Fireside Chat with Patrick Cronin, Chief Risk Officer, BMO Financial Group

*MEMBERS OF ALL CHAPTERS ARE WELCOME TO REGISTER.

YCIF Ottawa is excited to be joined by Patrick Cronin, BMO’s Chief Risk Officer to discuss post COVID-19 economic outlook, monetary and fiscal policy decisions, as well as key trends and events impacting risk across global economies.

Please join YCIF for this exciting fireside chat to discuss these topics and more as we look ahead to numerous domestic and global factors impacting our economy. We are excited to draw on Patrick’s breadth and wealth of experience, providing his opinion and insight on recent Canadian and global events shaping financial markets and how they impact the day to day lives of the average person.

The event will also include a Q&A session in the last 10 minutes for those attending to ask questions to one of the top minds in Canadian finance.

When:               Thursday, March 24th, 2022
Time:                 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Where:              Online, you'll receive the link to connect to the webinar shortly before it starts
Members:         FREE
Non-members: FREE

Meet our guest

Pat Cronin was appointed Chief Risk Officer, BMO Financial Group, in November 2018.

In this role, he is responsible for providing independent review and oversight of enterprise-wide risks and leadership on risk issues, developing and maintaining a risk management framework and fostering a strong risk culture across the enterprise.

Most recently, Pat was CEO & Group Head of BMO Capital Markets, responsible for BMO Financial Group’s interactions with corporate, government and institutional clients.

Previously, Pat was President & Chief Operating Officer of BMO Capital Markets where he had first-line oversight of all balance sheet and risk management activity, international operations, and regulatory and compliance functions. Since he joined BMO in 1993, Pat has held important leadership roles in BMO Capital Markets, including Head, Trading Products, where he had responsibility for the sales, trading, research and structuring groups in equity products, debt products, foreign exchange, derivative products and securitization.

Pat has been an active member of BMO Financial Group’s Enterprise Risk Management Committee since 2014, Operating Committee since 2015 and Executive Committee since 2016.

About YCIF

Young Canadians in Finance was founded by Paul Desmarais III and Michael Blickstead in 2006. The organization is present in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, New York and Vancouver.

The Young Canadians in Finance network is a unique meeting place for young professionals and entrepreneurs who want to cultivate a network of privileged contacts and develop their skills through knowledge sharing experiences and networking.

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