Established in 1817 as Bank of Montreal, BMO Financial Group is a diversified financial services organization. With more than 34,000 employees, BMO provides a range of retail banking, wealth management and investment banking products and solutions. It serves Canadian clients through BMO Bank of Montreal, a personal and commercial banking business, and BMO Nesbitt Burns, one of Canada s leading full-service investment and wealth management firms. In the United States, BMO Financial Group s clients are served through Harris, a major U.S. Midwest financial services organization with a network of community banks in the Chicago area and wealth management offices throughout the United States, as well as Harris Nesbitt, among the leading mid-market investment and corporate banks. BMO Financial Group is headquartered in Toronto.