Tony Comper
Immediate Past President and Chief Executive Officer, BMO Financial Group
Tony Comper joined BMO in 1967 after receiving his bachelor’s degree from the University of Toronto. From the personnel department to the Operations and Systems Group, Mr. Comper made his mark and played a central role in developing BMO’s innovative computer system. He was appointed president in 1990 and CEO in 1999.
In addition to his remarkable success over the course of nearly four decades with the bank, Mr. Comper has contributed countless hours to local organizations. He and his wife Elizabeth founded FAST (Fighting Antisemitism Together), a coalition of non-Jewish Canadian leaders to fight anti-semitism. The couple also created the Tony and Elizabeth Comper Fund for New Works at the Necessary Angel Theatre Company in Toronto.
Mr. Comper also dedicates his time to numerous councils, including the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Canadian Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre for Holocaust Studies, Canadian Centre for Architecture and the Advisory Board of the Conference Board of Canada/Spencer Stuart.
Mr. Comper was honoured with the Human Relations Award from the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews in 1998 and the Award of Merit from B’nai Brith Canada in 2003. He is a recipient of the Scopus Award from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
The other recipients receiving honorary doctorates at this year’s Fall Convocation, along with Tony Comper, are Robert Walsh, AA Bronson and Elizabeth Comper. Find out more.
Posted on October 8, 2009
