Dirk A. Stuurop has been a director since 2004. Mr. Stuurop retired as Chairman Global Financial Institutions at Merrill Lynch where he worked from 1982 to 1999. Mr. Stuurop served as Chairman of Worldinsure Ltd., a privately owned provider of solutions to the Life Insurance Industry, from 2000 to 2002. He also served as Senior Executive Director to Banc of America Securities in 2003. He is a Director of Hiscox Ltd, a Bermuda based P&C insurance company, and is a member of Audit and Remunerations Committee. Hiscox operates Syndicate 33 at Lloyd's and is listed on the London Stock Exchange.