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Teodoro F. Franco L. Sole Officer/Director, for over thirty years, been a specialist in maritime and aviation law. Mr. Franco is a partner in Franco and Franco, one of the most prestigious law firms in Panamá with offices around the world. In addition to his law practice he has served as Panamanian Consul to Liverpool, England and for the past five years as Ambassador to Great Britain. The firm of Franco and Franco is regarded with the highest degree of integrity and professionalism in the business and political community in Panamá with its partners and several of its associates holding or having held public office. Teodoro Franco’s brother and partner, Dr. Juaquin F. Franco, Jr., has held many public offices over the past four decades, most recently as the Governor of Colon Province, the state containing the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal and the Colon Free Zone. His nephew and associate in the firm, Juaquin F. Franco, III, has served as the Minister of Commerce and is currently a member of the House of Representatives and a candidate for President of the Republic. The firm practices maritime, aviation and commercial law and currently is the legal firm for: IBERIA (the Spanish national airline), KLM (the Dutch national airline), VIASA (the Venezuelan national airline), Aeroflot (the Russian national airline) and various smaller Latin American national airlines as well as being the registered agents for thousands of ocean going ships around the world flying the Panamanian flag. Mr. Franco brings to the Company a wealth of international legal, commercial and diplomatic experience. | 