Christiane Bergevin - Yamana Gold Independent Director

Ms. Christiane Bergevin is Director of the Company. She is the President of Bergevin Capital, advising infrastructure and energy sector clients. She brings more than 30 years of experience in strategy, project and risk structuring, and financing of resource, transport and infrastructure projects on all continents in addition to experience in the financial sector. She is highly skilled in sustainability and community engagement aspects from an operational and governance standpoint, and served on the health, safety and corporate social responsibility committee of the board of a major oil and gas producer. As Executive VicePresident, Desjardins Group between 2009 and 2015, she led mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships and business development. She was also a member of Desjardins Groups finance and risk management committee. For the 19 years prior to that, Ms. Bergevin held executive positions with SNCLavalin Group, a global engineering and construction firm, including managing executive and subsequently President of SNCLavalin Capital Inc., its project finance advisory arm. She was involved in several transport and mining developments, and also served as Senior VicePresident and General Manager, Corporationrationrate Projects. Ms. Bergevin is a Director of RATP Dev, an international public transport operator and she chairs the audit committee of the board of AGF Group, a reinforcing steel and scaffolding supplier. For the 20172018 year, she is the Chair of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce since 2014.