Bermuda Bankers Association – Part 4

Listen in to Part 4 of this podcast series with Bermuda Bankers Association: Saving and Investing

 

Geoff Scott has over 30 years’ experience in the financial services industry, including leadership roles in risk management, business development and client relationship management. He assumed progressively senior positions as a commercial banker with leading Canadian banks and transitioned to Barbados in 2012 as the Chief Risk Officer at a leading Caribbean commercial bank, where he successfully led several change initiatives which strengthened the risk culture and alignment with business strategies. Subsequently, Geoff was Chief Executive Officer at Barbados’ leading composite insurance company.

 

Geoff is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Bermuda Bankers Association, where he represents the banking industry with advocacy, education and communications aimed at a range of stakeholders.

 

Geoff is Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Turks and Caicos Islands Financial Services Commission, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of National Commercial Bank of Anguilla. Geoff is a Chartered Director accredited by the Caribbean Governance Training Institute.

 

Sharmaine La has been with Butterfield for 17+ years, starting out as a Management Trainee and currently working in the Retail Banking area. She has had the opportunity of collaborating on various retail product projects and system upgrades over the years and created and maintains a thriving employee recognition program for customer facing employees under the Retail banking umbrella. Her favourite aspect of the job however, involves actively serving on Butterfield’s employee engagement team and educating students and young adults on financial literacy.

 

Kevin Grant is a Senior Portfolio Manager with over 35 years of experience in investment services, business development, investor relations, financial consulting and securities-transaction-related activities. Joining Butterfield in 2013, Kevin has worked extensively in Bermuda, the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, providing these services to high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients. Mr. Grant has extensive knowledge of the alternative investments industry, covering various capital structure arbitrage and credit-related strategies, including structured products. Kevin has a B.B.A. in Finance from Hofstra University in Long Island, New York. He has completed the C.F.A. Level I and the Series 7 General Securities Representative examinations, as well as extensive investment product and client service training programmes at both Smith Barney (Citigroup) and Edward Jones Investments.

 

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