BMO Financial Group’s subsidiaries that publicly offer investment funds: BMO Investments Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., BMO Harris Investment Management Inc. and Guardian Group of Funds Inc., each appointed the first members of an independent review committee for the investment funds they manage.

The IRC will act as the independent review committee for the publicly offered BMO-managed funds and will perform the functions required of an independent review committee under National Instrument 81-107 Independent Review Committee for Investment Funds.

The first members of the IRC for BMO Financial Group-managed funds are:

– Allen B. Clarke, consultant
– Kenneth W. McArthur, chairman and CEO, Shurway Capital Corp. (investment corporation)
– John K. McBride, financial administrator, J.K. McBride Financial Management Ltd.
– R. Jamie Plant, retired partner and counsel, Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP
– Charles W. White, lawyer and corporate director
– Louise Vaillancourt-Châtillon President, LVConseils Institutionnels Inc. (corporate governance support services corporation).