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.