Sam Taliaferro - Chairman, Director
Prima Panama is the vision of Sam Taliaferro, an American inventor - businessman. His idea is to create a marketing and sales driven organization that can assist North American and European retirees and investors looking for an exotic yet first world lifestyle with a cost effective and simple way to discover and purchase real estate in Panama.

An inventor by profession, Sam has developed and patented numerous technologies used in industrial factories throughout the world. He has built a number of manufacturing operations, the last one in Central America. Valle Escondido, his successful residential-tourism complex in Boquete, Panama, is the first land development project he has undertaken. He assembled the needed qualified people to assist in the planning, development, construction, marketing and sales of the project and has attracted talented and experienced business partners to help him create Prima Panama.

Paul McBride - CEO, Director
Paul McBride has over twenty-five years of sales, marketing and operations experience in the travel and tourism industries. Paul’s extensive knowledge of the industry, combined with his operational expertise, has resulted in a wealth of valuable business insights and advice to the clients he has worked with in the past.
By pooling the talents and contacts he’s developed in the travel industry over the years and applying the successful and innovative marketing techniques he’s utilized in the past, Paul's expertise has enabled new tour companies and emerging travel destinations to combine creative and aggressive marketing and sales strategies with effective operations procedures to successfully grow their businesses.

Christoph Zollinger - Director
Born in St. Gallen, Switzerland. He studied law at the University of Zurich where he graduated at the School of Law in 1995 (Lic. iur., LL.M 1995). He is living in Panama since 1996. As Partner and Head of Operations of one of the leading international Law Firms in Panama (with more than 30 offices worldwide) he has been directly involved in the modernization of their internal processes and in the design and creation of their cutting-edge technology and communications platform.
Languages: Spanish, English, French and German.

Ivonne Fitzgerald - Executive Assistant to the Chairman
Ivonne Fitzgerald came to PRIMA with a wealth of senior administrative experience. She served in various positions as a civilian component of the U.S. military, in Panama, including that of Foreign Student Affairs administrator, executive secretary to the Commander U.S. Air Force South and Executive Assistant to the Commander of the Army's Joint Task Force South. From there she served the President of the Republic of Panama throughout her term, as her executive secretary and office administrator.

Mayi Diaz - Executive Assistant
A hard working and dedicated professional with extensive experience in administration, customer service and tourism. She started out as a tour guide for the Panama Canal and throughout the years has served as personal assistant and general manager of various companies and most recently served her country as the person in Charge of the Panamanian Consular Section in Japan and Ambassador of Panama in Canada.


Ana Graciela Medina - Legal Counsel
Ana Graciela Medina: Born in the Republic of Panama and Studied at Saint Edward's University, Austin, TX, USA (Internarional Studies: Focus on Latin America, 1997); Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología, ULACIT, Panama (Bachelor in Law and Political Science, Cum Laude Probatus, 2001); Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain (Master's Degree in Information Technology & Law, 2002); Instituto de Empresa de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. (Executive Program - Focus on Corporate Law and Management, 2002); Master's Thesis: "The Tax Reality of the Offshore International Centers and the Digital Economy". Member of the Panama Bar Association and Member of the Panamanian Association of Law and New Technologies. Languages: Spanish and English. Areas of Practice: Immigration & Naturalization, Labor Law, Administrative Law, Communications & Information Technology (CIT), Internet and E-commerce Law, Litigation, Consumer Protection. Hobbies and Activities: Sports and horse riding.