“I see BMO as my
business partner.”

Since arriving in Canada from Hong Kong in 1975, Donald Leung has relied on BMO to meet his personal banking needs including mortgage and wealth management services. In 2003, when he was ready for a major expansion of his meat processing company, Leung gave BMO an opportunity to meet his business needs as well. “BMO Corporate Finance had the expertise in the agriculture industry that could help my business grow,” says Leung. “Its people also understood my culture and the way I prefer to do business.” With his enterprise now achieving annual revenues of $100 million, Leung, who has two grown children, is working with BMO to develop a succession plan. “I see BMO not simply as my financier but as my business partner,” he says.

According to Doris Chang, BMO established the New Canadian Commercial and Wealth Management Centre in Vancouver to provide great service to customers like Donald Leung. The office has 25 multi-lingual relationship managers with expertise in private and commercial banking. “Clients like Donald have complex financial needs,” says Chang. “They require services ranging from commercial lending to wealth management. And they want to do business with a banking specialist who can understand them.”