Argyle
Vasie Papadopoulos, MSC, MBA, currently serves as the Vice President of Corporate and Public Affairs at Argyle, leading initiatives within Believeco Partners since January 2023. Concurrently, Vasie is a footwear designer at AliveShoes, a lecturer in executive presence at Ivey Business School, and an investor at eQuo. As the founder and director of OurWrite, an organization aimed at eradicating female illiteracy by establishing schools for girls, Vasie champions empowerment and education. Previous roles include various managerial positions at Philip Morris International, where responsibilities encompassed global intelligence, communications, and fiscal affairs, as well as serving as Senior Manager of Strategic Communications at the Financial Services Commission of Ontario. Additional experience includes director-level roles in communications at Metrolinx, government relations at GO Transit, and communications management at MMM Group. Vasie holds an MBA from the Ivey Business School, an MSc from the University of Edinburgh, an Honours BA from the University of Ottawa, and is pursuing a specialization in Communications Leadership at Thunderbird School of Global Management.
Argyle
For more than 40 years, Argyle has been chosen by the world’s biggest brands, put big ideas onto the public agenda, and grown to become one of North America’s largest and most acclaimed engagement, communication and reputation advisory firms. Our 140+ employees across North America are deeply committed to our purpose: communicating truth and earning trust through relationships – imperatives for every organization’s success. Argyle’s clients span many sectors, including finance, technology, health care, agri-food, travel, professional services, infrastructure, government, non-profits and many more. Argyle has offices and teams in Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary, Victoria, Ottawa, Halifax, Chicago and Washington, D.C., with affiliates in Montreal and Quebec City, and in more than 40 countries around the world. Argyle is a proud founding agency in Believeco:Partners, an independent owner, operator and builder of partner-led North American communications and marketing agencies. The Argyle team digs deeper – first, to understand your business goals and challenges, and then to bring breakthrough creativity to help you manage risks and seize opportunities through engagement and communication. As a management-owned firm driven by our craft, we’re known for more creativity, customized service, team stability, senior-level relationships and better value than our multinational competitors. With Argyle at your side, you will communicate with confidence.