PricewaterhouseCoopers has announced the appointment of Wanda Richardson as a manager in their Human Resource Consulting practice.

Ms Richardson has more than 14 years experience working in the financial services, insurance and reinsurance industries and brings a wealth of knowledge specialising in Human Resources and Organisational Development.

She comes to PricewaterhouseCoopers after four years as manager, human resource and organisational development at Renaissance Reinsurance Ltd., and most recently as an independent management consultant. Her past projects include developing organisational competency models and performance management systems, facilitating strategic planning and employee feedback sessions as well as reviewing global compensation/reward programmes.

Before joining RenRe, Ms Richardson held several positions including manager, performance management and senior business analyst.

As an internal consultant and senior project manager, she led a team responsible for developing HR management tools, techniques and programmes specifically in areas of change management, job analysis, learning and development and staff communications.

She earned her Master?s degree in Industrial/Organisational Psychology from New York University and her Bachelor?s degree from Howard University. She is recognised as a senior professional in Human Resources from the Human Resource Certification Institute, and currently is a professional member of the Society of Human Resource Management and the International Society of Performance Improvement.

At PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ms Richardson will be involved in developing and managing business relationships and assisting clients in the areas of total reward management, organisational effectiveness and development, HR strategy and communications.

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Butterfield Bank?s investment division, Butterfield Asset Management Limited (BAM), this week announced it has won the prestigious Standard & Poor?s (S&P) award for the best three-year performance of a US Dollar offshore fixed income fund. The Butterfield Select Fixed Income Class placed first out of 21 funds, including those managed by other major financial institutions, in the Offshore Investment category for US dollar bond funds over three years.

The Annual S&P Awards are accepted globally as one of the standards by which fund managers and investment management groups are measured.

They reward not only superior performance, but also the consistency of performance relative to the benchmark of the fund?s peers.

Ian Coulman, managing director, BAM, said: ?This award is a tribute to the skill and dedication of our strong investment management team and shows that our funds can compete with those from some of the world?s leading financial services organisations.

?It recognises the strong performance for The Butterfield Select Fund Fixed Income Class over the last three years, making it a valued member of our Butterfield family of funds, which collectively have assets of in excess of $5 billion.?

The Butterfield Select Fund Fixed Income Class fund managers are Yan Arsenault and Tim Davidson.

?The award acknowledges our fund?s consistently strong performance over the last three years with average annual compound returns of 8.29 percent,? Mr. Arsenault said, adding: ?The fund also placed second for its performance over the last year, when the average annual compound return was 6.17 percent.?

Mr. Davidson said: ?The Butterfield Select Fund Fixed Income Class offers access to an international portfolio of fixed income mutual funds as well as debt securities, such as bonds, and money market instruments.

?It is extremely pleasing that within its category, the fund?s achieved goal of providing investors with the best opportunities for income and capital growth, has been recognised.?