Henry James
Founder
A member of the Lummi Nation, Henry James founded Trading Gateways in 2009. Henry’s unique status—a service-disabled veteran and minority business owner located in a historically underutilized business zone and a free trade zone governed by a sovereign nation—has earned him special category business rights with the U.S. government. As a successful businessman, builder, and developer, Henry is using his special category rights to develop commerce and trading platforms between nations. Through his business ventures, Henry is a leader in bringing life-sustaining jobs to impoverished areas. (Read Henry’s vision)

David Siebenga
Chairman
Senior counsel and partner in the law firm of Siebenga King in British Columbia, Canada, David Siebenga has an extensive and distinguished background in executive-level business management and international trade, finance, and land development. With more than 20 years of success advising and growing both U.S.-based and international companies, he brings to Trading Gateways his visionary leadership and expert guidance through the legal, contractual, and financial logistics of international business and real estate development.

Doug Robertson
Director of Operations
Doug Robertson is a Project Management Professional (PMP) with unique and in-depth experience in resource procurement, logistics management, international importing, exporting, and financing, and manufacturing facility construction. Ideally suited to efficiently and effectively move goods from other countries into the U.S., Doug has negotiated and acquired contracts for international companies; worked extensively with regulatory agencies and taxation authorities in the U.S. and Canada; served on government advisory boards; and raised and transferred financial capital across international lines.

Dave Vaishnav
Director of Marketing
From his beginnings as an engineer in India to his success launching projects in the U.S. and Canada for major contractors such as Boeing, Dave Vaishnav developed an exceptional level of expertise in international business over 34 years of product marketing, contract negotiation, land development, and regulatory and technical compliance in the international sector. An MBA who speaks three major languages, Dave brings to Trading Gateways an unparalleled understanding of the business climate, markets, and opportunities in India and North America.