In 2000 he stepped down and focused on the Rostrum Group Ltd. Wade worked with Lord Hodgson in creating the investment management firm Rostrum Partnerships which invested in specialist Lloyd's underwriting companies on behalf of major UK pension funds on a five-year contract to 2005. Over the course of _his_ career, Wade also served in several committees including the Council of Lloyd's -- then the regulator of the market -- and the Committee of Lloyd's. <sep>, Pronoun: his