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Harris Names Terry Jenkins President of Harris Private Bank

CHICAGO, October 18, 2006> –Harris is pleased to announce that Terry Jenkins is named President of Harris Private Bank, overseeing the delivery of wealth management services across the United States, effective immediately.

Jenkins most recently served as head of BMO Harris Private Banking in Canada, a post he has held since 2002. Under his leadership, the Canadian private banking business unit of Harris parent BMO Financia l Group was named the best in Canada for three years straight by Euromoney magazine.

Jenkins succeeds Graham Parsons, who had served as head of Harris Private Bank in addition to his role as Executive Vice President, Global Private Banking, for BMO Financial Group. Parsons will remain in charge of Global Private Banking for BMO and will be based in Toronto.

"Terry has done a tremendous job building the BMO Harris Private Banking business in Canada into a true industry leader," Parsons said. "We expect he will continue to show his dynamic leadership skills in his new role with Harris Private Bank."

Terry, who is based in Chicago, has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry and holds a master's degree in international management from McGill University in Toronto as well as a bachelor's degree in commerce from the University of Toronto.

"I am excited to take on this new challenge," Jenkins said. "In the U.S., the competitive landscape is more challenging than ever before but with nearly $20 trillion expected to change hands over the next several years, we believe our advisory-based approach is just what families need to make smart financial decisions."

Harris is an integrated financial service organization that provides more than one million personal, business, corporate and institutional clients with banking, lending, investing, financial planning, trust administration, portfolio management, family office and wealth transfer services. Harris is a member of BMO Financial Group (NYSE, TSX: BMO). For more information, please visit www.harrisbank.com.

Contact:
Amy Yuhn, Harris, (312) 461-6055

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