Mark Furlong is President and Chief Executive Officer of BMO Harris Bank, N.A. He assumed the role upon the close of the acquisition of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation by BMO Financial Group, July 5, 2011.

BMO Harris Bank, N.A., headquartered in Chicago, is part of Toronto-based BMO Financial Group, one of North America’s leading financial services providers serving personal and commercial customers throughout the Midwest, Arizona and Florida.

Mr. Furlong joined Marshall & Ilsley Corporation in 2001 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He was elected President, M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank, in July 2004, President of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation in April 2005, and Chief Executive Officer in 2007.

Prior to joining M&I, Mr. Furlong was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, of Old Kent Financial Corp., First Vice President, Corporate Development, for H. F. Ahmanson & Company, was a partner for Deloitte & Touche, and senior manager for KPMG Peat Marwick.

Mr. Furlong is a member of the board of directors of Kforce Professional Staffing, the United Way of Greater Milwaukee, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, Froedtert Health and Junior Achievement of Wisconsin, where he served as chair from 2007-2009. He is also Chair of the Board of Directors of Schools That Can, Milwaukee and a member of the Trustees Committee of the Chicago Community Trust. Mr. Furlong previously served on the board of directors of the United Performing Arts Fund and Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce.

He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Southern Illinois University.

(January 2012)

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