Mona Malone is the Chief Human Resources Officer and Head of People and Culture for BMO Financial Group, and the architect of BMO’s multi-year DEI strategy: Zero Barriers to Inclusion.
Under her leadership, BMO is developing innovative new ways to bring diverse talent to the bank. These include partnering with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Indigenous-owned training firm PLATO on a cloud skills boot camp and internship program for Indigenous students, and creating a Newcomer Talent Program that connects qualified immigrants and refugees with job opportunities at BMO.
Mona’s data-driven approach to DEI ensures BMO makes consistent progress towards its representation goals and maintains a robust pipeline of diverse talent. Among the bank’s best practices: developing diverse leaders through differentiated career advancement programs for Indigenous, Black and Latino colleagues; and building broad-based understanding of the experiences of equity-deserving groups through e-learning programs such as Nisitohtamowin – An Introduction to Understanding Indigenous Perspectives in Canada.