communications for Bank of Hawaii. Since 1988, Mr. Boersema has been the President of ProComm Public Relations, representing clients such as Ko Olina Resort, Continental Airlines, Ala Moana Center, Anheuser Bush, Phillip Morris, Bishop Estate, Sun Resorts Limited/ Kerzner International Limited (which are controlled by Solomon Kerzner and which developed the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas and Sun City in South Africa), etc.
Mr. Boersema is a three times winner of The Silver Anvil (the nation's highest award for public relations programs); six time winner of the Koa Anvil (Hawaii's highest program award); and received the 1995 Public Relations Person of the Year. In addition, Mr. Boersema is a successful entrepreneur with business interests in several hospitality related businesses in Hawaii. Mr. Boersema?s service above self and the Country is exemplified through his long and distinguished service in the United States armed forces and most recently in the US Army Reserve, from which he retired early 2006, as a highly decorated (including Purple Heart, Silver Star) Officer and Colonel.
Timothy M. Grant - Mr. Grant is the Director, Trust Operations of both Belizea Corporation and Mayan Plantation, Limited. Mr. Grant last served as the Regional Vice-President at Dumon Financial Group, a leading Living Trust provider and Financial Services Broker in several states. He started the operations of the Group's Hawaii practice, incorporating
Legal and Trust services with Asset Management, Investment, and Insurance services. His main duties were that of a Financial and Estate Consultant.
Mr. Grant was educated in Singapore and the U.S. and holds a B.Sc. Degree in Business Administration from Hawaii Pacific University. He also holds the
following licenses: Insurance General Agent for Life, Annuities, and Health; National Association of Securities Dealers Licensed in Series 6
Investment Company & Variable Contracts Rep., and Series 66 (63 Mutual Funds & 65 Investment Advisory Rep.); Mortgage Brokers and Solicitors
licensed. He is happily married to his wife Carolyn, whom he met in Hawaii. He carries a Singapore Passport.
Frederick Henry Coward, Jr. - Mr. Fred Coward
is the Director, Security Operations of Belizea Corporation and Mayan Plantation, Limited. Mr. Coward brings 39 years of investigative, managerial and
administrative law enforcement experience. Mr. Coward has owned and operated his own investigative agency entitled Investigative Services International
(ISI) Corporation. Previously, he was the Deputy Legal Attaché with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and operated out of the US Embassy
in Tokyo. He was also the Senior Resident FBI Agent in Guam & the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI). He has conducted
investigations throughout Japan, Korea, and Taiwan and acted as key liaison representative to Micronesia, Palau, and Polynesia. In addition, he has
operated special assignments in Melanesia, Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Mexico. Mr. Coward was a former police officer in Long Beach, CA.
and is fluent in Japanese.
David B. Rosen, Esq., Robertha Magnus-Usher, Esq., Kyong-su Im, Esq. – Messrs. Rosen and Im and Ms. Usher are legal advisors to Belizea Corporation and Mayan Plantation, Limited. They are principals in their respective law firms with significant experience in real estate, corporate, and finance matters. Mr. Rosen serves as outside general counsel for both Belizea Corporation and Mayan Plantation, Limited. Ms. Usher is the companies’ local counsel in Belize. Mr. Im has represented the owner of the Hualalai Four Seasons resort on the Big Island of Hawaii since inception and has been involved in numerous transactions involving resort hotels. Mr. Im was retained specifically because of his expertise in resort development and is a member of the State of Hawaii Land Use Commission.
Nigel Miguel - Mr. Miguel is a UCLA graduate, former NBA player, and movie producer and actor (the Air Up There, White Men Can’t Jump, etc.). He is a dual citizen of the United States and Belize and is an ambassador at large for the Government of Belize.
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