Chairman Hales Group
W. Marston Becker has served as a Director of the Company and Max Re since April 2004. Mr. Becker has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Trenwick Group Ltd. a Bermuda insurance company since August 2002. In August 2003 Trenwick Group Ltd. filed for protection under chapter 11 of the U.S. bankruptcy code. Mr. Becker also has served as General Partner and Chairman of the Board of West Virginia Media Holdings which he co-founded since April 2001. Mr. Becker has served as Chairman of Hales & Company a banking firm specializing in insurance and financial services since July 2000. From November 1999 to December 2000 Mr. Becker served as Vice Chairman and a Director of Royal & SunAlliance USA. From 1994 to 1999 Mr. Becker worked for Orion Capital Corporation and served as its Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer from 1997 to 1999 and President and Chief Executive Officer of its subsidiary from 1994 to 1996. He is also an Advisory Board member of the Conning Funds American Securities Funds International Catastrophe Insurance Managers LLC and Recovery National Corporation. Mr. Becker is licensed as a certified public accountant in West Virginia.
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