MANAGEMENT
Jack Mitchell – President and CEO: Mr. Mitchell has been our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director since 1997. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Missouri in 1978, his Juris Doctorate from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1981, and his LLM in Taxation from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1989. He was admitted to the California bar in 1986, and in 1988 was a founder of LaRocque, Wilson, Mitchell & Skola, a law practice specializing in real estate and gaming, where he was employed until he joined our Group.
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Albert Atallah – General Counsel and Corporate Secretary: Mr. Atallah has been our Vice President, Compliance and General Counsel, and a Director since 2000, having served as a consultant for us from 1997 to 2000. Before joining us, he was a partner with the California law firm of LaRocque, Wilson, Mitchell & Skola. He was admitted to the California and Michigan bars and is licensed to practice before the U.S. District Courts of California and Michigan, the U.S. Tax Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He received a B.B.A. in 1978 from the University of Michigan, a Juris Doctorate in 1981 from the University of Detroit School of Law, and an L.L.M. in Taxation from the in 1989 from the University of San Diego School of Law. Mr. Atallah is a tax specialist certified by the California Board of Legal Specialization.
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Peter LeSar - Chief Financial Officer : From 1997-1998, Mr. LeSar was the Executive Director of the Council for Investment & Development, which represented Thunderbird Resorts in its successful bid in the privatization of Panama's state-owned casinos. He has since worked for Thunderbird as a member of its corporate team both as President of Thunderbird Philippines and as Vice President of Business Development. In the former role, the operations in the Philippines achieved annualized organic growth of almost $10 million during his 18-month tenure. In the latter role, Mr. LeSar has been directly responsible for developing transactions, and structuring and securing funding for the Asian and European markets, specifically the Philippines, India and Poland. As of January 2011, Mr. LeSar has been named Interim Chief Financial Officer.
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Tino Monaldo - Vice President of Corporate Development: Mr. Monaldo joined us in March 2007 as a consultant and in November 2007 became Vice President—Corporate Development. From 2000 until 2007, he was General Counsel of Earth, Energy & Environment, LLC, a Kansas City-based project development company predominantly focused in the natural gas pipeline, ethanol production facilities and energy sectors. From 1988 until 1999, he was General Counsel of Kansas Pipeline Company. Mr. Monaldo received a B.A. in economics from George Washington University in 1979 and a J.D. from Washington University in 1982.
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Raul Sueiro - Vice President – Operations: Mr. R. Sueiro joined us in 1998 as a casino manager in Panama, which position he held until 2000. He was our operations Director in Venezuela from 2000 to 2003, our development manager in Chile from 2003 to 2004, our chief operations Officer in the Philippines from 2004 to 2006, our vice president of operations from 2006 to 2007, and has been our country manager for the Philippines and our Vice President—Asian and European Operations since February 2007. Before Mr. R. Sueiro joined us, from 1990 to 1998, he was the Dominican Republic Country Manager for Grupo Comar, a multinational gaming company. Mr. R. Sueiro received a B.S. from Instituto Nacional de Bachillerato in Ponferrada in 1982. He is the brother of our Vice President—Design and Construction, Angel Sueiro.
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Angel Sueiro - Vice President for Corporate Affairs: Mr. A. Sueiro joined us in September 2003 as our Director of Design and Construction. He became our Vice President—Design, Construction and Branding in 2007 developing 9 Architectural and Project Management offices that at certain time were managing more than 40 projects simultaneously. Currently he works as VP for Corporate Affairs, adding to his previous responsibilities the management of institutional relations. Before Mr. A. Sueiro joined us, from 1999 to 2003 he independently designed numerous casino and hotel projects in 10 different countries. For five years previous to becoming an interior designer, Mr. A. Sueiro was Partner & Art Director for Nova, a Corporate Image firm in the Dominican Republic. He received a degree of Tecnico Superior from Cofisad in La Coruña, Spain and a Master in Project Management from the Villanova University.
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Michael Fox - CFO of Latin America: Mr. Fox joined us in 2003 as the financial manager of our Costa Rican operations. Mr. Fox was responsible for executing the Group’s standards and for managing the construction of the Group’s flagship Costa Rican property in late 2003 and became our Chief Financial Officer in June 2005. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Fox was a principal in the UnoVision Consulting Group, which provided consulting services for various projects in Costa Rica, and from July 2002 to October 2003, Mr. Fox was also a financial Director at Apuestas Continentales, S.A., an operator of slot routes and casinos. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Fox was a principal in Central America Online, S.A., an Internet services provider. Mr.Fox has over 30 years of experience in business, including spending eleven years with Devcon International Corp, a NASDAQ-listed company, nine years of which he served as the Controller and CFO. Mr. Fox received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the College of Steubenville in Steubenville, Ohio, in 1976. As of January 2011, Mr. Fox has been named the Chief Financial Officer for Latin America operations.
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