THE TRUMP CARD

Darryl White is Chief Executive Officer, BMO Financial Group. He was appointed on November 1, 2017.

Darryl joined BMO in 1994, and has held a number of senior management positions, including Executive Managing Director & Head of Investment & Corporate Banking Montreal, Global Head of Equity Capital Markets & Deputy Head of Investment & Corporate Banking Canada, and Global Head of Investment & Corporate Banking. In 2014, he was named Group Head, BMO Capital Markets and served as CEO of BMO Nesbitt Burns legal entity until 2016. Darryl was appointed Chief Operating Officer, BMO Financial Group in 2016.

A longstanding community builder, Darryl was honoured by the United Way of New York City in 2016. He actively volunteers with the United Way of Greater Toronto and York Region, is a member of its 2017 Campaign Cabinet as Sector Chair, Finance. He serves as a director of the amalgamated network that includes St. Michael's Hospital, St. Joseph’s Health Centre and Providence Healthcare. Darryl is also a director of the Montreal Canadiens.

Darryl is a strong advocate for BMO’s efforts to ensure an inclusive workplace. He serves as a member of Catalyst Canada’s Advisory Board. He is also a past member of the Advisory Council of Women in Capital Markets.

Darryl holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario and has completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School. Darryl is a past recipient of Canada’s Top 40 under 40TM Award.

Joe Oliver is the former Minister of Finance, Minister of Natural Resources, Minister Responsible for the Greater Toronto Area and Member of Parliament for Eglinton-Lawrence. He also served as Vice-Chair of the Priorities and Planning Committee of cabinet under Prime Minister Harper’s chairmanship. While Finance Minister, he presented a budget that was balanced fiscally and socially, while keeping personal taxes at the lowest level in 50 years.

Mr. Oliver represented Canada at G7, G20, IMF and World Bank meetings of Finance Ministers and Governors of Central Banks. He co-chaired the G20 committee responsible for generating and overseeing country plans to increase global growth by $2 trillion.

Joe Oliver served as President and CEO of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada and as Executive Director of the Ontario Securities Commission. Mr. Oliver spent over 20 years running the investment banking operations of several investment dealers.

Mr. Oliver graduated from McGill University with a BA and BCL (civil law) and obtained his MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business.

Mr. Oliver is the Chairman of Echelon Wealth Partners, Director of Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corporation and High Arctic Energy Services, Chair of PlantExt and the Independent Review Committee of RP Strategic Income Plus Fund, a Director of the Manning Centre and member of the Board of Governors of the Mackenzie Institute. He writes articles for publication, appears on television and radio and gives speeches across the country.

Lang studied Architecture at the University of Manitoba, before becoming a journalist. Her first job in journalism was for the Globe and Mail, and subsequently Lang joined the Financial Post newspaper, where she became the paper’s New York correspondent. In New York she made the leap to television, where she first was part of the team that launched BNN and before long wound up at CNN as a reporter and anchor. Lang is also a best-selling author. “The Power of Why,” (HarperCollins, October 2012) explores the connection between curiosity and success. “The Beauty of Discomfort” (HarperCollins, April 2017) examines how difficult change can be, and set out strategies for how to achieve it.