Tina serves as the Regional President for the WI Region, which covers 9 markets
and a total of 137 branches. In this role, Tina is responsible for the leading the
largest Region in the U.S and the implementation of retail banking operating
strategies to drive optimal customer and employee experience and drive BMO
forward in these markets.
Tina has over 22 years of impactful leadership experience in financial services
with banks such as Chase, US Bank and Wells Fargo. Tina has worked at BMO
almost 10 years, serving in a variety of roles; Retail Market President of Aurora
Joliet, National Sales Director and Director of Consumer Strategy and until May
of 2023, Regional President for the Plains Region. In her role as Regional
President of the Plains Region, Tina worked to create a newly formed footprint,
made up of former BOTW markets and BMO legacy markets across five states.
Since transitioning to her new region in Wisconsin in April, Tina has focused on
deepening the strong BMO brand penetration, community, and partnership
impact and through leadership and coaching has elevated the One Client
approach and overall customer growth at BMO.
Tina’s leadership style begins with leading with your heart, connecting to
colleagues on an individualized level focused on delivering consistent, quality
coaching to amplify performance and catalyze career development. Tina has a
passion to support colleagues and communities. For 18 months of 2023 &
2024, she served as the US Global Chair for Alliance for Women until recently
accepting the role as the Executive Sponsor of our Gen BMO ERG effective July
2024, and employee resource group that is committed to creating and
developing future leaders within BMO. Tina is also a seven-time Event Chair &
Chicago Board Member for the March of Dimes.
Tina DeGustino
