Mr. Spurling has been a Director of W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. since June 2002. Mr. Spurling retired in March 2005 as Senior Partner at Appleby Spurling Hunter (formerly Appleby, Spurling & Kempe), an international law firm with offices in Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, London (UK) and Hong Kong, where he had practiced since 1977. He obtained his English Bar qualification in 1975 and was called to the English Bar in November 1976 following pupilage at Law Chambers in London. He was called to the Bermuda Bar in 1977. Mr. Spurling also serves as a director of Belco Holdings Limited, Bermuda Electric Light Company Limited, BF&M Life Insurance Company Limited, BF&M Limited, Bermuda International Insurance Services Limted and Bermuda Press (Holdings) Ltd. in Bermuda; as a Life Trustee of the Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Inc; and as a Trustee of the St. George Foundation. Mr. Spurling was an elected Member of the Bermuda Parliament for five years and served as the Government Whip. |