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Mr. Kazantzis brings extensive operating and entrepreneurial experience to his position as Chief Operating Officer and Director responsible for Envirokare administration and operations. In 1989 Mr. Kazantzis with other Partners and in conjunction with Merrill Lynch Inter-Funding acquired and built Pacific Outlook Co. Inc. one of the largest sportswear and licensing companies in the United States. Mr. Kazantzis later acquired two of the Pacific Outlook divisions Offshore California Inc. a California life style sportswear brand and Team Gear USA an athletic brand which successfully marketed World Cup USA94 and Soccer USA licensed products. From 1998 to 2002 he was the Managing Director of SLC Leasing Company. Ltd. at that time the largest privately held car-leasing (hire-purchase) company in Thailand. In conjunction with the law firm of Tilleke & Gibbins and Grant Thornton-Thailand Mr. Kazantzis successfully funded and restructured SLC as a litigation-proof entity before conveying it to a group of creditors and investors. During the 1980s he was a principal in a real estate division of Cumberland Investment Group a New York financial investment firm specializing in real estate and private equity transactions. He joined Envirokare in July 2002 as Executive Vice President. | 