Natalia Panourgia assumed her duties as Consul General of Greece in Vancouver on September 21, 2026.

Prior to her posting in Canada, she served as Head of the Office for Equality at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece. A career diplomat since graduating from the Diplomatic Academy of Greece in 2009, her overseas postings include serving as a Human Rights Expert at the Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations in Geneva (2019–2024), as well as Deputy Head of Mission overseeing Political and Consular Affairs at the Greek Embassies in Santiago, Chile (2014–2017) and Podgorica, Montenegro (2011–2014). At headquarters in Athens, she has also served in the Protocol Directorate and within the Cabinet of the Secretary General.

​She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and a Master’s degree in International Law and Diplomacy from Panteion University, Athens. Apart from Greek, she speaks English, Spanish, and French.

She is married and mother of a daughter.