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George Cope

Corporate Director

George Cope is Chair of the Board of Bank of Montreal and serves on the board of BMO Financial Corp.  Mr. Cope has served in public-company chief executive roles in the Canadian communications industry for more than 25 years, earning a reputation as an innovative operational and financial strategist, builder of next-generation broadband networks and leader of high-performance teams.

 

Mr. Cope served as President and Chief Executive Officer for BCE Inc. and Bell Canada, the country's largest communications company, from 2008-2020. Mr. Cope retired from Bell on January 5, 2020. Mr. Cope was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2014 and has been recognized as Canada's Outstanding CEO of the Year (2015) and Report on Business CEO of the Year and Corporate Citizen Award (2019).

 

A graduate of the Ivey School of Business at Western University (HBA '84), Mr. Cope has also been awarded honorary doctorates by the University of Windsor, Trent University and Queen's University. Mr. Cope also serves on the board of CGI Inc.

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