W. F. O. Rosenmiller

RICHARD Wm.
TALLEY, has been Chairman and Director of Central American Equities Corp since 1997.
As of August 1999, Mr. Talley has been the CEO of Talley and Co., an investment banking and general securities company located in Irvine, California.
Mr. Talley began his finance career with Smith Barney in New York.
He opened and managed the Shearson office in Santa Barbara until its sale to American Express in 1983, at which time he founded Talley, McNeil, and Tormey, a regionally focused investment bank and brokerage firm.
The firm was merged into a larger Southern California investment banking and brokerage firm in 1989.
In 1993, Mr. Talley and Paul D.
King founded Talley, King and Co., Inc. ("Talley King") with offices in Irvine, California.
Talley, King & Co., Inc. was an investment bank which focused on private placement financing.