Meet Co-Chairs

Franz Manderson

Mr. Manderson has a long and distinguished public service career spanning 28 years, having joined the Immigration Department as a clerical officer in 1981.He moved through the Immigration Department rapidly, and within 10 years was promoted to the post of Assistant Chief Immigration Officer. Four years later, in 1996, he was promoted to Deputy Chief Immigration Officer.

During his Immigration career, Mr. Manderson pursued legal studies through the Cayman Islands Law School, obtaining his law degree with honours. He was then granted a one-year leave of absence by the government, in order to undergo training at the law firm of Walkers to qualify as an attorney-at-law. Mr. Manderson was called to the Cayman Bar in 2004.

That same year, he assumed the position of Chief Immigration Officer. In the ensuing five years Mr. Manderson transformed the Immigration Department by introducing policies, systems and procedures that significantly increased its efficiency. His focus on customer service and staff training also has contributed greatly to changing the department's atmosphere and culture.

Michael Joseph

Michael Joseph was born in Jamaica in 1973 and was raised in Cayman from the ripe age of only 6 days old.  He attended school first in the Cayman Islands at St. Ignatius, and then received further education in England, France, Spain and the United States.  Michael has a degree in International Business Management and another in Marketing and Advertising, he represented the Cayman Islands in the 1996 Olympic Games and is a former YCLA finalist. He is a member of the Rotary Club of Grand Cayman. He has worked in both Europe and Cayman and speaks French and Spanish fluently.  Before commencing his successful career in the real estate industry Michael worked in private banking/trusts with RBS Coutts and also with local marketing company BB&P.  Michael has been a real estate agent with RE/MAX Cayman Island since 2003 and has been heavily involved in the company’s numerous community efforts.