• Read more about Sean Lee

Sean Lee is the Group Head of Human Resources, a role he has held since October 2024. 
 
Mr Lee is an experienced leader who has spent nearly 20 years working in financial services with a focus on retail banking. He served previously as the Executive Vice President and Head of Retail Banking at Butterfield in the Cayman Islands and, before that, was Head of Business Banking at HSBC Bermuda. 
 
Before joining the banking industry, Mr. Lee served in the US Navy for over 20 years. He holds an MBA from Baker University and an undergraduate degree from Connecticut College.

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• Read more about Jody Feldman

Jody Feldman is the Managing Director of Bermuda, a position he has held since January 2024. Before his promotion to Managing Director, Mr. Feldman was the Head of Corporate Banking in Bermuda.

Jody has spent two decades working in the financial services sector in London, New York and Bermuda. Prior to returning to Bermuda to join Butterfield, Mr. Feldman was the Managing Director and Head of Financial Institutions (North America) for the Corporate Banking team at Deutsche Bank in New York. He also served as Co-Head of the Insurance Council, focusing on increasing sales and trading revenues with insurance companies by leveraging relationships across the banking and markets teams.

Mr. Feldman started his career at HSBC where he spent 15 years working with financial institution clients. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a graduate of Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.

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• Read more about Michael Schrum

Michael Schrum is the President and Group Chief Financial Officer, a position he has held since September 2025.

He joined the Board of Directors in 2020 and previously served as Group Chief Financial Officer from 2015, and the President and Group Chief Risk Officer from 2022. He was previously Chief Financial Officer at HSBC Bank Bermuda. Mr. Schrum has more than 25 years of financial services experience in London, New York and Bermuda, mainly in banking, insurance and tax. He joined HSBC Bermuda in 2001 and held progressively more senior positions within the bank’s Commercial Banking, Strategy, and Finance divisions.

He is a CFA Charterholder (CFA Institute) and a Fellow Chartered Accountant (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales). Mr. Schrum holds a Master’s (University of London) and Bachelor’s (Southern Denmark Business School) degree in Economics.

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• Read more about Richard Saunders

Richard Saunders is the Managing Director for the Channel Islands & UK, a position he has held since 2018.

His current role includes taking on responsibility for Butterfield’s Jersey operations in addition to his role as Managing Director, Butterfield Bank (Guernsey) Limited, a position he has held since 2015. Mr. Saunders joined Butterfield in 2000 as Head of the Guernsey investment management business and was later promoted to Head of European Asset Management, with responsibility for discretionary management for private client portfolios. He is also a member of the Bank’s Asset Management Executive Committee, which sets the strategic direction of Butterfield’s investment operations globally. Mr. Saunders' prior experience includes seven years with RBC dealing with private client investments.

He is a Chartered Member of the London-based Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (“CISI”) and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Sports Science from Loughborough University.

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• Read more about Jane Pearce

Jane Pearce joined Butterfield in February 2020 as Group Head of Trust based in our Guernsey office. In her current role, Jane works with the Senior Trust team to deliver the Group Trust strategy and value proposition across our jurisdictions, serving over 1,500 ultimate client groups with $129.5 billion in client assets under administration.

Jane began her career in accountancy with Ernst & Young and has worked in the corporate & funds industry for over 20 years, gaining extensive experience in administering and accounting for complex investment structures. Prior to joining Butterfield, Jane worked for the Vistra Group and was a Partner and Group Director at Ogier.

Jane is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

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• Read more about Michael Neff

Michael Neff is Butterfield's Group Chief Operating Officer, a position he has held since January 2024. Prior to that role, he served as Managing Director of Bermuda and International Wealth from 2018 having previously served as the Bank's Group Head of Wealth Management.

Mr. Neff has over 30 years of experience in financial services, having held senior roles in wealth management, commercial banking, and financial risk management. He began his career at Chemical Bank’s Private Banking Group, rising to serve on the Group’s Executive Committee and leading relationship management across the group. Later, Mr. Neff moved to Citibank’s Private Banking Group, where he led the design and implementation of a global client relationship framework before leaving to found a financial and investment planning technology consultancy. The firm grew to be a leading provider of financial and investment planning software for financial institutions in the U.S. and Europe. It was acquired in 2004 by the RiskMetrics Group, a JPMorgan risk advisory spinoff. There he initially served as Global Head of Wealth Management rising to become Co-Head of the firm’s Global Financial Risk Management business.

Mr. Neff holds a Bachelor of Arts from Middlebury College and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School.

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• Read more about Michael McWatt

Michael McWatt is the Managing Director of Butterfield Bank (Cayman) Limited with responsibility for leading the Group’s Cayman operations.

Prior to being appointed Managing Director in 2016, he held the senior positions of EVP Deputy Managing Director in the Cayman Islands and Group Chief Credit Officer in Bermuda. Michael is a career banker with more than 30 years of experience in Canada, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, 19 of which have been with Butterfield. Before joining Butterfield in 1999, Mr. McWatt held progressively senior positions in corporate banking, commercial lending and risk management for TD Bank and Scotiabank in Canada.

Michael is a graduate of the Executive Program from Ivey at Western University and holds both an Honours Commerce degree from the University of Windsor and a BA in Economics from McMaster University. He is a Director and Past President of the Cayman Islands Bankers’ Association and a Director on the Board of Cayman Finance. 

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• Read more about Bri Hidalgo

Bri Hidalgo is the Group Chief Risk Officer, a role she has held since September 2025. 

Ms. Hidalgo joined the company in September 2020 as the Group Head of Compliance and Operational Risk. Before joining Butterfield, Ms. Hidalgo spent 14 years at Wells Fargo Bank in various compliance and risk management roles, including her most recent position as Chief Risk Officer for Wealth & Investment Management. Prior to Wells Fargo, Bri worked in senior risk management and compliance roles at Wachovia Securities and First State Investments in the US and the UK.

Ms. Hidalgo holds a Bachelor of Science degree from San Francisco State University.

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• Read more about Kevin Dallas

Kevin Dallas is the Group Chief Experience Officer, responsible for overseeing the overall client experience, as well as the Group Head of Marketing & Communications, a position he has held since 2020.

Mr. Dallas has extensive experience in marketing strategy and customer-led growth. Prior to joining Butterfield, Mr. Dallas worked as a strategy consultant, was a Partner at Bain & Company, and spent time as Chief Product & Marketing Officer at Worldpay plc in London before he returned home to Bermuda to lead the Bermuda Tourism Authority. 

Mr. Dallas holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Brown University.

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• Read more about Michael Collins

Michael Collins is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Butterfield Group, also joining the Board in 2015 upon being named CEO. He was named Chairman in July of 2017. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Collins was Senior Executive Vice President with responsibility for all of the Bank's client businesses in Bermuda, including Corporate, Private and Retail Banking, as well as the Operations, Custody and Marketing functions in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. Mr. Collins has more than 30 years of experience in financial services, having held progressively senior positions at Morgan Guaranty Trust Company in New York and later at Bank of Bermuda and HSBC in Bermuda. Before joining Butterfield in 2009, Mr. Collins was Chief Operating Officer at HSBC Bank Bermuda. Mr. Collins holds a BA in Economics from Brown University.

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