ARGIRO KOTSALIS,
Chief Governance Officer and Vice President Legal & Supply Management, Vancouver Airport Authority

Argiro joined YVR’s Executive Team in October 2015 following almost 20 years of private practice with a national business law firm.  YVR is a “for purpose” organization – it exists to serve our community and the economy that supports it. Managing an airport is akin to running a small city, and she leads a diverse in-house legal department servicing the organization. Argiro is directly involved with all material legal issues facing YVR, including identifying and mitigating risk through her oversight of the Insurance Portfolio, acting as Privacy Officer and co-chairing YVR’s rigorous Enterprise Risk Management Program. As Chief Governance Officer, Argiro supports the Board of Directors, oversees business ethics and corporate governance policies. She also oversees the Supply Management team and is focused on continuing to embed ESG in YVR’s procurement program.   YVR has received many national excellence in governance awards from the Governance Professionals of Canada over the past few years, most recently for Strategy in November 2022 and previously for Best Practices in Sustainability & ESG and Diversity & Inclusion (2019).  YVR’s legal department was named to The Legal 500’s GC Powerlist – Canada Teams 2019 and Argiro was named to the GC Powerlist in 2020.