Management and Advisors

Mr. Barreto's business career spans over 35 years including his role at the Barreto Group and as a partner of Capital City Consulting, a corporate and public affairs consulting firm recognized by policy makers as one of the top in its industry in Florida. He is the Chair of the FIFA Miami World Cup Host Committee 2026 and chaired the Super Bowl Host Committees in 2007, 2010 and 2020, helping to raise more than $100 million dollars for the success of Miami Super Bowls. As a philanthropist and conservationist, Mr. Barreto is also a three-time appointee to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission where he has served for over 10 years including holding the title of Chairman eight times. He has twice chaired the Annual U.S. Conference of Mayors, was Chairman of the 1999 Breeder's Cup Championship held in South Florida and was the Chairman of the 1999 Sister Cities International Convention in Miami. Currently, Mr. Barreto is the Vice Chairman of the Florida Council of 100, and a member of the Boards of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, the Baptist Health South Florida Giving Society, the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust, and the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation. Prior to his career in public affairs and real estate, Mr. Barreto was a City of Miami police officer and is a member of the Florida Highway Patrol Advisory Council.

Mr. Phipps is the founder of the Company’s two subsidiaries, UK-based Global Telesat Communications and US-based Orbital Satcom Corp. and had served as the Company’s CEO and Chairman for six years, leading the company from start-up through its recent listing on Nasdaq. He has over 20 years’ experience in the communications industry, during which time he has overseen acquisitions, mergers and capital raising activities, and has more than 35 years of experience of investment management, finance, and operational roles in several private and public companies.

Ms. Munnik has over fifteen years of accounting and finance experience, serving in finance and accounting leadership positions for companies and business units with annual revenues ranging from $100M to $3B, and demonstrated expertise in US GAAP, SEC Reporting, Sarbanes-Oxley, Public Accounting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Internal Controls/Process Efficiencies, ERPs, and Strategy Planning for private and public entities. Earlier, Ms. Munnik served as Director of Asset Management at Unified Women’s Healthcare, a single-specialty management services organization and Lennox International where she served as Sr. Internal Auditor and as Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis. Ms. Munnik has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Pretoria (South Africa) and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Chartered Accountant (CA).

Ms. Norkute has over 20 years’ experience in the hospital and health care space and played a pivotal role in building and leading the operations of Progressive Care Inc. which was acquired by NextPlat in October, 2024. She joined PharmCoRx, the pharmacy division of Progressive Care in 2008, and rose to become Chief Operating Officer where she was instrumental in driving its growth into one of the largest independent pharmacy services providers in Florida. She successfully led business development, compliance, operations, and quality initiatives that enabled the company to consistently achieve 5-star performance ratings and built one of the most respected reputations in the industry.