Tom Milroy was appointed Co-President of BMO Capital Markets, Investment Banking Group on February 1, 2006. Mr. Milroy has been with the firm since 1993, when he joined as a Managing Director with responsibility for a number of key relationships. In 1996, he was appointed Head of Vancouver Investment Banking. During this period, Tom was actively involved in financing and M&A assignments for numerous clients. In May 1999, he was named Executive Managing Director and Head of Investment & Corporate Banking (I&CB) where he was responsible for the integration of Bank of Montreal's corporate banking with the investment banking capabilities of BMO Capital Markets. He was subsequently also responsible for the integration of the corporate banking business of Harris Bank and BMO Capital Markets in the United States. In April 1991, Mr. Milroy was appointed Vice-Chair and Global Head of I&CB. Before joining BMO, Mr. Milroy worked in the M&A group of a U.S. investment banking firm in New York and Toronto, from 1987 to 1993. Prior to 1987, he practiced securities law as a partner in a Toronto-based law firm. Mr. Milroy holds a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University, a Bachelor of Law and a Masters of Law from Cambridge University, and a LLB from Dalhousie University. He is also actively involved in several social and cultural organizations in greater Toronto, and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Bishop Strachan School and the Pacific Parkinsons Research Institute, Vancouver. He is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada |