Atherden, Gilbertson Appointed To BCB Board

January 23, 2014

BCB Directors Jan 2014Bermuda Commercial Bank’s Board of Directors have appointed two new members to the Board, Ms. Jeanne Atherden and Mr. Alan Gilbertson.

Ms. Atherden assumed her post on the BCB Board on December 18, 2013. A graduate of McGill University, Ms. Atherden has over 30 years of accounting, finance, and trust experience in management roles within several different business sectors in Bermuda; is a chartered accountant and a member of the Institute of Directors.

She began her career as an Audit Manager for Cooper & Lines and has since held various positions with the Bermuda Hospital Board, Appleby, Spurling & Kempe, and the Bank of Bermuda [HSBC Group].

She has been in her current roles, Vice President and Account Executive for Paragon Brokers [Bermuda] Ltd, since 2007. Ms. Atherden currently sits on the Board of KeyTech Limited and the Bermuda Hospital, as well as serves as Chairman of the Bermuda Health Council and as an MP for the One Bermuda Alliance.

Mr. Gilbertson also assumed his post on the BCB Board on December 18, 2013. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant and earned an MBA with a first-class pass from the University of Cape Town. Mr. Gilbertson has close to 35 years of experience in the financial services and non-profit sectors in South Africa, Asia, and Bermuda.

One of the founding members of Orbis Investment Management Group in Bermuda, he spent eleven years as the President until he retired in February 2000.

Since that time, Mr. Gilbertson has been working as a volunteer in the non-profit sector; previously with Feedback Food Redistribution and currently with FoodBank South Africa. He presently sits on the Board of Directors for the Bermuda Triathlon Association, Orbis Financial Limited, Orbis World Limited, The Global FoodBanking Network, and FoodBank South Africa.

“BCB is pleased with the appointments of Ms. Atherden and Mr. Gilbertson,” stated Board Chairman Mr. J. Michael Collier. “Our team and our Board will be further strengthened by these well established and highly regarded individuals.

“This is an exciting time for the Bank, and we are confident that they will both make positive contributions to our continuously growing Group of Companies. We look forward to the important new perspectives they will bring to help the Group further succeed in the future.”

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