Matthew Howard-Cairns

Matthew works at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, one of the largest pension plans in the world, where he leads the Value Creation team for the Equities division in Europe. He previously worked for Blackstone, one of the world’s leading investment firms, in the firm’s Tactical Opportunities business. Matthew has served on the Boards of Directors of many portfolio companies across a variety of asset classes, industries and geographies. He started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He has been a member of the Old Cliftonian Executive Committee since 2015, currently serving as Vice President and previously as Treasurer. In 2019 Matthew was appointed as Governor and Council Member and as Treasurer in 2021.