Peter Marrone is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Allied Gold Corporation. Before joining Allied, he served as Executive Chairman of Yamana Gold Inc., a company he founded in 2003. With over 35 years of experience in mining, business, and capital markets, Mr. Marrone has founded and taken public several companies across various sectors. In his earlier roles as an investment banker and lawyer, he advised companies on going public and establishing necessary governance protocols. He has served on the boards of numerous public companies and has provided guidance to businesses with a strong international presence. Before founding Yamana, the first company where he played a key leadership role in taking public, Mr. Marrone was the head of investment banking at a major Canadian investment bank and practiced law in Toronto, specializing in corporate law, securities law, and international transactions.