W.P. STEWART ANNOUNCES MANAGEMENT CHANGE IN US MARKETING TEAM.

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HAMILTON, Bermuda, March 31 PRNewswire-FirstCall-AsiaNet - W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. ("W.P. Stewart" or the "Company") announced today that Barton H. Buxbaum has been named the President and Chief Executive Officer of W.P. Stewart Asset Management (NA), Inc., the Company's North American marketing and client service subsidiary.

Mr. Buxbaum previously served as Senior Vice-President of W.P. Stewart Asset Management (NA), Inc. ("WPSAM (NA)"). He has almost 20 years experience in the investment and wealth management business including a senior management position at Citigroup Asset Management where he served a global client base and managed over $500 million in U.S. equity investments. He holds a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the Association for Investment Management and Research.

W.P. Stewart also announced that Robert D. Rosenthal has relinquished his role as Deputy Managing Director of the Company and as Chairman and CEO of WPSAM (NA).

Having successfully created and staffed W.P. Stewart's internal marketing and client service group, Mr. Rosenthal is returning to Long Island to again devote his time and attention to the development of new, significant client relationships for the Company. He will focus his efforts primarily on the metropolitan New York ...