Owais Mahmood

• Coordinating Annual Review's for 83 Countries where the Bank of Montreal extends credit

• Fostering partnerships between economics, the line of business, and credit to ensure Country Risk is assessed, assigned, and reported for all counter-parties outside of Canada and the US

• Presenting a summary of international exposure managed by the Bank of Montreal to the Chief Risk officer on a quarterly basis

• Responsible for all Country Risk Policies, Operating Procedures, and Corporate Standards maintained by the Bank

• Produce meaningful Country Risk Reporting for both internal distribution and for federal regulators

• Responsible for approving and tracking large scale deals within the bank that exceeded BMO's Enterprise House Limit on behalf of the Chief Risk Officer

• On a monthly basis, meet with the Head of Corporate Commercial Credit as well as the Chief Risk Officer to present a summary of the largest transactions, key statistics as well as any identified trends

• Prepare and distribute large exposure reporting to both internal stakeholders and regulators

• Approving personal discretionary limits for employees across the enterprise including Business Banking, Capital Markets, and Private Banking

• Assessing the performance of employees related to the use of their discretionary limits

• Maintaining relationships with senior executives and providing them with ongoing updates regarding the performance of their extended teams

• Lead a team of 15 direct reports who were responsible for funding commercial loans across Canadian Business Banking

• Working with relationship managers, analysts, and credit to ensure legal documents were prepared, loans were funded within SLA, and escalations were addressed in a timely manner

• Review existing processes across our department and identify enhancements opportunities

• Prepare a standardized process guide which was rolled out nationally across BMO Commercial Banking