Paris joins Tucker?s Point

Around the world sailor Alan Paris has been appointed general manager of .

Mr. Paris, a Bermudian, will be responsible for administering the daily operations of The Residence Club, which is the initial tourism product at Tucker?s Point and the Island?s first fractional ownership scheme.

The Residence Club, slated to open in September, is a luxury 20-unit facility which will accommodate its 200 fractional owners during trips to Bermuda.

?Alan Paris is an important addition to our executive team,? said Eric Brooks, COO of Tucker?s Point Club. ?We appreciate his can-do spirit, so impressively evidenced by his lone circumnavigation of the globe, and his wealth of experience managing resorts.?

Mr. Paris brings nearly two decades of operations and hotel experience to Tucker?s Point. Prior to accepting his new position with The Residence Club, Mr. Paris served as Director of the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute. His hotel experience includes general management positions at two of the Island?s South Shore hotels ? Ariel Sands and Horizons & Cottages.

In addition, he held management positions at Bermuda?s Lantana Colony Club and The Reefs Hotel. Mr. Paris began his career in the management-training programme of Hyatt Hotels.

Mr. Paris is a graduate of England?s Ardingly College and Georgia State University, where he received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Hotel, Restaurant and Travel Administration with a minor in Management and Marketing.

A Member of the British Empire (MBE) and listed on the Queen?s Birthday Honours List for his services to sailing and education, Mr. Paris lives in St. George?s with his wife and young son.

The principal investors in Tucker?s Point Club are Bermuda Properties Ltd., which has owned and operated the property since 1958, and Argus Insurance Company Ltd.

Series 7 set for BSX

will be hosting an examination for the pivotal Series 7 investment designation on May 27.

BSX CEO Greg Wojciechowski said this was the second time the exam had been offered to the public.

The Series 7 exam is run by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) and is viewed as a benchmark qualification for anyone interested in pursuing a career in the investment industry.

The BSX became actively involved in Series 7 in 1998 after securing permission to act as exam sponsors in Bermuda.

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David named to new Bacardi post

The Miami Herald reported that Stella David has been named to a newly created, global position with Bermuda-based liquor giant .

Ms David had been managing director of Bacardi-Martini UK and Bacardi Netherlands but was last year tapped to be the next president of the liquor giant?s Miami-based US subsidiary.

The plan was that the British executive would eventually oversee Bacardi?s entire North American operation upon the retirement of Eduardo Sardina in July 2006.

Instead, David has taken a newly-created job as managing director for global procurement, production and manufacturing for the Bermuda-based parent company Bacardi Ltd., with additional responsibilities as managing director of the Asia-Pacific region.

Ms David, 42, who remains one of the company?s highest-ranking female executives, said she felt the global job offered her a better opportunity.

When Bacardi chairman Ruben Rodriguez added the chief executive?s responsibilities back to his job, he decided to take another look at the global liquor giant?s management structure. Mr. Rodriguez offered Ms David, 42, the choice to continue her move to the US or take the new job with the global company.

It is understood that Ms David will remain based in the UK.

?This job plays more to my strengths,? said Ms David in a telephone interview with the Herald from her office in Weybridge, England. ?I like to see myself as an agent of change and there are a lot of opportunities for that here. The US is a well run business and there were not going to be any immediate changes required.?