Webber placed on administrative leave at BDA
Ross Webber, the chief executive officer of the Bermuda Business Development Agency, has been placed on administrative leave. The reason for the decision has not been made public.
The BDA, and its chairman Paul Scope, declined to elaborate on the move at this time. Mr Webber, a Bermudian, has been at the helm of the BDA since August 2014; before that he was permanent secretary of the Ministry of Economic Development for two years. He has also worked in Bermuda’s insurance sector.
Mr Webber was part of the Bermuda delegation that promoted the island at the Risk and Insurance Management Society annual conference and exhibition in San Antonio, Texas, last month.
The BDA is majority funded by the Bermuda Government, with supplemental funding generated from the private sector.
The Royal Gazette has made an inquiry with the Ministry of Finance, under which the BDA falls, regarding the issue of Mr Webber being placed on administrative leave.
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