Gail Yester

Ms. Yester joined the Board of the Corporation in July 2020. She is a lawyer and land professional with more than 35 years' experience in-house in the energy industry and in private practice. Until May 2018, Ms. Yester was Vice-President, Land at Paramount Resources Ltd., the successor to Trilogy Energy Corp., where she was General Counsel and Corporate Secretary to the Board of Directors and led the Land Department from 2005 to 2017. From 1995 to 2005, Ms. Yester provided services to various oil and gas producers, including Paramount Resources Ltd., Chevron Canada Resources and Samson Canada, mainly in the area of asset acquisitions and dispositions and mineral land-related matters. She was a partner in the law firm Ebbert Yester from 1992 to 1995 and an associate lawyer in the firm prior to that.

Ms. Yester also served on the Board of Directors of the Calgary Winter Club from 2011 - 2017. She is a member of the Law Society of Alberta and the Canadian Association of Petroleum Landmen. Gail obtained her B.A. in 1981 and her LL.B. in 1984, both from the University of Calgary.