Mr. Butt brings two decades of experience in managing a large and growing multinational financial services organization to the CI Board.
Most recently, he was Global Head of Investment and Corporate Banking for BMO Financial Group, one of the world’s largest banks. In this role, he was responsible for BMO’s business with major corporations worldwide encompassing equity and debt financing, corporate lending, mergers and acquisition advisory services, merchant banking, trade finance and global treasury management. His accomplishments included the expansion of BMO’s business in the United States and into Australia, China and India.
As one of BMO’s senior leaders, Mr. Butt sat on its Management Committee and its Capital Markets’ Executive, Operating and Management Committees.
He serves on the Board of Directors of OMERS, one of Canada’s largest pension plans, and chairs its Investment Committee and previously chaired its Audit & Pension Committee. He is a former director of Xplornet Communications and chaired its Human Resources and Governance Committee.
Mr. Butt is Co-Chairperson of the Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada’s $75 million “Stand Up For Kids – Futures Transformed Campaign” and a member of the Children’s Aid Foundation’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee (2016-present). He previously served as Chairperson of the St. Michael’s Hospital (Toronto) President’s Council (2011-2021) and on the St. Michael’s Hospital Foundation Board of Directors.
He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Windsor, MBA from the Ivey Business School, ICD.D from the Institute of Corporate Directors, and studied at the Rotterdam School of Management. He is a past recipient of Canada's Top 40 Under 40 honours.
Mr. Butt has been a Director since 2019 and is Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee.