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Tom Palecek

Director

As a Founding Partner and Advisor at Summit Trail Advisors, Tom works with an elite group of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, real estate families, finance professionals, business owners and foundations, providing holistic advice on investments, tax matters, and estate planning. Summit Trail is one of the few Independent Advisory firms in the United States with a national footprint (New York based), and with full institutional quality manager research and due diligence teams.

In addition to his work with Summit Trail, Tom is a current and active member of the San Francisco Estate Planning Council, a Board Advisor of the UC Davis Foundation and on the Finance Board at Holy Names University Endowment. Prior to founding Summit Trail, he was a Director at Barclays Wealth in San Francisco, where Tom and his partner built and led the largest team on the West Coast.

Tom is the contact for US based investors.

Lambda Consulting

CONSULTANT

Todd Rahimi is the founder of Lambda Consulting, an alternative legal services provider focused on the delivery of legal consulting services to emerging and mid-market companies. Prior to forming Lambda, he worked for more than 15 years as a corporate lawyer in the tech industry, including the last 6 as a senior executive, for telecommunications companies focused on the deployment of fiber optic cable systems and on the provision of global networking, data and cloud services. He has worked on the development and operation of international infrastructure projects worth more than US$9B, advised on nearly US$2B of cross-border M&A activity, and managed a wide range of commercial, legal and regulatory issues in the U.S. and in multiple jurisdictions throughout Asia Pacific and Africa.

Aaron Knapik

Director

Aaron possesses 25 years of experience in executive financial services roles.  He is currently the Managing Director of Somerston Innovations, responsible for a portfolio of high growth transformational technology companies.  Aaron holds an MBA from Manchester Business School, a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Alberta, is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) and a Certified Treasury Professional (CTP).  Having previously worked in Canada, Asia, Europe and the US, Aaron has settled in the Caribbean and is a naturalized Caymanian.

Aaron is the contact for International investors.

Bob Taylor

Director

Bob is a seasoned telecom CEO and board member with over 30 years telecommunications experience across multiple jurisdictions.  He has worked with Nokia Bell Labs, AT&T, MCI Communications, Verizon, Teleguam Holdings, Westar Cayman (CBS International Partner) and has experience with two Pacific submarine cables.  He was previously named EY Entrepreneur of the Year, Top 100 CIOs of the Year, and has provided expert testimony in front of US Congress, US FCC, Canadian CRTC, Mexican SCT, New Zealand Competition Commission, as well as dozens of US states and territories.  Bob has a MBA from the University of Chicago School of Business and a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Denver.

Alex Ohlsson

Director

Alex is the global managing partner at international law firm Carey Olsen.  He is recognised as a leading expert in corporate and finance law in Jersey. He is regularly instructed by leading global law firms and financial institutions.

 

Alex is a member of various regulatory and industry bodies, including the Financial and Commercial Law Sub-Committee of the Jersey Law Society, which review as well as initiate proposals for legislative changes.  Alex joined Carey Olsen in 1991. He became a Jersey solicitor in 1994 and an Advocate of the Royal Court of Jersey in 1995. He became a partner in 1995.

Nicholas Pavich

Director

Nick has over 35 years of experience in land acquisition, master planning, project development, and water and resource management. In his role as Managing Partner, Nick led the team that developed the Reno Technology Park (RTP), which is now the home of Apple’s largest data center campus, an over $3 billion digital infrastructure initiative.  Nicholas is Managing Partner of the network build manager, Unique Infrastructure Group. 

Allan Chapman

Director

Executive Director of Somerston Group, Allan represents TPNs largest shareholder.  Allan has extensive property development experience, retail, office, hotel, industrial and telecom sectors.  In 2004, Allan led the team responsible for the contribution of the Somerston Group’s data center assets into Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) as part of its IPO. After working in London, Chicago and Vancouver, Allan then moved to San Francisco where he set up Somerston’s North American operations.  Allan is a now a Cayman Islands resident.