Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is responsible for the overall stewardship of the Airport Authority, overseeing the Airport Authority’s strategic direction, governance, financials and alignment to its values. The Board provides clear-sighted counsel and oversees Management, who are responsible for the day-to-day conduct of the business, with the objective of ensuring the Airport Authority meets its obligations and takes all reasonable steps to ensure the safety, resiliency and sustainability of the Airport Authority.
Nine members of our Board are nominated by Nominating Entities, up to five Directors are appointed by the Board from the community at large and our President and CEO serves on the board.
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Annalisa King
ChairDirector at largeAnnalisa King is one of Canada’s most respected business executives, and serves on three TSX Boards in addition to YVR. She serves as Audit Committee Chair for two of these Boards, and Chair of Governance for the third. Prior to her board career, Annalisa was Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, at Best Buy Canada Ltd., where she led the Finance, Information Technology, real estate and legal functions. Before Best Buy, she was Senior Vice President of Business Transformation at Maple Leaf Foods, where she led critical strategies for one of Canada’s largest food companies.
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Haydn Acheson
Nominated by Government of CanadaHaydn Acheson has extensive senior leadership experience in the transportation sector, most recently as President and General Manager of Coast Mountain Bus Company. Prior to that he held senior executive roles in the Canadian airline industry in the areas of operations, customer service and flight operations. Haydn also has an extensive labour relations background. He is an accomplished airline captain with thousands of hours of flight time.
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Peter Blake, FCPA, FCA
Nominated by Chartered Professional Accountants of British ColumbiaPeter Blake is an experienced director and senior leader currently serving as Chair of the Board of FortisBC and as an independent director on the board of Toromont Industries Ltd. In his board roles, he has served as the Chair of Audit and ESG Committees.
Peter was previously the Chief Executive Officer Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. for 10 years and of Western One Inc. for four years. He served as Ritchie Bros. Chief Financial Officer for seven years prior to assuming the CEO role. Peter also contributes his time to community boards, currently serving on the Adam’s Apples Foundation and West Point Grey Academy Independent School Boards and previously serving on the boards of Junior Achievement of BC, BC Women’s Hospital Foundation and BC Institute of Technology Foundation.
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Mary Anne Davidson
Nominated by Greater Vancouver Board of TradeNominated by Greater Vancouver Board of Trade
Mary Anne Davidson has 30 years of senior executive experience, beginning in the Crown Corporation sector in Saskatchewan, transitioning into environmental stewardship leadership and then leading the KPMG Management consulting practice in the prairies region. In BC, she served as CEO of an industry lead apprenticeship agency and as Vice President of ACCIONA Canada Inc. In addition, she served as the Chair of the YMCA of Greater Vancouver during its merger and evolution to YMCA of BC. -
Heather Deal
Nominated by Metro VancouverHeather Deal brings decades of experience as a scientist, environmental educator, researcher, elected official and literacy promoter to the YVR Board. She was elected in the City of Vancouver five times and served many years as a board member of Metro Vancouver and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, as well as being a member of, and chairing, multiple committees of those Boards.
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Frances Fiorillo
Director at largeFrances Fiorillo brings extensive airline industry experience in the areas of human resource management, operational strategy, and customer service. She has previously served in a number of high-ranking positions at Virgin America, the BC Provincial Health Services Authority, Canadian Airlines International and Air Canada ZIP.
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Kevin Howlett
Director at largeKevin Howlett brings 40 years of experience in the aviation industry with expertise in human resources and operational management and corporate and government affairs. Kevin was most recently Senior Vice President Regional Markets & Government Relations at Air Canada and also held senior positions at Jazz Aviation and Canadian Airlines.
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Jill Leversage
Nominated by Government of CanadaJill Leversage is a corporate director with over 30 years of experience in the corporate finance and investment banking sectors. In her former roles, Ms. Leversage was the Managing Director of Corporate and Investment Banking at TD Securities as well as RBC Capital Markets. More recently, she has focused on serving as an independent board member for a portfolio of companies. Ms. Leversage is a Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants of BC and is a retired member of the Chartered Business Valuators Institute.
