Juan Loyola brings extensive international project development and finance experience in hospitality/mixed-use development as well as energy.  He completed his undergraduate studies at Hotel Institute Montreux in 1992, and at the age of 20, was hired by Hilton International into a departmental management role.  His management background includes hotels such as Marriott, Ritz-Carlton, and independent resorts. 

In the early nineties before online degrees were common, he completed graduate studies through distance learning in Economics at SOAS University of London, an experience that gave rise to an intellectual fascination with Applied Economics which persists to this day.  Loyola briefly worked as a general securities representative (series 7) before moving to Austin, Texas to complete his MBA at McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin.  Following his studies, his focus shifted from management to development after 2 years with Enron’s international development arm based in the Caribbean.   

Over the next 9 years, based at different times in Puerto Rico, Florida, California, and Texas, he would apply his development expertise to the hotel industry as well, become an executive for a hospitality company, and directing energy programs for global industrial clients for a Washington, D.C.-based energy consulting firm. 

He speaks four languages, is a competitive tennis player, a published singer-songwriter, and today lives in San Antonio, Texas with his wife and their four children. 

Mr. Ndele has an international background across Europe, the United States and Africa. His extensive and active network is based on over twenty years of financial and legal advisory, with experience in financial markets, startup business development, media promotion and real estate development.  

Ndele studied Political Sciences at the University of Geneva and Law in Louvain University, before completing his MBA at Cape Town University’s Graduate School of Business.  

In 1994, Ndele joined True Africa Media Group as their Sales & Marketing executive in Paris where he spearheaded their marketing and communications strategy and brought on board major luxury brands. Returning to Switzerland and shifting to international finance, he joined Gottex Portfolio Management in Lausanne as Senior Financial Analyst focused on hedge fund equity and the derivatives portfolio management.

Ndele then returned to True Africa Media Group and crossed the Atlantic in 2002 to become Head of Business Development out of New York City.  Here, he negotiated Goldman Sach’s investment into his True Africa Media, oversaw the transition from Groupe Lagardere MCM Afrique to Trace TV, and opened Trace TV’s distribution network to the African market. 

Since 2004, Ndele became Managing Partner of Pallas Consulting, located across the Democratic Republic of Congo.  Here he has overseen finance deals, provided strategic consulting in debt/equity fund raising, provided legal and financial advisory.  

Fluent in both French and English, and able to converse in Lingala and Spanish, Henri Ndele combines this broad international development and finance experience with a deep understanding of client requirements and the need for a holistic approach to creating value in multiple verticals. In this, Ndele is a proven leader and communicator. Most recently, Henri was appointed EVP Capital Formation of the Amani Resorts, Inc.

Felix Torres is a leader with international experience in logistics, security, technology, architecture, engineering design and construction and project management.  His career begins with his undergraduate studies at Northeastern University.  After studying Industrial Engineering with a concentration in Project Management, he took first a position as Project Manager/Reliability Engineer at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Rhode Island, and then, rising to their Program Executive Office on the strength of his outstanding performance, as Production Manager/Project Manager.  Holding secret security clearance at the Center, he led a team focused on the design, construction and delivery of Navy weapon systems (torpedoes). 

In 1997, Mr. Torres obtained an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business with a concentration in Finance, and then led Business Development for Cellular One or Puerto Rico designing and implementing telecommunications solutions for clients, while leading a special team to implement the Competitive Local Exchange Carrier Program to build the landline business for the market leader in Puerto Rico.

In 1999, Torres began a 10-year body of work for Univision. As Project Manager, Construction Manager, and Facility Manager, he led the strategic planning, design, construction, and operations of television and radio studios for a Univision PPP.

In 2011, EVO Consortium was formed.  As founder and CEO, he dedicated his new company to strategic planning, construction management, and construction for venues and highly sophisticated technology infrastructure engagements that impact national security and operational efficiency.  He managed new public and private sector building projects and created alliances with governments and major technology companies.  EVO Consortium is the development arm of Rapiscan/AS&E and S2 Global, who are leaders in the industry of Vehicle and Merchandise Scanning Security Services. 

Over the last decade, Torres’ clients and projects span the globe.  For the Puerto Rico Convention Center District, he was the Project Manager for four different government administrations wherein he developed a major convention center that included hotels, office buildings, commercial venues, residences, parks, and many other amenities, with an investment over $450 million.   For the World Trade Center, he led the implementation of the underground inspection sites, designed multiple venues for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge Project, assisted the Government of Iraq with city-crossing security inspection, and designed and construction managed 40 inspection sites in Mexico’s main maritime ports and land border crossings while handling highly classified information.  He also designed and managed the construction of inspection sites in Albania’s main maritime port and land border crossing under European construction codes. 

With deep experience with major construction in Asia, Europe, Middle East, and The Americas, he has taken on the role of EVP of Real Estate Project Development worldwide.  He is based in Florida with his wife and two children.