Board and Governance

Amanda is Head of Communications at the Bermuda Monetary Authority. She was formerly Director of Philanthropy for the XL Group and Executive Director of the XL Foundation. Until 2015, she was Chair of the Bermuda Donor Forum. Previous roles have included: Executive Director of the Bermuda National Trust, a nonprofit focused on conservation, education and advocacy; Editor of the Mid-Ocean News, Assistant Editor of The Royal Gazette, and Executive Editor of Bermuda Business. She is a Justice of the Peace and a member of the Bermuda Media Council.

Brian has served as Chairman of the XL Capital Ltd. Board of Directors, and President and CEO of XL. He has also been director or trustee of the International Insurance Society, ABIR, Insurance Information Institute, American Institute for Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters, the School of Risk Management, Insurance & Actuarial Science at St. John’s University, Geneva Association, and the International Business Forum. He continues to serve as Chairman of Front Street Advisors Ltd., and as a Director of BIOS, Roundtable Healthcare Partners, American Revival Fund LP, and the US Chamber of Commerce.

Nikkita is Director of Counselling & Student Activities for Bermuda College. At the College since 2000, she has worked as counselor, assisted with programme review and development, and been advisor to Student Government Council. Nikkita is past Chair of the Commission for Unity & Racial Equality, a former member of the Name & Recognition Committee, and past Chair of the United World Colleges Selection Committee for Bermuda.

Michael is an Investment Advisor with 64 Northwest Partners Ltd, responsible for advising high-net-worth and institutional clients. Michael has also been a director or trustee of The Nature Conservancy, University at Buffalo School of Management Alumni Association, American Cancer Society, and Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo.

 

 

Myra is the CEO and Managing Director of the Bermuda Community Foundation. Before stepping into this role, she was the Programme Executive for The Atlantic Philanthropies with responsibility for seeking investment opportunities in Bermuda that fit with the foundation's mission and global programmes.  Previously, Myra was Director of Human Affairs with the Bermuda Government, overseeing the operations of the Human Rights Commission, Commission for Unity and Racial Equality (CURE), Consumer Affairs Bureau and National Office for Seniors (and disabilities portfolio).  In 2007 and 2008, she served as Acting Permanent Secretary for the Ministry. Before assuming this role she headed CURE, the country’s only statutory race relations body at the time.  A social worker by profession, trained and educated in Canada, prior to returning to Bermuda in 2001, Myra managed a team of youth and family practitioners for the Government of Quebec, and served as Chair of the Board of Youth In Motion, an inner-city, grassroots nonprofit.  Myra was also a faculty member at Vanier College, lecturing in the field of Special Care Counseling.

Myra holds a Bachelor of Arts (Sociology), Bachelor of Social Work and Master of Social Work degrees from McGill University and a Ph.D. in Social Science (Organisational Behaviour and Psychology) from Tilburg University in the Netherlands.  She is married and a proud mother of two girls. She hopes through her work, to inspire in them a passion for responsible citizenry and social consciousness.