Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: September 24, 2021
• Invested on: May 08, 2024

Harriet Stairs, C.M.
Toronto, Ontario

Harriet Stairs has enhanced inclusion and equity in banking. Rising through the ranks over the course of her 32-year career with BMO, she retired as executive vice-president of human resources. She created a successful global HR strategy that bolstered opportunities for women and visible minorities through the development of equitable succession planning and flexible benefit arrangements. An agent of change in the broader community, she is lauded for her loyal support for higher education, health care, mental health and the arts.