W. William Woods LL.B, President & CEO, Independent Review Inc.

W. William Woods LL.B, is a lawyer, admitted to practice in Bermuda, England, Wales and Hong Kong. He was a solicitor with Linklaters & Paines in Hong Kong where he specialized in corporate finance work.

For three years he acted as Legal Counsel to the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. He then co-founded the International Securities Consultancy, a consulting group based in Hong Kong and London that specializes in advising on the development of both emerging and mature securities markets. From August 1995 to December 2001 he was the CEO of the Bermuda Stock Exchange. During that time he established a special listing regime for offshore funds and attracted more than 200 funds to list on the BSX.

Since January 2002, Mr. Woods has been an independent financial services consultant. His assignments include advising the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on a new code of best practice regarding the Corporate Governance of listed companies; serving for twelve months as the Entrepreneur-in-Residence at an e-commerce venture capital fund in Bermuda; and advising a specialist, offshore hedge fund administrator. He is currently the Chairman and CEO of WWWoods & Co. Limited based in Toronto, Canada.

Mr. Woods serves as an independent director on the boards of a number of hedge funds with assets under management ranging from $10 million to over $3 billion.

Education: LL.B, 1982, University of Manchester, England. Admitted to the Law Society in England and Wales in 1985. Admitted to the Law Society in Hong Kong in 1987. Admitted to the Bar in Bermuda in 1997. Associate member of the Canadian Bar Association.

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