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Harris Nesbitt, the U.S. investment banking arm of BMO Financial Group, announced today the hiring of James Love as a Managing Director in its Healthcare Group where he will be responsible for strengthening the firm's advisory practice in this burgeoning sector.
"Healthcare is one of Harris Nesbitt's key focus areas, and hiring a talented and experienced veteran like Jim underscores our commitment to providing unparalleled investment banking services to middle market healthcare companies across the country," said Dominic Petito, Executive Managing Director and Deputy Head, Client Coverage, Harris Nesbitt. "We are delighted to have Jim join our team as we continue build a strong reputation as a full service investment and corporate bank."
A veteran investment banker, with significant industry experience, Mr. Love joins Harris Nesbitt from MTS Health Partners in New York, were he was a Partner responsible for developing new investment banking relationships and assisted in the management of the firm's private equity fund. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Medical Manager Corp. (now WebMD Corp.) where he was responsible for the company's finance, treasury, tax and corporate development functions.
Prior to that, Mr. Love spent 15 years with Merrill Lynch & Co. where he was a Managing Director responsible for developing investment banking relationships with numerous Fortune 500 companies. While at Merrill, Mr. Love also assisted in the management of the investment banking division and headed its Healthcare Products Group. Mr. Love earned an M.B.A. from New York University's Stern School of Business and an A.B. from Brown University.
Mr. Petito commented that Harris Nesbitt will continue to add to its Healthcare Group, as well as to other areas of its investment banking business. Other recent senior appointments announced by the firm include Jeff Hamilton (Energy & Power), Geoff Belsher (M&A), Robert Barnett and Steven Steinberg (Commercial & Industrial) and Carlos Conde (Equity Capital Markets).
As the leading full-service investment and corporate bank serving middle market companies, Harris Nesbitt focuses on nine industry segments: Business Services; Commercial & Industrial; Consumer & Leisure; Energy & Power; Financial Institutions; Food & Agribusiness; Healthcare; Media; Communications & Technology; and Real Estate & Construction, and also provides dedicated services to Financial Sponsors.
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About Harris Nesbitt
Harris Nesbitt is an investment and corporate bank offering clients access to a full range of products and services including investment and corporate banking, treasury services, market risk management, institutional investing and research. Harris Nesbitt is part of Harris, an integrated financial services organization providing more than 1.5 million personal, business, corporate and institutional clients with banking, lending, investing and financial management solutions. Harris Nesbitt is a member of BMO Financial Group (NYSE, TSX: BMO). For more information, please visit www.harrisnesbitt.com.