W WILLIAM WOODS: President & CEO

I am the President and CEO of WWWoods & Co. Limited.

I am the President and CEO of Independent Review Inc.

I am co-founder and co-owner of Canada's first and only "Hedge Fund Hotel"

I am a co-founder of KnowledgeMedia, KnowledgEvents. KnowledgeSuites, KnowlegdeInprint and ISI Seminars & Publications Inc., a leading independent financial publisher. KnowledgeMedia maintains an online bookstore called Booksonbiz.

I currently act as the Managing Director of the Canadian National Stock Exchange which is operated by CNSX Markets Inc. For the last 18 months I have been assisting the CNSX to get internationally recognised and to grow the number and types of listed securities.

From 1988 to 1992 I provided legal and consulting advise to the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (including acting as the first in-house counsel for a couple of years and assisting to prepare and issue the Red Book listing rules). More recently my consulting work for the HKEx has included a review of the Listing Regime, preparing a consultation document on the regulation of intermediaries in the IPO process, and preparing an expanded Code of Conduct on Corporate Governance for listed companies.

In 2003 I assisted the DIFX to prepare their Listing Rules.

From August 1995 to December 2001, I was the first Chief Executive Officer of the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX). I helped transform the BSX into the world's premier, fully electronic, offshore securities market.

Prior to joining the BSX, I was a Director and founding partner of The International Securities Consultancy (ISC) - http://www.isc-global.com/ - a unique consulting group based in Hong Kong and London that specializes in advising on the development of both emerging and mature securities markets. I have provided consulting advice on the establishment and development of exchanges in several countries, including Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, India, China, the Philippines and Russia. I advised on the development of the all new, fully electronic National Stock Exchange of India.

Whilst at ISC I also provided advice to a number of international development agencies including the World Bank, The International Finance Corporation and the Asian Development Bank.

My work at CNSX, HKEx, DIFX and the BSX has included extensive work in the Listings area, including intensive sales and marketing to attract new listings, preparing new listing rules, and regulating listed issuers.

In 1999, I co-authored the international bestseller "B2B Exchanges: The Killer Application in the Business-to-Business Internet Revolution" and in 2002 I wrote and published "B2B Exchanges 2.0: Not all e-markets are dot-bombs". I continue to write articles and give interviews and speeches on B2B exchanges.

As part of Bermuda's Electronic Commerce initiative, I served as a member of the E-commerce Advisory Board - which advises the Bermuda Government - and I was the Chairman of BIBA's Legal Initiatives sub-committee. In these roles I assisted the Bermuda Government to draft and implement the Electronic Transactions Act 1999 and Code of Conduct, in order to facilitate the development of e-commerce in Bermuda.

I have advised a Canadian Crown Corporation on electronic invoicing and bill payment.

I have built and own an IRCExtranet and BoardExtranet that provide secure, online document vaults for corporate books and records.

I am a lawyer, admitted in Bermuda (as a Barrister and Attorney) and, England, Wales and Hong Kong (as a solicitor).  I am an Associate Member of the Canadian Bar Association.

Prior to founding ISC, I was a solicitor with Linklaters & Paines in Hong Kong where I specialized in corporate finance work including the listing of companies on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK). For three years I acted as Legal Counsel to the SEHK, including a period of secondment as the SEHK's first in-house counsel. During that time I was responsible for a comprehensive redrafting of the listing rules and other regulations of the SEHK.

I used to be the author of a Specialist Blog on Offshore Financial Centres, called BizOffshore (www.bizoffshore.com).

Having lived and worked in Hong Kong and Bermuda and advised on the development of a number of other offshore jurisdictions (including Labuan), I know a good deal about offshore financial centers.

SARAH BARHAM: Consultant

Sarah Barham is a Professional Editor with over 12 years publishing experience. She is a co-founder of ISI Publications Limited and was the CEO for over 18 years. She is a direct mail marketing expert and Conference Organiser (formerly she was the head of IIR’s Hong Kong office). Her international work experience includes working in the UK, Hong Kong (11 years), Bermuda (8 years) and Canada.