The Hon. Everard Bob Richards, J.P. M.P., former Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance of Bermuda, started Bermuda Asset Management, the first independent asset management company in Bermuda in 1987.

Prior to founding BAM, Mr. Richards worked in banking in Canada and Bermuda, was a General Manager at the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) and an Investment Manager at Shell Trust Bermuda. In 1997 Bob Richards was appointed to the Bermuda Senate, where he served as Government Leader in the Senate and Minister of Telecommunications. He was elected as a Member of Parliament in 2007 and became Minister of Finance in 2012.

Mr. Richards has also served on public sector boards including the Bermuda Hospitals Board, the Bermuda Monetary Authority, the Public Funds Investment Committee, the Bermuda Association of Securities Dealers, and the Economic Council. He was the Deputy Chairman of Cellular One Bermuda, President of Bermuda Information Technology Services Ltd. and is a Fellow of the Institute of Canadian Bankers.

Mr. Richards recently authored the “Bermuda, Back from the Brink” and “Triangle of Treason” and sits on the Investment Committee of the UK P&amp;I Club and the Osisko Bermuda Boards.