People: HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. (HCC)

Mr. William T. Whamond is the Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. since August 2009. He served in varying capacities with Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC from 2002 to the present, including Managing Director, Mergers and Acquisitions — Head of Financial Institutions M&A. Prior to 2002, he was employed in the investment banking industry with several firms, including Goldman, Sachs & Co., from 1993 to 2002, CS First Boston Corp., from 1990 to 1993, and Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc., from 1988 to 1990. Whamond has been with Wachovia’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group since 2002, serving as Director and Managing Director. Prior to that, he spent nearly nine years with Goldman, Sachs & Co., becoming Vice President of the Mergers and Acquisitions Group. Whamond has a B.S.B.A. degree in Finance from Georgetown University.