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Technology and Solutions is BMO’s technology and e-business group. It provides information technology planning, strategy and development services, together with transaction processing, and real estate services for BMO Financial Group. In addition, Technology and Solutions is responsible for the creation, development, and support of BMO’s e-business services.
Born in London, England, in 1947, Mr. Gilmour has been in the Information Systems business for more than 30 years. He joined BMO in 1978. From 1978 to 1980 he was Department Manager, Operations, Planning and Control where he was responsible for the delivery of Bank-wide computer centre systems support. Subsequent to this position, he served as Department Manager for Banking Systems Applications within Systems Development and was responsible for the development of BMO Bank of Montreal’s Online Banking and MasterCard systems.
In 1982, Mr. Gilmour was appointed Vice-President, Operations and Services where he was responsible for computing centre and communications systems enterprise-wide. In 1985, he was promoted to Senior Vice-President, Operations and Services. Subsequent positions included, Senior Vice-President, Systems Operations and Senior Vice-President, Applications Planning and Development. In May 1996, he was promoted to Executive Vice-President, Systems, Technology and Solutions, where he was responsible for the development of all solutions and applications, as well as the operation of computer systems and communications networks across BMO Financial Group. He assumed his current role in 2000.
Mr. Gilmour holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Sir George Williams University (now Concordia University). | 