Smatt appointed Butterfield senior VP of Corporate Banking

Sean Smatt has been appointed senior vice president, Corporate Banking at the Bank of NT Butterfield and Sons. He was previously senior vice president, Group Insurance & Funds at Butterfield.

In this role, Mr. Smatt will be responsible for the development and day-to-day management of Butterfield’s Corporate Banking business in Bermuda.

Mr. Smatt joined Butterfield’s Corporate Banking department as a vice president in March 2008. Prior to that, he was director of Benchmark Bond Issuance at Groupe Credit Foncier in Paris, with responsibility for capital markets operations, and he held management and analyst roles at local and international financial services firms.

Mr. Smatt holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University.

Michael Collins, Butterfield’s senior executive vice president, Bermuda, said: “Over the past five years, Sean has been a highly valued member of our Corporate Banking team and has earned the respect of our clients and his peers for his professionalism, leadership and expertise in credit and capital markets. With Sean as our new head of Corporate Banking in Bermuda, our business will go from strength to strength.”