Management Team / Advisory Board Bios
Martin BayerleManaging MemberFinder of the famous shipwreck RMS Republic, star of History Channel's 2016 nine-episode series Billion Dollar Wreck, author The Tsar's Treasure.
He is experienced with deep-sea cargo recovery operations. B.A., B.Sc.B.Ad. (Magna Cum Laude), MBA., Grant BayerleGeneral CounselDuring his third year of law school, he won the West Virginia State Business Plan Competition, prevailing over more than 70 other teams. He has worked with a number of start-ups through various stages of development. He is licensed in CA, FL and WV., Timothy D. BarrowAdmiralty CounselAttorney Tim Barrow's admiralty practice revolves around cargo loss, damage claims and litigation. He was instrumental in defeating the US Government who had claimed all the gold aboard RMS Republic, and in securing ownership to her and her cargoes., Sebastiaan (Bas) Coppes Project ManagerBas is a salvage professional with experience as salvage master for SMIT and president of Mammoet Salvage Americas where he was responsible for the acquisition and execution of all of their salvage and wreck removal projects in the Americas., Tessa BayerleDirector of Media Business Development.Tess was the catalyst for our 2016 History Channel nine-episode series Billion Dollar Wreck. She is a PADI Divemaster and hopes to be the first woman to be part of the saturation diving team to recover "riches beyond most (wo)men's wildest dreams."