Chief risk officer
BMO FINANCIAL GROUP
Toronto, Ontario
Since 2011, Surjit Rajpal has served as chief risk officer for BMO Financial Group, a diversified financial services provider and parent company of the Bank of Montreal, Canada’s first bank. Rajpal first joined BMO in the early 1980s, holding a variety of positions in capital markets, corporate finance and more before being appointed to executive managing director in 2006.
In addition to his work at BMO, Rajpal serves on the board of the Risk Management Association and was chair of the Risk Committee of the Canadian Bankers Association from 2012 to 2014.
