tributes & GRATITUDE to ILLUSTRIOUS Luminaries
GRATITUDE AND THANKS from Martha Harris Myron
Meet the Amazing Volunteer Professionals, Luminaries - All - who have contributed their work, their expertise and their passion to illuminate the importance of financial education in Bermuda.
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Gibbs Hill Lighthouse illuminated at night, a safety beacon lighting the way for lost mariners for over 150 years.
Tributes and gratitude to these very special finance and related professionals who have allowed me to use their expertise to promote financial literacy on island.
LUMINARY PROFESSIONALS in BERMUDA
EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELDS: real estate, pensions & retirement, credit & loans, financial planning, investments, graphics and digital technology, editorial perspectives, risk & insurance, estate and trust planning, economics and related fields
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JULIE HENDRICKSON-SIMONS
B.SC., AAPA, QFA, MBA in Sales and Business Development; completion 2024
Julie is a Bermuda US UK national and a true pondstraddler with extensive finance experience in both the United States and Bermuda working with multi-national executives and local clients, international and local business industries.
Senior pension retirement specialist, business sales management, credit/lending, investments, insurance, and financial planning.
Contributor to Bermuda Every-Day Finance: SeaStreams
Editor of Bermuda's First Financial Literacy Primer: The Dawn of New Beginnings by Martha Harris Myron
FREDDIE FORTH
Managing Owner, ForthRight Solutions
35 Years of Mortgage Finance Experience, retired
real estate agent, KWBERMUDA
Facilitator: Private studies for The Bermuda Real Estate Exam
Past Chairman of the Real Estate Board of the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce
Author: EIGHT STEPS TO BERMUDA HOME OWNERSHIP
BERMUDA REAL ESTATE MADE SIMPLE
DR. EDWARD HARRIS
RETIRED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EMERITUS (37 years)
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF BERMUDA
WORLD reKNOWNed ARCHEOLOGIST
INVENTOR and author OF THE HARRIS MATRIX: the Principles of Archaeological Stratigraphy
fellowships of the Society of Antiquaries of London and at the John Carter Brown Library
AUTHOR: NUMEROUS BOOKS ON BERMUDA FORTS, HISTORY OF BERMUDA, HERITAGE MATTERS 450 ARTICLES ON BERMUDA’S SIGNIFICANT MARINE HISTORY
Michael grier
Commercial director: The royal gazette, bermuda
is born a Canadian but has spent time in USA and UK markets as a creative marketing executive, both in the media and content marketing space.
He has managed various portfolios throughout his career:
Mohegan Sun, Kraft, British Airways, Sea Island, Acura and
Aeroplan, etc.
In Bermuda, acting Commercial Director for BP Media, Bermuda.com, eMoo and the prestigious centerpiece – The Royal Gazette and RG.com, Bermuda’s oldest running News and Journalism brand.
shantel deshield
ceo: pocketchangebda
Entrepreneur
PHysical education teacher, Bermuda
BsC in kinesiology & exercise science
Master of education, organizational leadership
Pocket Change BDa is a social enterprise dedicated to teaching children, teens and their parents financial literacy in the 21st century while also promoting financial freedom and generational wealth.
Conducts Classes and workshops for individuals and groups
Prof. cheryl packwood
LLM: banking & finance
Visiting Assistant Professor in International Law and International Business
Albany law school, new york
Over 20 years of global experience in legal, marketing, negotiations and risk and crisis management through social and political turmoil. Significant and substantive experience in external affairs, media, public relations, communications and foreign litigation in developing countries, together with leading change in organizational transformations and start-ups.
Excellent understanding of the cultural, social and political environments of Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Gulf and North Africa.
Bill Storie
Co-Founder & CTO Olderhood Group
Founder Heritage Tours Bermuda
The Olderhood Group creates digital communication productions for corporations, associations and individuals.
Our life transition consulting and coaching services include: financial literacy webinars, retirement preparation workshops, and retirement readiness assessments.
Our consulting practice focuses on helping companies augment their employee benefits programs, and their customer outreach initiatives, by seamlessly integrating customized workshops, in-house training, and online learning opportunities into their existing platforms.
Robin Trimingham
BA CTA – Co-Founder & CEO Olderhood Group
Founder Heritage Tours Bermuda
ROBINS’ PARADISE TOURS BERMUDA
Freelance Writer, Journalist/International Podcaster/Videographer/MarCom Specialist/Co-Author of The Third Journey (on Amazon)
Bill Zuill
EDITOR
bermuda: re + ils
JOURNALIST
AUTHOR
FORMER EDITOR: THE ROYAL GAZETTE, BERMUDA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER
catherine r. (swan) duffy
AIG Country Leader of Bermuda
Leads operations and drives achievement of AIG’s strategic objectives in Bermuda. Oversee a local team of Finance, Legal, Compliance, Regulatory, and Enterprise Risk Management .
Author: Held Captive: A History of International Insurance in Bermuda
Jonathan kent
MSc International management
superb BUSINESS WRITER
Jonathan is a freelance corporate writer for clients in the international business sector and a business journalist.
Business Editor for 15 Years at the Royal Gazette, Bermuda's national newspaper, including covering my contributions to Personal Finance.
Prior journalistic career, he also covered news and sports for UK national and regional newspapers and magazines, including the Daily Mail, The Independent on Sunday and the Grimsby Telegraph.
david lopes
dj Interviewer and country music conn0isseur
inspire 105FM bermuda
David has been a voice of reason, an enthusiastic promoter of great music of all genres for more than 55 years in Bermuda.
A schoolmate since we started in 1950, David has generously shared his platform, inviting numerous professional guests to further inform his audience on finances and related common sense issues.
He is indeed a national treasure!