Corporate Governance- Directors

Alan Brooks has been a director since July 2004.  Mr. Brooks was the non-life insurance practice partner at KPMG in the Cayman Islands from 1984 to 1999 and was then engaged as a consultant by KPMG from February 2001 until his retirement in July 2003.  During those years, Mr. Brooks specialized in providing audit and liquidation services to the offshore insurance industry.  Mr. Brooks has been the audit partner to over 150 licensed insurance companies in the Cayman Islands, ranging from companies writing property and casualty, life and credit as well as special purpose vehicles formed to insure catastrophe risks. Mr. Brooks has significant experience in the preparation of financial statements in accordance with United States, United Kingdom, Canadian and International GAAP.  Mr. Brooks is also a shareholder and director of Genesis Trust and Corporate Services Ltd., a Cayman Islands based trust and management company, as well as being a director of other Cayman based insurance companies.  Prior to qualifying as a Chartered Accountant, Mr. Brooks received a Diploma of Education from the North Buckinghamshire College of Education in 1968.  Mr. Brooks has been a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered accountants of England & Wales since 1979.