Jo-Ann Lempert, FCPA, ICD.D, CPA auditor

Jo-Ann Lempert, FCPA, CPA Auditor, ICD.D is a Partner and the leader of MNP’s Public Companies Service Line and the Real Estate and Construction niche for the region of Québec. She specializes in the application of accounting principles to complex transactions under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Canadian Accounting Standards for Private Enterprises (ASPE) and Accounting Standards for Not-for-Profit Organizations (NFPO).

She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Minto Apartment REIT (TSX: MI), former trustee and audit committee chair of Summit Industrial Income REIT (TSX: SMU), Enterprise REIT (private) and Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:INO).

Jo-Ann works with organizations requiring specialized expertise in complex standards in financial reporting relevant to certain market sectors, including public companies and go-public deals, REITS, exempt market dealers, and other reporting issuers. She also has significant experience taking companies through the listing process, from private company to publicly listed entity.

Jo-Ann has been a contributing author for Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada, a Course instructor for the Order of Chartered Professional Accountants of Quebec and the Institute of Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario, and author of Knowledge Based Audits of International Entities published worldwide by Wolters-Klower.

Jo-Ann earned the ICD.D diploma in 2019, the prestigious title of Fellow of the Ordre des comptables professionels agrées du Québec (FCPA) in 2016, was designated a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) in 2000. She earned her B.Comm (Accounting and Entrepreneurship) from

McGill University in 1998 and completed her Diploma of Accounting at Concordia University in 1999.