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Dan Nomura
Nominated by City of RichmondDan Nomura is an Executive Advisor for the Canadian Fishing Company (Canfisco), which operates a fully integrated, sustainable seafood business including fishing, processing and sales. In addition to his extensive leadership experience in the industry, he is active in the community serving on the Board of the Richmond Olympic Oval, previously on the Board of the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre and on several cultural, educational and sport committees.
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Suromitra Sanatani
Nominated by Law Society of British ColumbiaSuromitra Sanatani is an independent Director and currently serves as Chair of the Royal Bank Global Asset Management Independent Review Committee, Chair of the RBC Indigo Independent Review Committee and a director of Purolator Holdings Ltd. and the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. She is the past Chair of the Board of Canada Post and has served on the boards of both Edmonton and Victoria International Airports.
Suromitra began her legal career as a litigator before transitioning to senior corporate positions in the non-profit, public and private sectors. She is the former BC and Yukon Vice-President of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business and played a pivotal role in the establishment of Partnerships BC (now Infrastructure BC), where she served as Vice President Corporate and Government Relations.
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Juggy Sihota
Director at largeJuggy Sihota is the Senior Vice President - TELUS Healthcare Excellence where she leads the national strategy, execution and operation of the Consumer Health business. Ms. Sihota has more than 25 years of telecom leadership experience including leading several emerging technology businesses and operations across TELUS.
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Kevin Smith
Nominated by Chartered Professional Accountants of British ColumbiaKevin Smith is the President, Northland Living - the real estate development division of Northland Properties Corporation. Previously, Kevin was the Executive Vice President and CFO at Northland Properties Corporation. He brings extensive experience to the Board in areas including operations, capital markets, debt and equity financing, acquisitions and divestitures, and general business management. He has expertise in the operations, resort and real estate industries. Mr. Smith holds the Fellow designation from the Chartered Professional Accountants of BC.
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Corey Sue
Nominated by City of VancouverCorey Sue has over 25 years of broad based senior financial leadership experience in a wide range of sectors including fintech, broadcast media, higher education, hospitality, retail, and public utility. Most recently, he has been a consulting CFO to growing businesses and technology startups helping them to overcome financial and administration constraints, create operational effectiveness, establish cross-functional partnerships, and ensure compliance in those respective sectors. Corey holds a Fellowship from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK) and a designation with the Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) Canada. -
Tamara Vrooman
YVR President and Chief Executive OfficerDirector at largeTamara Vrooman is an award-winning leader, known for her exemplary track record leading large, complex institutions in both the private and public sectors and her bold positions on sustainability and inclusion.
Prior to joining YVR as President & CEO, she served for nine years on YVR’s Board and for 13 years as the President & CEO of Vancity, Canada’s largest community credit union, transforming the business into a global reference point for values-based banking.
She currently serves as Simon Fraser University’s 12th Chancellor, chairs the board of the Rick Hansen Foundation and is the recipient of the Order of British Columbia (2019), Peter Lougheed Award for Leadership in Public Policy (2016) and BC CEO of the Year Award – Major Private Company, Business in Vancouver (2015), among many other citations.
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Sany Zein
Nominated by Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British ColumbiaSany Zein is a Professional Engineer and senior executive with a specialization in transportation. He is the President and General Manager of the British Columbia Rapid Transit Company (BCRTC). Over a career spanning more than 30 years, Sany has worked in the private and public sectors and on transportation projects across Canada and in the United States. Previously, he was Vice President, Transit and Transportation (Canada) with Jacobs; and Vice President, Engineering at TransLink. He has also served as a Director on the Board of Coast Mountain Bus Company. Sany has experience on multiple mega projects; various project procurement methods; capital program planning, management, and delivery; strategic asset management programs; and transportation decarbonization initiatives.
Nominating Entities Include
- Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia
- Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia
- City of Richmond
- City of Vancouver
- Government of Canada
- Greater Vancouver Board of Trade
- Law Society of British Columbia
- Metro Vancouver