BMO hires PE head in preparation for ‘substantial’ activity in 2010

Dirk Leasure, who previously worked with financial sponsors for Goldman Sachs, will head a team of investment bankers who specialise in private equity transactions.

BMO Capital Markets, the investment and corporate banking arm of BMO Financial Group, has promoted a new head for its financial sponsors group, which covers private equity. Dirk Leasure will be based in New York and will lead a team of investment bankers in New York and Chicago who specialise in helping US private equity firms.

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