BMO Appoints Downe as COO

The Globe and Mail, Sinclair Stewart, 20 January 2006Bill Downe may have been unveiled as the heir apparent to Bank of Montreal chief executive officer Tony Comper, but that doesn't mean he has to move back to Canada. Well, at least not for another year.The long-time BMO executive was promoted to chief operating officer of the bank yesterday, and handed responsibility for all of its main business