Bermudian John H. Young, III, has been appointed assistant manager of The Residence Club at Tucker's Point. Mr. Young will assist general manager, Alan Paris, with the daily operations of The Residence Club, the initial tourism product at Tucker's Point and Bermuda's first example of fractional ownership.

The 20-unit, 60-bedroom facility will accommodate 200 fractional owners and their guests during their frequent visits to the Island. It will open this October.

"John Young is an important addition to our team," said Eric Brooks, chief operating officer at Tucker's Point Club.

"We appreciate his family history in the hospitality industry dating back to the opening of Lantana Colony in 1958, and his wealth of experience in Customer Service."

Mr. Young previously served as manager at Oleander Cycles. His hotel experience includes management positions at Topnotch at Stowe Resort and Spa, a four-star, four-diamond resort in Stowe, Vermont.

He is a graduate of the University of Vermont where he received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. He lives in Sandy's Parish with his wife Susie.

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Appleby Spurling Hunter has announced that the new leader of its local Trusts Practice Group has arrived.

Randall Krebs (pictured), who has over 20 years experience, specialises in advising on trust matters for commercial and private clients.

Prior to joining Appleby, he was the Founding Partner of Everett, Krebs LLP, a boutique insurance, tax (domestic & international) and corporate law firm in Canada.

He graduated from University of Alberta in 1982 with a Bachelor of Commerce and in 1985 with a Bachelor of Laws degree. He was called to the Bar of Alberta in 1986 and the Bar of Upper Canada in 1990.

Mr. Krebs is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, Law Society of Alberta, Canadian Tax Foundation, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and the International Society for Professionals in E-Commerce. He is also a registered trademark agent. He has chaired and conducted seminars and prepared articles for a number of organisations, including Strategy Institute, Royal Bank of Canada, Sun Life Canada, and PPI Financial Group Inc.

Managing partner, Peter Bubenzer, said: "Randall's depth of experience greatly enhances our capabilities in the Trust department in Bermuda, significantly contributing to our overall goal of providing innovative, multi-jurisdictional services for our corporate and individual clients. He is well respected among trust professionals and we look forward to the leadership that he will provide to our growing group of trust."

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B.TEC is hailing a new mentoring practicum a success after seven CedarBridge Academy students participated in the 400 level BSC Computer Science course which was developed in collaboration with the B.TEC initiative and had the full support of local IT companies. The goal of the course was to allow students to link what they learned in previous BSC computer science courses to the real world of practice and application.

At the beginning of the course in September, the students worked along with their computer science teacher, Racquel Rose-Greene, to research and develop a proposal for their intended practicum experience in one of four categories: programming, multimedia, IT support, and network systems.

B.TEC project manager, Kristin White, assisted both senior schools with placing students at various companies including the Registrar of Companies, GMD Consulting and Gateway Systems.

"Although the students were scheduled to work at the companies for a double period as assigned, most students continued working until the end of the business day, and also continued to work at the company beyond the course required period. These youngsters contributed greatly to the companies, assisting with and, in some cases, individually handling projects," she said.

Logic Communications was so impressed with student Adrian Fiddes after he helped successfully recover an under utilised web hosting server that the company offered him holiday employment.

Wendell Ebbin, Adrian's Logic Communications mentor, said that Adrian's impressive overall performance changed his view of some of the public school programmes. "This mentoring programme has been very beneficial to Adrian and sheds a positive light on the youth of Bermuda, which are so often misunderstood. As long as the students are as eager to learn as Adrian, I welcome future mentorships as I had a great pleasure in partaking in the furthering of youth," Mr. Ebbin said.

Adrian was also keen to endorse the programme saying, "I would definitely recommend the Mentored Practicum for any student who wants to get involved in IT. I especially enjoyed working with Logic, it's a great local company."

B.TEC is hopeful that even more students and companies will be interested in participating in the programme in the coming school year.