TeleBermuda International Ltd. (TBI) announced yesterday the appointment of Jeffrey Conyers to its board of directors.

Chief executive officer of TBI James Fitzgerald said: ?TeleBermuda is privileged to have someone of Mr. Conyers background and calibre join its board. He has vast experience and we look forward to working with him as a director of TBI.?

Mr. Conyers, a graduate of Trinity College, University of Toronto, began his professional career as a stockbroker with McLeod, Young and Weir, and MacDougall, MacDougall and MacTier in Toronto.

He returned to his native Bermuda in 1985 and joined the Bank of Bermuda as an assistant manager where he specialised in investments and trusts.

Founder of First Bermuda Securities, he recently completed his term of office as chairman of Bermuda International Business Association and is a founding executive council member and now a deputy chairman of the Bermuda Stock Exchange. He is also a director of numerous other companies in Bermuda, as well as sitting on various government and industry committees. He holds licenses with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. as general securities principal, financial and operations, and registered options principal.