Rose Patten is Senior Executive Vice-President, Head of Human Resources and Senior Leadership Advisor, BMO Financial Group, and a member of the Bank’s Executive Committee.

Her 35 year career in Financial Services is characterized by senior leadership roles in Business and Organization Strategy, Human Resource Management, Executive Development and Succession, Transformational Change, Communications and Public Affairs.

Prior to joining BMO in 1995, she was Executive Vice-President at Nesbitt Burns (1992-1995), Senior Vice-President at Manulife Financial (1987-1991) and Vice-President/General Manager at Continental Bank of Canada/Lloyds Bank Canada (1975-1987). In 2008, Ms. Patten was honoured as the YWCA Woman of Distinction for Corporate Leadership and has numerous other recognitions from her community service contributions.