BackGovernment House Bermuda has announced the appointment of Ms Victoria Pearman as the next Ombudsman. Ms Pearman will succeed Ms Arlene Brock, whose term of office will finish on 31 January 2014.
Ms Victoria Pearman graduated in Law from the London School of Economics and was called to the Bermuda Bar in 1993. She established Juris Law Chambers in 1998 and within the firm has trained and mentored a number of well-known lawyers. She was appointed to the Senate in 2001, serving for a period as Junior Minister of Education. Her legal career has been mainly within the defence bar.
Ms Pearman will succeed Ms Arlene Brock, whose term of office will end on 31 January 2014. Ms Brock was appointed as Bermuda’s first Ombudsman in 2005 and also served on the IOI’s Board of Directors from 2009 to 2012. As Vice-President of the Caribbean & Latin American Region, she has always shown her strong commitment to the IOI and its cause, has dedicated herself to the ombudsman concept as such and passionately spoke on behalf and in favour of the IOI and its work on numerous occasions. In 2013 Ms Brock was awarded an Honorary Life Membership in the IOI in recognition of her full commitment and exceptional contribution to the IOI and its work.
The IOI wishes Ms Brock all the best and every success in her future endeavours, which she will most certainly handle with great energy, skill and vision.
Source: Bermuda Ombudsman
