Caroline Donlin
Managing Director and Head, Engineering & Construction
Caroline Donlin
Managing Director and Head, Engineering & Construction
Caroline Donlin is a Managing Director and Head of BMO’s Engineering and Construction (E&C) practice nationally. BMO has the largest, dedicated E&C practice in the U.S. and focuses on banking relationships with general contractors, specialty contractors, design firms, and material suppliers. Caroline and her team specialize in providing banking services, capital, and advice to companies across the industry.
Caroline has been with BMO since 2015 and has 20 years of experience in commercial banking, investment banking, corporate finance, strategic planning, and consulting. Prior to her current role, Caroline led BMO’s Corporate Advisory and ESOP practice and regularly served as a strategic advisor to the owners and boards of family-owned businesses on a variety of topics including mergers & acquisitions, shareholder buyouts, recapitalizations, ESOPs, ownership transitions, valuation, and liquidity events.
Prior to joining BMO, Caroline worked at MillerCoors LLC where she was responsible for the consolidation of private, family-owned businesses within the company’s distribution channel. Prior to MillerCoors, Caroline was an investment banker at Lincoln International where she focused on M&A transactions in the consumer, electronics, healthcare and business services sectors for leading private equity firms, multi-national conglomerates, and entrepreneurs. She also worked for HBK Capital Management, a global multi-strategy hedge fund, and as a consultant at Accenture.
Caroline holds a BA from Southern Methodist University and an MBA from the Booth School at the University of Chicago. She is a member of the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA), the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC), the Executives’ Club of Chicago, and Chief.
Area of expertise: Engineering Construction
