David A. Galloway
Chairman of the Board

David Galloway was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bank of Montreal effective May 1, 2004.

Mr. Galloway has been a member of BMO's Board since 1998 and serves on the Governance and Nominating Committee, Risk Review Committee and the Human Resources and Management Compensation Committee. He is also a director of Harris Financial Corp. and serves on its Risk Oversight Committee.

Mr. Galloway is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Torstar Corporation, a position he held from 1988 to 2002. He joined Torstar in 1981 and became President and Chief Executive Officer for Harlequin worldwide in 1982. Prior to joining Torstar, he was a founding partner of the Canada Consulting Group, a leading strategic management consulting firm that was acquired by the Boston Consulting Group.

Mr. Galloway serves on the following company boards: Abitibi-Consolidated Inc., Toromont Industries Ltd. and E.W. Scripps Company. In addition, at different times during the period from 1999 to 2006, Mr. Galloway also served as a director of the following publicly traded companies: Clearnet Communications Inc., Corel Corporation, Hudson's Bay Company, Torstar Corporation, Visible Genetics and Westburne Inc.

Mr. Galloway has a B.A. (Hons.) in political science and economics from the University of Toronto and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Galloway is married with two children and lives in Toronto.

(April 2007)