Mr. Manaker began his career as a Partner in the New York Law firm of Birmbaum, Manaker and Acquilio, P.C. and as an Assistant Professor, Syracuse College of Law. In the mid eighties Mr. Manaker entered the Travel industry as the Co- Founder and President of BTI Americas and then as Co-President of WorldTravel BTI (now called BCD Travel) He has worked with BCD N.V., a Dutch family-owned company founded by John A. Fentener van Vlissingen in 1975, which is the parent company of BCD Travel. BCD has more than 12,000 employees, working in 90 countries (in North and South America, Asia and in Europe) and has generated U.S.$ 12 billion in global sales in 2007.Mr. Manaker acted as President of Acquisitions for BCD Travel till the summer of 2007; when he became an outside consultant for BCD. Currently Mr. Manaker runs a private equity fund, REM Investments LLC, focusing on the travel industry, manufacturing and financial services sectors. Mr. Manaker holds a Doctorate of Law; Syracuse College of Law, New York, USA and a Masters Mechanical Engineering; Syracuse University, New York, USA.