Our Team of Senior Professionals

Michael Wiles

President

Michael has provided strategic advice and senior level management in numerous residential country club and resort real estate communities nationally and internationally. As a real estate developer and broker with over 25 years' experience of leading successful land planning, product development, marketing and sales and vacation leasing programs his sales teams have recorded over $1 Billion of sales and managed vacation rental programs with over 300 rental homes.

Mr. Wiles was also the lead marketing consultant who created the successful tourism marketing campaign "Smiling Faces and Beautiful Places" for the State of South Carolina.

James Wanless

Senior Associate

Jim is one of the leading club and membership developers and marketers in the world. As an attorney, Jim has created, restructured and implemented membership programs at the finest clubs throughout the United States and the Caribbean.

Jim was a partner in the law firm of Gunster, Yoakley in Palm Beach Florida before becoming a founding partner in Hillier and Wanless, a law firm with a national practice representing clubs, residential and resort developers, owners and operators.

Thomas Wiles

Chief Financial Officer

Thomas has spent most of his 30 year career on Wall Street within the Mortgage Finance Industry as well as the Debt Capital Markets. As a Managing Director at both Bear Stearns & Co. and JPMorgan Securities Inc., Thomas was extensively involved in all aspects of housing finance including origination, credit due diligence, underwriting, warehouse lending, risk based pricing and securitization.

Thomas' broad experience in the nation's housing market, beginning with a tenure at both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, make him uniquely qualified to spearhead the capital funding activities of the company.

Thomas Wicky

Senior Associate

Tom is a seasoned hotelier with more than 30 years of management experience in luxury resort properties. At three separate properties he earned or regained the coveted Mobil 5-Star or the AAA 5-Diamond awards: Boca Raton Resort & Club, Breakers in Palm Beach and Hotel Intercontinental in Hilton Head, South Carolina.

Other resorts and clubs which Mr. Wicky has led include Cloister Hotel at Sea Island, Georgia and Fisher Island in Miami, Florida.

Robert Giesen

Senior Associate

Bob is a recognized national expert specializing in golf, resort and leisure services with a special emphasis on club related membership programs, organizations and restructurings. Previously, Mr. Giesen practiced law at the prestigious New York law firm of Dewey Ballantine.

Mr. Giesen is a Full Member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and a member of the Florida Bar.