Christopher J. Parker

Senior Regional Manager, BMO

Christopher J. Parker is BMO’s Senior Regional Manager covering the US Midwest region supporting the Zero Barriers to Business Banking program. He has been in the banking industry for over two decades, spending time in consumer and business banking leadership roles and formerly head of CRA for a regional bank. 

Civically, Christopher serves as Chairman of the Board for the African American Business Association, Board Member for the Will County Center for Economic Development and Business Coach for Allies for Community Business.

A Joliet native, Christopher attended Joliet West High School, Joliet Junior College and has since gone on to attend Grand Canyon University where he studied business
management and organizational leadership. 

He completed an internship with Walt Disney World in
Orlando, Florida where he studied Communications and Organizational Leadership. He was recently awarded by Crains Chicago, as a notable executive in Chicago because of his community economic development work.