Fairfax India Holdings Corporation announced that it has appointed Mr. R. William (Bill) McFarland as an independent director. Mr. McFarland spent most of his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Canada and was admitted to the partnership in 1992. While at PwC (Canada), Mr. McFarland was also a member of the executive team and eventually became Chief Executive Officer (from 2011 to 2018).

Mr. McFarland retired from PwC (Canada) in 2018. Mr. McFarland is a Chartered Professional Accountant and a fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree from the University of Toronto.

Mr. McFarland serves on the board of directors of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (Fairfax) and is lead director and chair of its audit committee. In addition, Mr. McFarland is a director and chairman of AGT Food and Ingredients (a subsidiary of Fairfax) and Fairfax's publicly traded subsidiaries, Dexterra Group Inc. and Farmers Edge Inc. Mr. McFarland is filling the vacancy created by the passing of dear friend and former board member Alan Horn.