Ms Bell is a retired lawyer, with over 20 years' professional experience, practising as a commercial litigator at international law firm Appleby. There, Kiernan worked in a leadership capacity as Head of Dispute Resolution and as the Managing Partner of the Bermuda office. Kiernan was President of the Bermuda Bar Council and has also served in a variety of judicial and quasi-judicial roles including as Chair of the Bermuda Immigration Appeals Tribunal and as an Assistant Justice of the Supreme Court of Bermuda. Kiernan is also a former Independent Senator and Vice President of the Senate of Bermuda. Kiernan has over 25 years' corporate governance experience, advising or serving on the Board of Directors of commercial and non-profit entities, including banking and re-insurance entities, the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce and the Bermuda Business Development Agency. Other directorships and appointments include Director, Wilton Reinsurance Bermuda Limited; Director, Liberty Group Limited. Director, HSBC Insurance SAC 1 (Bermuda) Limited and HSBC Insurance SAC 2 (Bermuda) Limited.
