Brian R. Hall, OBE

President, Inter-Ocean Management Ltd.

Brian Hall is President of Inter-Ocean Management Ltd. He retired as Director of Johnson & Higgins, New York, and Chairman of Johnson & Higgins (Bermuda) Ltd. in July 1997. In 1969, Brian had founded Inter-Ocean Management Ltd., which entered into an association with Johnson & Higgins in 1970. The business of Inter-Ocean was acquired by Johnson & Higgins in 1979, and Brian was appointed President of Johnson & Higgins (Bermuda) Ltd. He became a Director of Johnson & Higgins in 1989.

Brian is the chair of the Bermuda Foundation for Insurance Studies and was Chairman of the Insurance Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Bermuda Government from 1984 to 1998. He also served as Chairman of the Bermuda College in 1998. In 1998 Brian received a Queen's award as Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). He is also a recipient of the Bermuda Insurance Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award (2000). Brian has been on the Ignition Board of Directors since 1999.