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The boss of a software engineering firm is to take over as chairman of a charity aimed at helping young people establish a career in IT. Sandra DeSilva has been appointed to head the Technology Leadership Forum (TLF), replacing Dion Tucker, who has ...

A bid to boost the standards of company directors in Bermuda has been launched. Financial services firm KPMG has teamed up with the Island branch of the Institute of Directors (IoD) to support professional development in the boardroom. The move means...

The number of work permits granted each year dropped by more than 6,800 in just six years, according to Government statistics released yesterday. The report showed that the estimated number of work permits issued peaked at 18,131 in 2007 — but had dr...

The president of XL Insurance (Bermuda) Ltd has been elected as the new chairman of Bermuda’s international business group. Patrick Tannock will replace George Hutchings, senior vice-president and chief operations officer of Oil Insurance in the top...

Bermuda was yesterday ranked 12th for women in management positions in a worldwide survey of 108 countries. The report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said the Island said women occupied 43.5 per cent of middle and senior management po...

The CEO of global business insurer XL Group is to be honoured in New York. Mike McGavick, the head of XL Group, will be given the St John’s University School of Risk Management’s 2014 Insurance Leader of the Year award at a gala dinner in New York ne...

A worldwide organisation for women working for hedge funds is aiming to set up a Bermuda branch. The Bermuda Business Development Association (BDA) said that the New York-based 100 Women in Hedge Funds (100WHF) chief executive officer Amanda Pullinge...

A former Canadian power firm chief who resigned last fall amid controversy over smart meter fires has been appointed to head Bermuda’s Regulatory Authority (RA). Robert Watson, who was president and CEO of the SaskPower in Saskatchewan, resigned from...

Hamilton Insurance Group has appointed Wendy Davis Johnson as chief communications officer. The former global communications senior vice president at Ace has 25 years of experience in marketing communications and brand development. Ms Davis Johnson w...

A series of think tanks aimed at cutting the cost of power is to be held in the New Year, Ascendant has revealed. In a letter, Walter Higgins, CEO of the parent company of electricity firm Belco, said: “In the meantime. our company continues to devel...