Darrel Hackett has served as President, BMO Wealth Management – U.S. since 2014.
In this role, Hackett is accountable for BMO’s private wealth management businesses in the United States, leading a team of 1,000 high performing professionals and over $130 billion in client assets. He also serves on the board of directors of BMO Harris Bank N.A., the board that governs BMO Financial Group’s principal banking subsidiary in the United States.
Since joining BMO in 2004, Hackett has held several leadership roles including Head of North American Integrated Channels; Head of US Business Banking; Regional President – Chicago Metro; and Head of Acquisition Integration. Before joining BMO, Darrel was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. Prior to that, he held a variety of roles at the General Electric Company.
Hackett serves as an independent board director for Glatfelter (NYSE: GLT), a global B2B engineered materials supplier. He also is a board director for the Art Institute of Chicago, the Rush University Medical Center and Chicago United.
Hackett has an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
