Our Annual Summit 2023 took place in Cartagena from September 3 – 6
We bring together public banks focused on micro, small and medium-sized enterprises to promote international cooperation, mutual learning, and the exchange of technical expertise and practices from around the world.
Our Members
The Group’s name is derived from the city in which it was founded, Montreal, Canada. But our members come from 12 countries from five continents.
Words from Our Members
“The Montreal Group’s CEO Gathering was an incredible opportunity to network and learn from each other. I loved discovering that despite being in different countries, we were all facing similar challenges. It was great having people sharing their experiences and brainstorming how do we deal with global key issues.”
ANTHONY OKPANACHI
Managing Director/CEO, DBN
“The Montreal Group is a peer group forum that offers tremendous strategic opportunities. One of the prime reasons to rejoin the group is finding out together how can we improve our MSMEs while ensuring this growth happens not at the cost of the environment, but rather in line with the green imperatives we face.”
SUDATTA MANDAL
Deputy Managing Director, SIDBI
“The richness of The Montreal Group is its capacity to share experiences. The network has highlighted the importance of having a complementary support offer in order to allow us to better address certain challenges experienced by our customers. Throughout this path, the members we have met have now become trustworthy partners.”
HICHAM ZANATI SERGHINI
Director-General, TAMWILCOM
“The Montreal Group provides access to innovative tools from other parts of the world in order to innovate our model and offer better services to entrepreneurs. It allows us to confront tomorrow’s challenges together, and to develop economic growth while respecting human beings and the planet.”
Jean-Pierre Di Bartoloméo
Executive Director, Wallonie Entreprendre
“The Montreal Group’s CEO Gathering was an incredible opportunity to network and learn from each other. I loved discovering that despite being in different countries, we were all facing similar challenges. It was great having people sharing their experiences and brainstorming how do we deal with global key issues.”
ANTHONY OKPANACHI
Managing Director/CEO, DBN
“The Montreal Group is a peer group forum that offers tremendous strategic opportunities. One of the prime reasons to rejoin the group is finding out together how can we improve our MSMEs while ensuring this growth happens not at the cost of the environment, but rather in line with the green imperatives we face.”
SUDATTA MANDAL
Deputy Managing Director, SIDBI
“The richness of The Montreal Group is its capacity to share experiences. The network has highlighted the importance of having a complementary support offer in order to allow us to better address certain challenges experienced by our customers. Throughout this path, the members we have met have now become trustworthy partners.”
HICHAM ZANATI SERGHINI
Director-General, TAMWILCOM
“The Montreal Group provides access to innovative tools from other parts of the world in order to innovate our model and offer better services to entrepreneurs. It allows us to confront tomorrow’s challenges together, and to develop economic growth while respecting human beings and the planet.”
Jean-Pierre Di Bartoloméo
Executive Director, Wallonie Entreprendre
The Montreal Group is the first global forum exclusively dedicated to public MSME banks from around the world
