1967 - CGG Honourary Lieutenant Colonel George Arnold Reeve Hart, MBE, CM (1913-2001)

Photograph

Musée Canadian Grenadier Guards Museum

Name/Title

1967 - CGG Honourary Lieutenant Colonel George Arnold Reeve Hart, MBE, CM (1913-2001)

Description

1967 - Official CGG Officers Mess Portrait of Honourary Lieutenant Colonel George Arnold Reeve Hart, MBE, CM (1913-2001) who was appointed Hon. Lieutenant Colonel from January 1st, 1962, to December 31st, 1967. George Arnold Reeve Hart MBE CM (2 April 1913 – 5 October 2001) was an officer with The Canadian Grenadier Guards during WW2 and a Canadian banker who served as president, chairman, and chief executive officer of the Bank of Montreal. Born on 2 April 1913 in Toronto to George Sanderson Hart and Laura May Harrison. Hart graduated from Oakwood Collegiate Institute in 1931. During WW2, he joined CGG in 1941 and served until 1946 attaining the rank of Major. In 1959, Hart was appointed president of the bank and was also the first president to assume the title of chief executive officer. In December 1964 he was elected chairman of the board and in 1967 ceded the presidency to Robert David Mulholland. In December 1971, Hart gave the title of chief executive officer to John Leonard Walker, who had been appointed president in December 1968. However, due to Walker's failing health, Hart reassumed the title of chief executive in December 1972, shortly before Walker died the following February. Hart remained chief executive until the end of 1974, when he was succeeded by Frederick Harold McNeil.

Created By

Bertille L. Hurel

Create Date

December 30, 2022

Updated By

Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.

Update Date

May 9, 2025