Overview

Gender

female

Amy Butte is a respected leader, strategic visionary and advisor to start ups, growth companies and corporates across the financial services spectrum. She has a track record for guiding the creation of companies from non-profit to for-profit and private to public. With a reputation for translating the complex to the understandable, Amy is a passionate senior executive, connector and role model.

Currently Amy is an Independent Trustee, and Chair of the Audit Committee, for the Fidelity Investments Strategic Advisers Funds and an Independent Director for BNP Paribas USA, a newly created Board in compliance with Dodd Frank. She is a Board Observer for Carbon38, the premier e-commerce destination for fashion forward active wear and fashion forward active women. She is the Strategic Advisor to the Long Term Stock Exchange (LTSE), a Silicon Valley led start up creating a vision and market place for long-term investors, issuers, and leaders. She serves on the Advisory Board and is an On Air Contributor for the newly launched Wall Street Week. She is an Advisor and Mentor to early and seed stage companies through her involvement with Montage Ventures, Harvard Business School, Accion International’s Frontier and Venture Lab Funds. Amy is a regular guest for CNBC, Bloomberg and other media outlets. She was the Chair of the Brick Church School’s 2015 Auction, an in person volunteer at West Side Campaign Against Hunger, and an active supporter of Free Arts, Robin Hood, and the Children’s Museum of the East End. She is a member of the Economic Club of New York and WomenCorporateDirectors.

Amy was the Founder of TILE Financial and SpendGrowGive, an online portal created to help parents and financial institutions educate the next generation of high net worth investors. Between 2004 and 2008, Amy helped spearhead two major financial services IPOs as CFO, including the spinout of Man Financial from Man Group and the historic transition of the NYSE to a public company in 2006. Previously, she was a highly ranked Equity Research Analyst at Bear Stearns and Merrill Lynch covering the financial services industry.

Amy has served on the Boards of Accion International, Women’s Forum of New York, National Organization of Investment Professionals, Corporate Advisory Board of the New York City Ballet and YMCA of Greater New York. She was chosen as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and French American Young Leader.

Amy received her MBA from Harvard and her BA from Yale University. She lives in New York City and is an active golfer and patron of the arts.