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Harris Appoints Kevin Christopher New Director of Mortgage Sales
Industry veteran brings strong leadership experience to lead sales strategy

CHICAGO, Jan 27, 2011 – Harris today announced the appointment of Kevin Christopher to Director of Mortgage Sales. Christopher will lead and execute the bank's mortgage sales strategy while ensuring the delivery of an excellent customer experience by the mortgage team.

As Director of Mortgage Sales, Christopher will be responsible for evolving the Harris mortgage team in its internal collaboration, service and sales capabilities to contribute to the bank's overall strategy.

Before joining Harris, Christopher served as Regional Sales Manager and Vice President in the Mortgage Division of U.S. Bank, where he worked closely with Retail bank leadership to integrate mortgage cross-selling and improve internal referrals. Prior to that, he served as Regional Manager at JP Morgan Chase, leading Chase's second most profitable region in the country. Christopher has also held le adership roles at Baird & Warner, Mortgage Master LLC, Prism Mortgage and Norwest Mortgage.

"At a time when Harris is stepping up its mortgage lending efforts, Kevin's extensive leadership experience, customer-centric approach, and strong sales focus ensure he's the right person to help us capture a greater share of the home-lending market in the areas we serve," said Randall Raup, Senior Vice President of Retail Lending, Harris.

Christopher received his Bachelor's of Science degree from the University of Illinois, Champaign. He currently resides in Northbrook, Ill., where he is actively involved in his community.

About Harris
Harris is an integrated financial service organization providing nearly 1.3 million personal, business and corporate clients with banking, lending, investing and wealth management solutions. The organization is a member of the BMO Financial Group (NYSE, TSX: BMO), which also provides corporate and investment banking services in the U.S. under the BMO Capital Markets name.

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