Cathy Cranston is an independent public company board Director for Toromont Industries Ltd. and sits on Toromont's Audit, and Nominating and Governance Committees. Cathy is a former Treasurer of BMO Financial Group (BMO), where she was a senior executive with 32 years of experience.
Cathy’s prior business experience includes executive roles as Head of Investor Relations, CFO of the Bank's Wealth Management business, VP of Integrated Risk Management, as well as senior roles in capital markets and corporate banking. Her prior Board experience includes Bank of Montreal (Barbados) Limited, Bank of Montreal Mortgage Corporation, BMO Trust Company, BMO InvestorLine, BMO Harris Investment Management Inc., and BMO Nesbitt Burns Financial Services Inc.
Cathy obtained an MBA and B.Comm. (Honours) from the University of Manitoba and holds the Institute of Corporate Directors designation (ICD.D).