About

Josée Kouri is vice president, legal affairs and corporate secretary at Dollarama, a TSX listed corporation that operates more than 1,000 retail stores across Canada. She joined Dollarama in 2011 and established the internal legal group. Kouri works very closely with the senior management of Dollarama and provides advice with respect to, among other things, financing, securities, corporate governance, product liability, intellectual property and information technology matters. She also advises on the legal aspects of the major initiatives of Dollarama. For example, she played a leading role in the conclusion of a commercial arrangement between Dollarama and a Central American dollar store chain. Before joining Dollarama, Kouri worked for six years in the Business Law Group of a major Canadian law firm, where her practice focused on securities and corporate finance.