BMO Congratulates Dashan-Canada's New Goodwill Ambassador to China

BEIJING, CHINA and TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire -02/08/12)- BMO Financial Group today congratulated Mark Rowswell, known throughout China and the world as "Dashan", who was named as Canada's Goodwill Ambassador to China by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

"We are pleased to see that Dashan has been honoured with this important role," said Albert Yu, CEO, Asia, BMO Financial Group. "As Canada's most entrenched bank in China, BMO has long been delighted to work with Dashan to bring our two countries closer together. Prime Minister Harper could not have made a better choice, and we look forward to continuing our work together to strengthen the ties between China and Canada."