Rahul Nalgirkar

Rahul Nalgirkar currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of BMO’s U.S. Operations as well as North American Commercial Banking (NACB). He is responsible for all aspects of financial operations and processes, including financial accounting and reporting, business planning & forecasting, management reporting, treasury, and capital management. Mr. Nalgirkar also plays a key role in the development and implementation of BMO's business strategy in the U.S. and NACB, and integration planning for the proposed acquisition of Bank of the West.

Before joining BMO, Mr. Nalgirkar served as Group CFO at Fifth Third Bank, where he led financial and strategic planning, operational data & analytics, acquisition integration and pricing for all lines of businesses spanning Commercial, Consumer, Wealth, Business Banking, Regional Banking and Enterprise Digital & Marketing. Mr. Nalgirkar started his career with General Electric as a member of their finance leadership program ‘GE Corporate Audit Staff’ and held progressively senior leadership roles at GE Capital, Citigroup, CIT and Fifth Third Bank.

Mr. Nalgirkar holds a Bachelor of Commerce from University of Delhi and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.