Faelyne Templer

2021 BMO Ambition 2025 Award-Winner National Co-Chair of BMO Without Barriers, an Enterprise Resource Group that supports and champions inclusion and accessibility within the Bank for employees. Key wins include membership growth of over 40%, creation and deployment of accessibility resources through on-demand learning platforms, and enterprise adoption of accessibility best practices that enable full participation of employees with varying abilities in key events both virtually and in-person Worked closely with senior executive members of the Black and Latino Advisory Council to take effective measures to increase inclusion throughout the enterprise Reviewed DEI vendors, explored and selected strategic partners to support the Bank in meeting its DEI goals and to take strong steps to support under-represented communities Led Canadian deployment and day to day operation of Career Advancement Program designed to mitigate against structural inequities, resulting in increased engagement of participants, increased career progress, and decreased turnover and disengagement Governance lead for Enterprise DEI, responsible for the Bank’s yearly Employment Equity submission, key resource in communicating DEI and self-ID data governance and privacy governance policies In partnership with Data Analytics team, developed new Key Risk Indicator framework to enable effective monitoring and of DEI goals