People: Virtus Investment Partners Inc (VRTS.O)

Mr. Hugh Murray Simon McKee is no longer Director of Virtus Investment Partners Inc., effective May 21, 2013. Since January 2010, Mr. McKee has served as Co-President and Chief Operating Officer of BMO Investments Inc., a subsidiary of the Bank of Montreal. From 2007 to 2010, Mr. McKee served as Vice President, Strategic Initiatives for Bank of Montreal, together with its subsidiaries, which is known as BMO Financial Group, a diversified North American financial services organization. In this role, Mr. McKee was actively involved in addressing a broad range of strategic issues at the enterprise level, as well as those in BMO’s and capital markets businesses. Prior to joining BMO, from 1998 to 2007 Mr. McKee was a Global Manager for Monitor Group, a management consulting firm, where he was a core member of the financial services practice. He has worked with a wide range of U.S., Canadian and European financial services clients including those in the management, banking, asset management and insurance industries. Mr. McKee holds an Honors BA in Economics from Queen’s University and an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario. Mr. McKee currently serves on the board of directors of BMO Investments Inc. and BMO Global Tax Advantage Funds Inc., each of which is ultimately owned by the Bank of Montreal.