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Management Committee

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William A. Downe, President and Chief Executive Officer, BMO Financial Group, is responsible for providing leadership and vision for BMO Financial Group, and is accountable to shareholders through the Board of Directors for defining, communicating and implementing strategic and operational goals that will maximize shareholder value. The President and CEO has responsibility for our enterprise-wide performance and financial results, including P & L, Balance Sheet and Shareholder Value metrics.
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Yvan Bourdeau, Chief Executive Officer and Head of Investment Banking Group, BMO Capital Markets, is responsible for all of BMO Financial Group’s businesses serving corporate, institutional and government clients in North America and around the world.

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Ellen Costello, Chief Executive Officer, Harris Bankcorp, Inc., is responsible for our U.S. personal and commercial banking business, driving profitable business growth, both organically and through acquisition.
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Joan Dea, Executive Vice-President and Head of Strategic Management and Corporate Marketing, BMO Financial Group, is responsible for enterprise-wide and group strategy development and management, and corporate marketing with a strong focus on strengthening our customer brand and building a performance culture.

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Barry Gilmour, Group Head, Technology and Operations, BMO Financial Group, is responsible for managing, maintaining and providing governance related to information technology, operations services, real estate and sourcing for BMO Financial Group.
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Sandra Hanington, Executive Vice-President, Customer Strategies and Marketing, Personal and Commercial Banking Canada, is accountable for the development and implementation of customer strategies to achieve a differentiated position for BMO Bank of Montreal in the Canadian market.

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Maurice Hudon, Senior Executive Vice-President, Personal and Commercial Banking Canada, is accountable for operational risk management, long-term development initiatives and the cards and retail payments, insurance and broker services lines of business.
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Karen Maidment, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, BMO Financial Group,* is responsible for BMO Financial Group’s financial strategy, financial reporting and planning, taxation, treasury, investor relations, legal and compliance, corporate communications, economics and enterprise-wide risk and portfolio management.

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Dean Manjuris, Head of Full Service Brokerage Line of Business and President and Director, Private Client Division, BMO Nesbitt Burns, is responsible for the strategic direction of the Private Client Division within our wealth management business.
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Robert McGlashan, Executive Vice-President and Chief Risk Officer, Enterprise Risk and Portfolio Management, BMO Financial Group, is responsible for enterprise-wide risk and portfolio management at BMO Financial Group.

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Tom Milroy, Co-President, BMO Capital Markets, shares responsibility for all of BMO Financial Group’s dealings with corporate, institutional and government clients, encompassing investment and corporate banking, as well as all treasury and trading operations.
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Gilles Ouellette, President and Chief Executive Officer, Private Client Group, is responsible for BMO Financial Group’s North American wealth management businesses. He is also deputy chair, BMO Nesbitt Burns.

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Graham Parsons, Executive Vice-President, Global Private Banking and End-to-End Strategic Initiatives, BMO Financial Group, is responsible for the strategic direction of BMO Financial Group’s trust and estate, customized banking, investment management, family office and philanthropic advisory services, which are delivered through 50 offices in North America.
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Rose Patten, Senior Executive Vice-President, Head of Human Resources and Senior Leadership Advisor, BMO Financial Group, is responsible for BMO Financial Group’s enterprise-wide human resources functions and strategies. This includes four strategic portfolios: talent management and diversity, performance alignment and compensation, operational management and governance, and the Institute for Learning.

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Frank Techar, President and Chief Executive Officer, Personal and Commercial Banking Canada,oversees the strategic direction for delivery of our banking services through BMO Bank of Montreal to more than seven million customers across Canada.
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Eric Tripp, Co-President, BMO Capital Markets, shares responsibility for all of BMO Financial Group’s dealings with corporate, institutional and government clients, encompassing all treasury and trading operations, as well as investment and corporate banking.

  

*As of October 26, 2007, Thomas E. Flynn, Executive Vice-President, Finance and Treasurer, was appointed Acting Chief Financial Officer, BMO Financial Group.


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