Maurice Hudon took on a broader role as Senior Executive Vice-President, Personal and Commercial Banking Canada effective June 1, 2009. Mr. Hudon is accountable for the development and implementation of customer, market and product strategies for the complete personal and commercial banking business in Canada with a focus on achieving an advantaged position for BMO Bank of Montreal in the Canadian market.

Mr. Hudon began his career at BMO in 1978 after obtaining an undergraduate degree in business administration from Concordia University. He progressed through a series of positions in the branch network in Quebec and in 1981 was transferred to Toronto where he held positions in human resources serving both the domestic and corporate banking groups.

In 1983, Mr. Hudon completed his MBA degree at the University of Western Ontario. Shortly after completing his MBA, Mr. Hudon was appointed Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Board, a position he held for four years. In 1992, he received his first executive appointment as Vice-President, Community Banking for the West Island of Montreal and four years later was appointed Senior Vice-President, Personal and Commercial Lending Services.

In 1998, Mr. Hudon reported to the Vice-Chair as Executive Vice-President of Ontario Division where he was responsible for the operation of the branch network throughout Ontario. Two years later he was appointed President of Personal Banking and Head of Products, Personal and Commercial Client Group. During his three years in this role, he was responsible for the product development and marketing functions for all Personal and Commercial Client Group businesses, including Cardholder Services and Insurance.

In 2003, Mr. Hudon was appointed Senior Executive Vice-President and Head of National Office for the Personal and Commercial Client Group during which time he was accountable for the effective operation of the National Office in support of the Sales and Service organization across Canada.

In 2006, Mr. Hudon was appointed Senior Executive Vice-President, Personal and Commercial Banking Canada. In this role, Mr. Hudon was accountable for operational risk, long-term development initiatives and the separate businesses including Cardholder Services, Insurance and Broker Services.

Mr. Hudon is chair of the Moneris Solutions Board and a member of the Global Debit Advisory Board for MasterCard International. His community involvement includes serving as past Chair of St. Joseph’s Health Center Foundation, past Chair for the ShareLife Corporate Campaign and as past Ambassador for BMO Employee Charitable Foundation, which provides charitable donations to various Canadian non-profit organizations.

(June 2009)