Bio

Darrel Hackett serves as Chief Executive Officer of BMO Financial Corp. and President and Chief Executive Officer of BMO Bank N.A.; a top 10 U.S. bank by assets. As U.S. CEO, Darrel also serves as an Executive Committee member of BMO Financial Group and is Chair of the U.S. Management Committee. He is responsible for leadership and performance across all of BMO’s U.S. operations. Darrel has held a variety of leadership roles since joining BMO in 2004. In his most recent role, Darrel served as President, BMO 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 BMO’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 BMO, 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, United Way of Metro Chicago, and Glatfelter Corporation. He is a member of the Federal Advisory Council, Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the Trustees’ Committee of the Chicago Community Trust, the Executive Leadership Council, the Economic Club of Chicago and the Executives’ Club of Chicago. 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.