Lucas Seiler

• Lead for BMO's U.S. Consumer, Business Banking, Climate/Sustainability, and Technology PR efforts.
• Oversee all reputation and issues management-related items and media inquiries for the 8th largest bank in North America by assets.
• Serve as company spokesperson.
• Manage BMO's Real Financial Progress Index - a forward looking indicator of consumer sentiment around personal finance - regularly securing features in top tier media such as NBC Nightly News, CNBC, WSJ, and more.
• Position the BMO Climate Institute and its executives as thought leaders in corporate sustainability and climate change by coordinating interviews with business leaders, investors, researchers, and NGOs.
• Created the bank's media training program which serves as a guide in both the U.S. and Canada to in-depth and on-camera interview preparation - as well as media trained all top bank executives and new spokespeople in U.S. and Canada.
• Developed external communication around $16B acquisition of Bank of the West and $40B benefits plan, a series of commitments to support underserved communities.
• Mentor for WMNfintech, North America's largest nonprofit fintech program for women founders, providing media training to 16 fintech CEOs.

• Oversaw corporate communications, PR, media training, and content creation for clients spanning three countries (U.S., Canada, and South Africa).

• Industries include social impact, design and construction, real estate, financial services, politics, healthcare, and nonprofits. • Led new business development and grew boutique agency to 8 retainers. • Clients: General Mgmt. Group, Unified Works, Unified Builders Group, Chicago Loop Alliance, NexGenHealth Ltd., League of Women Voters, and more.

• PR lead for professional services accounts.
• Represented the agency while sitting on Climate Change Committee for the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce.
• Clients: Skanska, Miami DDA, City National Bank of FL, The FL Bar, Bilzin Sumberg, Podhurst Orseck, Walmart, and more.
• Managed national press conferences and interviews around notable events such as Parkland shooting, Boeing 737 MAX crashes, and USS Cole lawsuits at the U.S. Supreme Court.

Anchor of NBC-2 News Today (June 2015 - September 2017)

• Promoted to News Anchor of NBC-2 News Today, #1-rated morning show in Southwest Florida.

Collier County Bureau Chief (June 2014 - June 2015)

• Promoted to Lead Collier County Bureau Chief based in Naples, Florida.

Charlotte County Bureau Correspondent (June 2013 - June 2014)

• Head bureau correspondent for Charlotte Co.

• Served as evening anchor, reporter, producer, and forecaster for NBC broadcasts to entire state of Wyoming.

• Named "Best News Reporter" and "Best Photographer" by the regional association of broadcasters in 2011 and 2012.