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Frank Techar was named President and Chief Executive Officer, Personal and Commercial Banking Canada, BMO Financial Group in July 2006. In this position, he oversees the strategic direction for delivery of banking services through BMO Bank of Montreal to more than 7.5 million customers across Canada.
A native of Minnesota, Techar was appointed to his current position in July 2006. He previously served, since September of 2002, as President and CEO of Harris Bankcorp, Inc., BMO’s U.S. Personal and Commercial banking group, based in Chicago. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice- President, Small Business Banking, a high-priority area in BMO Bank of Montreal's Canadian operations, serving 400,000 small and medium-sized businesses across Canada.
Techar began his career with BMO Financial Group in the Corporate Banking division, and spent 12 years in various positions in Denver and Houston. He went on to gain international leadership experience as Senior Vice-President and General Manager of BMO Financial Group's offices in London, England, as the senior company executive in Europe before moving to Canada in 1999.
Prior to his career with BMO Financial Group, Techar held a variety of corporate banking positions with First Interstate Bank in Denver, Colorado, and various engineering positions with USG Corporation in Oakfield, New York.
He earned a Bachelor of Science and Engineering degree from Princeton University in 1978, an MBA from the University of Denver in 1983, and completed the University of Southern California Executive Program in 1992.
While in Chicago, Techar was an active member of Chicago's business and civic community and continues to serve on the boards of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Rush University Medical Center. In 2005, he served as the annual giving campaign chair for United Way of Metropolitan Chicago. | 