Business
Like Jack, Webber Hits the Road
Back in the late 1940s and ’50s, Bank of Bermuda general manager Henry “Jack” Tucker embarked on pilgrimages to New York, Toronto, Montreal, London and European capitals in a pioneering bid to put Bermuda on the financial map. His targeted roadshows, often in the company of his cousin, lawyer James Pearman, were instrumental in spreading the word to the corporate elite about Bermuda’s tax advantages, stable politics, developed infrastructure, idyllic beauty and pleasant lifestyle. His efforts attracted a wave of…
May 27, 2015