- New team in Fort Worth
builds off of BMO's long history in Texas, which includes a capital markets office
in Houston, a 200-strong
Transportation Finance team in Irving, and a rapidly growing commercial
banking office in Dallas that just
added a new wealth management unit
DALLAS and FORT WORTH, TX, June
28, 2019 /CNW/ - BMO Financial Group today announced the
launch of its second commercial banking unit in North Texas. Based in Fort Worth, and headed by Nick Salomone, Fort Worth Market Executive for
BMO, the team aims to build on the momentum of the commercial
banking office in Dallas –
providing North Texas businesses
with access to a wide variety of industry expertise, products,
services and local market knowledge.
"The continued strong demographic and economic indicators, and
increasing demand for our commercial banking services, made the
decision to expand our commercial banking team into Fort Worth a natural next step," said
Brian Enzler, Market Executive,
Commercial Banking, Texas, BMO
Harris Bank. "We've experienced exceptional growth since we
opened our first commercial banking office in North Texas in 2016, and we're pleased that we
were able to attract top local talent to help us offer the breadth
and depth of BMO's capabilities to increasing numbers of
customers."
"Commercial banking is a core strength at BMO, and with our
focus on providing our customers with industry expertise paired
with local market knowledge, we continue to deliver on our North
American commercial banking strategy," said David Casper, U.S. CEO, BMO Financial
Group. "We're very pleased with our growth in North Texas to date, and we look forward to
having Brian and Nick continue to build on our momentum."
Over the past three years, the commercial banking office in
Dallas, headed by Enzler, has
expanded rapidly, reflecting tremendous demand for the team's
services and industry expertise. The team recently added a
Wealth Management unit headed by Mark
Walsh, who will work with clients throughout North Texas to develop customized and dynamic
wealth management plans that fit their specific financial
goals.
The Fort Worth team consists of
Market Executive Nick Salomone – who
in his most recent role was a commercial banking market executive
in Fort Worth for a competing bank
– as well as Relationship Manager Greg
McCollum, Customer Service Associate Jeanne Ellen Esparza,
Business Development Officer Ryan
Merz, and Portfolio Manager Martin
Velasco.
About BMO Financial Group
Serving customers for 200 years and counting, BMO is a highly
diversified financial services provider - the 8th largest bank, by
assets, in North America. With
total assets of $830 billion as of
April 30, 2019, and a team of diverse
and highly engaged employees, BMO provides a broad range of
personal and commercial banking, wealth management and investment
banking products and services to more than 12 million customers and
conducts business through three operating groups: Personal and
Commercial Banking, BMO Wealth Management and BMO Capital
Markets.
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