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Darrel Hackett

U . S . C E O, B M O Financial Group

C E O, B M O Financial Corp.

President & C E O, B M O Bank N.A.

Darrel Hackett serves as Chief Executive Officer of B M O Financial Corp. and President and Chief Executive Officer of B M O Bank N.A.; a top 10 U . S . bank by assets. As U . S . CEO, Darrel also serves as an Executive Committee member of B M O Financial Group and is Chair of the U . S . Management Committee. He is responsible for leadership and performance across all of B M O’s U . S . operations.

Darrel has held a variety of leadership roles since joining B M O in 2004. In his most recent role, Darrel served as President, B M O Wealth Management U . S . He also served as Senior Vice President & Head of North American Integrated Channels, where he led the development and execution of B M O’s multichannel distribution strategy. Other key roles include Senior Vice President & Head, U . S . Business Banking; Regional President, Chicago Metro; and Head, Acquisition, and Integration Group.

Before joining B M O, Darrel was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. He also held a variety of roles at the General Electric Company, where he began his professional career.

Darrel serves on the Board of Directors for the Art Institute of Chicago, Rush University Medical Center, Kids First Chicago, and United Way of Metro Chicago. He is also a member of the Federal Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Board.

Darrel has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Science (Cum Laude) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.