2012 Bay Street Hockey Tournament Magazine - Toronto General ...
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PROCEEDS FROM THE bAy stReet hockey TOURNAMENT WILL HELP FIND THE ANSWERS TO HEART DISEASE<br />
theTICKER<br />
profiles BMO Capital Markets<br />
team captain Andre Hidi<br />
Andre L. Hidi<br />
Group Head Global Mergers & Acquisitions<br />
BMO Capital Markets<br />
What has made you successful at BMO Capital Markets?<br />
<strong>2012</strong> TOURNAMENT PRESENTED BY:<br />
PLAYER PROFILE<br />
How long have you been with BMO Capital Markets? What advice do you have for young guys just getting started<br />
in the industry?<br />
Seven and a half years.<br />
Actively manage your career from the very start. Make sure you<br />
What is the most exciting/interesting part of your job?<br />
understand to the extent possible what you’re getting into (nature<br />
of the firm, your specific role, expected career track, etc.) and be<br />
prepared to make the commitment required or find a different<br />
Helping senior executive teams and Boards of Directors deal<br />
with important strategic and financial issues – contested<br />
mergers/acquisitions are particularly interesting.<br />
firm/role/area of focus. You’re going to work hard so you might as<br />
well enjoy what you’re doing.<br />
I try to do the right thing for both our clients and our firm (believe<br />
it or not, this is actually possible in our business). Transaction<br />
skills and experience, good judgment and a strong work ethic<br />
are all requirements for success in M&A at BMO CM or any other<br />
<strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Street</strong> firm. Our shop was once described to me as a<br />
partnership within a bank, which I think is a fair description,<br />
and I have enjoyed this culture better than some less collegial<br />
ones that I saw earlier in my career.<br />
How important is teamwork in your role?<br />
What types of people are you looking for on your team?<br />
Critically important as we do all our client/deal work as part of<br />
small teams. Smart, competitive, hard-working, personable<br />
teammates with a high level of integrity.<br />
A lot of former competitive hockey players seem to find their way<br />
into the finance industry. Why do you think that is? What aspects<br />
of hockey translate well to the business you are in?<br />
A lot of key skills transalate well from hockey to investment<br />
banking. For instance: competitiveness, intensity, work ethic<br />
and team skills.
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