David Galloway was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bank of Montreal effective May 1, 2004.
Mr. Galloway has been a member of the BMO board since 1998 and serves on the Governance and Nominating Committee, Risk Review Committee and the Human Resources and Management Compensation Committee. He is also a Director of Harris Financial Corp. and serves on its Risk Oversight Committee.
Mr. Galloway is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Torstar Corporation, a position he held from 1988 to 2002. He joined Torstar in 1981 and became President and Chief Executive Officer for Harlequin Worldwide in 1982. Prior to joining Torstar, he was a founding partner of the Canada Consulting Group, a leading strategic management consulting firm that was acquired by the Boston Consulting Group.
Mr. Galloway serves on the following company boards: Abitibi-Consolidated Inc., Toromont Industries Ltd. and E.W. Scripps Company. In addition, at different times during the period from 1999 to 2006, Mr. Galloway served as a director of the following publicly traded companies: Clearnet Communications Inc., Corel Corporation, Hudson’s Bay Company, Torstar Corporation, Visible Genetics and Westburne Inc.
Mr. Galloway has a BA (hons.) in political science and economics from the University of Toronto and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Mr. Galloway is married with two children and lives in Toronto.
(April 2007)
