Edward C. Rochette

Biography

Mr. Rochette is an internationally known negotiator and transaction specialist with over 35 years of experience in International Business, Land Management and Natural Resources. Edward is currently managing a start-up Agricultural Fund, with the purpose to fund natural resource related business developments in Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines. The initial businesses of the fund include a coconut wood flooring business, coconut oil processing, bio-diesel, aquaculture development, natural insecticides and confectionary foods, and a consulting and business development unit. Experience involved setting up initial corporate and the legal structure for new ventures, including the corporate entities, assisting in the preparation of taking companies public on international stock exchanges, negotiating joint venture agreements, the acquisition of property rights, obtaining operating licenses, setting up the structure to manage the licenses, leases and joint venture agreements, and legal due diligence. Currently he is the CEO and a Director on the Board of Directors of East Asia Minerals Corporation, a company listed on the TSX, and is also a board member of several private companies working in Asia. Mr. Rochette is also a frequent speaker at conferences in Asia on topics including Mining, Agriculture Development, Investing in Emerging Markets and Alternative Energy sources from biofuels 

Research Interest

International Business, Land Management and Natural Resources