In this role, Vieira will report to Perry Hoffmeister, head of US Investment & Corporate Banking and will join BMO’s Investment and Corporate banking US management committee.
Based in Boston, Vieira will initially lead a team of nine professionals, including Paul Griffin, managing director, also based in Boston, and David Wismer, managing director, based in Toronto.
The technology group will work closely with BMO’s business services and media group in covering digital internet, social media and gaming companies.
Vieira will bring more than 16 years of investment banking experience in the technology sector. Previously, he was employed at Broadview International and subsequently Jefferies & Co, which acquired Broadview in 2003.
Hoffmeister said that BMO is excited to bring the full suite of product capabilities – M&A, equity capital markets, debt capital markets, liability management and foreign exchange – to companies in the technology industry.
"Technology is a vital sector for the US, Canada and other global economies. As BMO Capital Markets continues to expand its focus, it makes sense for us to bring our client-focused approach to the mid-cap and emerging segments of the technology industry," Hoffmeister said.
Vieira said the technology group will combine its focus on North America (through offices in San Francisco and Menlo Park) with global insights from its offices in Beijing, Mumbai and London, to bring value and an international perspective to the research and advice we provide our clients.
