Mr. Martin has been in his current role as Managing Director and Head of BMO Financial Group in Asia since 1996. He is General Manager of the Shanghai Branch and is presently based in Shanghai.

Since joining Bank of Montreal in 1980, Mr. Martin has held a variety of positions in international banking. In 1981, he held the position of Account Manager, Financial Institutions at the Tokyo Branch in Japan. In 1984, he was appointed Regional Manager, Financial Institutions and Governments at the Hong Kong Branch; then, in 1987, he was appointed Senior Manager, Financial Institutions, at the Tokyo Branch. Mr. Martin received his first executive appointment in 1989 as Vice-President and Manager of the Seoul Branch, in South Korea. In 1992, he was appointed Managing Director of the bank’s relationships with international financial institutions and governments in Europe, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand.

Mr. Martin received his BA in French literature from North Texas University in 1969, a diplôme supérieur in Chinese language and civilization from the University of Paris (Sorbonne) in 1976 and his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1980. Mr. Martin studied at the Taiwan Normal University’s Mandarin Center from 1976-78.

(June 2009)

R. Martin (high resolution picture, jpg, 688k)