Mr. de Gelder joined Pan American’s Board of Directors in 2012, and is a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee. He is also the Executive Vice-President of Stern Partners, a private diversified investment firm based in Vancouver. Mr. de Gelder has over 25 years’ experience as a lawyer specializing in corporate, M&A and financing matters with a major Canadian law firm. Mr. de Gelder is a past Executive Director of the British Columbia Securities Commission, and has served on a wide variety of corporate, crown, charitable and community boards over the years, including serving on the audit committee of a B.C. venture capital fund.