2025 Butterfield Scholarships Awarded
Hamilton, Bermuda—03 September 2025: Butterfield has awarded its annual scholarships to three promising students, including Bermudian Jeriel Fernandes, who will receive $30,000 for the upcoming academic year. These scholarships can be maintained for up to four academic years.
Jeriel has been awarded the Sir Harry D. Butterfield Undergraduate Scholarship. Offered since 1978, this scholarship honours Butterfield’s late Chairman, Sir Harry D. Butterfield and grants this year’s recipient $30,000 per year towards their studies of Mathematics and Economics, majoring in Business, at the University of Liverpool. Jeriel is keen to pursue a career in the insurance of finance industries. Outside of stellar academics, Jeriel is a keen netball player and also an active participant in community initiatives including being part of the Candy-Striping program, and at school, has taken the leadership positions of Big Sister Mentor and Service Representative for he Round Square Council.
Jody Feldman, Butterfield’s Managing Director in Bermuda, said: “Announcing our scholarship recipients and supporting the next generation is always a highlight and so it is a pleasure to award this scholarship to Jeriel Fernandes. Jeriel has worked hard to achieve academically in addition to making a positive difference to others. For the last 40 years, Butterfield has invested in the education of our young people and we look forward to following the successes of this year’s scholars.”
Butterfield has awarded two further scholarships in its other core banking jurisdictions, with Zoe Bowen from the Cayman Islands receiving the Butterfield Undergraduate Scholarship to study Business Management, also at the University of Bristol and Olivia Morgan receiving the Butterfield Channel Islands Undergraduate Scholarship to study Business and Management with Innovation at the University of Bristol.
For more information on scholarships, internships and other educational and career opportunities, please visit www.butterfieldgroup.com.