Ms. Vaz is Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer – Ontario, Australia & Mexico, leading the Operations and Project Development teams for Ontario, Australia and Mexico. Prior to her appointment, she served as Chief Operating Officer (2021-2022), Senior Vice President, Technical Services and Innovation (2020-2021) and Vice President, Technical Services (2019-2020) for Kirkland Lake Gold.

Earlier in her career, she served as Vice President, Technical Services for Tahoe Resources Inc. Over her 10-year tenure with Lake Shore Gold Corp she held a number of operational and technical services roles, including Director, Technical Services and Project Evaluation and Vice President, Technical Services.

Ms. Vaz is a Professional Engineer with over 20 years of operational and technical experience in the mining industry. She sits on the Board of Directors of the Ontario Mining Association, and holds a Bachelor of Applied Sciences, Mineral Engineering (University of Toronto) and an Executive MBA (Kellogg-Schulich School of Management).