BMO Searches for New US M&A Head as It Combines Banker Teams

Bank of Montreal is conducting an external search for the head of a newly combined team of US mergers-and-acquisitions bankers.

The Canadian lender is bringing together its US capital-markets and commercial-banking middle-market M&A groups under one structure aimed at “supporting its US growth ambitions and improving execution and efficiency,” said a bank spokesperson.

While a search for someone to helm the new division is underway, Cameron Hewes will continue to lead the US middle-market team as part of his role heading up North American mid-market M&A. Warren Estey will lead the US investment- and corporate-banking M&A team on an ...