
Pamela Steer
Pamela Steer is the Chief Financial and Corporate Strategy Officer at Payments Canada. As a member of the executive management team, Pamela has overall responsibility for overseeing the financial and corporate planning functions of the organization.
Pamela joined Payments Canada from the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), one of the largest insurance organizations in North America, where she was the CFO and Head of Finance and Employer Services.
Pamela is also past chair of the CFA Society Toronto, a member of the City of Toronto's Investment Board and sits on the Advisory Board of the University of Waterloo's School of Accounting and Finance. In addition, she was appointed to the global advisory council for the Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S) under The Prince of Wales's Charitable Foundation, and is a founding member of the Canadian chapter of the A4S CFO Leadership Network.
Pamela holds a Master of Accounting degree from the University of Waterloo, is a CPA Fellow, is accredited as a Chartered Accountant and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst and Chartered Business Valuator designations. In 2019, Pamela was awarded Canada's CFO of the Year.