Brett Pitts

Head, North American Treasury and Payment Solutions
Brett Pitts is accountable for BMO Financial Group’s North American Treasury and Payment Solutions business, including Treasury Management, Commercial Deposits and Corporate Cards, and BMO’s Business to Business (B2B) digital and payment strategies.
Prior to this role, Brett was Chief Digital Officer, BMO Financial Group. He led the bank’s digital portfolio and oversees North American virtual channel experiences and operations for digital and the North American Customer Contact Centres. This included a focus on accelerating BMO’s digital agenda to deliver industry-leading customer experiences and encourage digital adoption for our customers and team.
Before joining BMO in 2017, Brett spent 17 years at Wells Fargo, most recently as the Executive Vice President and Group Head of Digital, responsible for all aspects of the bank’s digital channels and experiences for the company’s retail customers, including consumer, small business, wealth and digital payments. This included accountability for almost 30 million active digital customers and over 5.5 billion interactions per year.
Brett has an MBA, specializing in Management Information Systems, from the Eller Graduate School of Management at the University of Arizona, and a bachelor’s degree in Marketing and Finance from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Kids Help Phone, an organization supporting youth mental health and well-being, and Moneris, an organization specializing in payment processing.
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