Mr. Brad T. Irick has been the Chief Financial Officer of HCC Insurance Holdings Inc., since August 10, 2010 and has been its Executive Vice President since May 10, 2010. Mr. Irick was with PricewaterhouseCoopers for 18 years, where he served as Audit Partner for several multinational public insurance company clients, including Hcc between 2004 and the first half of 2007. Prior to PricewaterhouseCoopers, he was at KPMG for three years.