Butterfield Bank announced that Peter Walsh has been appointed chairman of the board of directors of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Butterfield Bank (Guernsey) Ltd.Mr Walsh is a broadly experienced leader in financial services, with an international career that has spanned nearly 50 years. He began his career in 1963 with District Bank (now part of RBS/NatWest) in Manchester.He then joined The Bank of Bermuda in Hamilton in 1968 where he worked for 11 years. Mr Walsh subsequently joined the then Butterfield/Barings Group in Guernsey where he was appointed a director of Barings (Guernsey) Ltd in 1981 and became managing director in 1989.Mr Walsh retired as group chief operating officer and deputy group chairman of Baring Asset Management at the end of 2000.Since that time he has held a number of non-executive directorships, including being the chairman of a large FTSE 250 listed Hedge Fund Investment Company. He joined the board of Butterfield Bank (Guernsey) Ltd in January 2003.