Jo-Anne Matear is Director, Sustainability Standards at the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB), where she leads the team that supports the Board in advancing high-quality sustainability disclosure standards in Canada and in driving the Board’s strategic priorities.

Before joining the CSSB, Jo-Anne was Associate Vice President and Head of Sustainable Finance at the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC). In that role, she led the OSC’s sustainable finance strategy and several significant policy initiatives related to sustainability and climate-related reporting, green finance innovation, board governance, and diversity on corporate boards and in executive roles. She represented the OSC internationally through IOSCO’s Sustainable Finance Taskforce and Diversity Network.

Prior to joining the OSC, she practised corporate and securities law at law firms in Toronto and London, England. Jo-Anne holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from Queen’s University and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Toronto.