Yvan J.P. Bourdeau
Chief Executive Officer- BMO Nesbitt Burns
Head, Investment Banking Group – BMO Financial Group

Yvan Bourdeau was named Chief Executive Officer, BMO Nesbitt Burns and Head, Investment Banking Group in January 2006. He had been President and Chief Operating Officer, BMO Nesbitt Burns, since May 1999.

Mr. Bourdeau has held a variety of positions with BMO Financial Group in Canada and has extensive experience in the Far East. He was a representative in Tokyo in 1973, Managing Director, Bank of Montreal Asia Ltd., Singapore, in 1978, Vice-President and Manager, Seoul Branch, South Korea, in 1980 and Senior Vice-President and Manager, Tokyo Branch, Japan, in 1986. He became Senior Vice-President and Deputy Treasurer, Bank of Montreal, in 1988, Executive Vice-President and Treasurer in 1991 and Executive Vice-President and Head of Global Treasury Group in 1996. In 1998 he was appointed Executive Vice-President, Treasurer and Head of Portfolio and Risk Management Group.

Born in Montreal, Mr. Bourdeau received his B.A. from Collège Saint-Ignace in Montreal in 1968, his Bachelor of Business Administration from l’École des Hautes Etudes Commerciales at University of Montreal in 1971, and his Master of Business Administration from the University of British Columbia in 1972.

Mr. Bourdeau is a Board member of BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., and BMO Nesbitt Burns Corporation Limited. Mr. Bourdeau also sits on the Board of Governors of North York General Hospital. (April 2005)