The composition of our Board reflects the diversity of the communities we serve, through the experience, skills and gender of our directors. These leaders have the business acumen and experience to provide governance over the affairs of The Authority.
The Directors are appointed by four organizations:
Our Directors are appointed to a four-year term and are eligible for re-appointment for one additional term for a maximum of eight years.
Board of Directors
Management Composition
The Board appoints The Authority’s President and Chief Executive Officer and sets and reviews his/her/their annual goals. Succession planning, including the appointment, training and evaluation of senior management, is regularly monitored by the Governance and Compensation Committee of The Board.
The Authority has several systems in place to identify, manage and mitigate various risks, including:
Enterprise Risk Management
The Board and management of The Authority are committed to a disciplined approach to enterprise risk management. The Authority regularly assesses enterprise risk management capacity and processes, which includes reference to risk appetite and tolerance statements, an enterprise risk matrix and identification of its principal risk profile.
The Board strives to ensure it has the collective skills and experience required to maintain the health of The Authority and to guide its long-term success. The Board Skills and Experience Matrix allows us to identify the needs for both mandated and strategic skills, and to assist our Appointers in making their appointments.
Our Board consists of prominent leaders in air transportation, aviation, finance, business, commerce, law, government, and engineering, from both local and global for-profit and non-profit businesses and have the acumen and experience to provide governance on all Authority affairs.
Each new Director receives a comprehensive orientation at the start of their appointments and ongoing education throughout their terms. This includes meetings with the President & CEO, corporate counsel, site-specific and facility tours and pertinent information regarding Board and corporate operations.
The Board meets as often as is required to carry out its responsibilities in addition to maintaining three standing committees, which are ultimately accountable to the Board. The committees and their respective chairs as of Dec. 31, 2022 were:
Committee and Chair
Each of the three committees have a Board-approved terms of reference, an annual due diligence work plan and a Chair who reports back to the Board on the committee’s activities. The Chair of the Board of Directors and the Governance and Compensation Committee ensure the Board’s independence is respected and preserved.
The Board constituted a special ad hoc committee to complete the search for a new President &CEO.
> 2022 Committee Descriptions (PDF)
The Authority strives to achieve an optimal level of public and stakeholder accountability through a communications and stakeholder relations program, which includes processes associated with communicating to the general public, industry stakeholders, governments, appointers and Authority employees (YYC Crew). The processes involved in achieving this level of accountability include:
The Authority reports on contracts in excess of $130,000 (adjusted periodically by Consumer Price Index (CPI) from an original threshold of $75,000) that were not awarded through a public tender process. In 2020, the following awarded contracts met this criteria:
> 2022 Awarded Contracts (PDF)
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