Yves Laflamme

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Biography

Mr. Yves Laflamme serves as Chief Executive Officer & President at Resolute Forest Products. Mr. Yves Laflamme serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Resolute Forest Products. Mr. Yves Laflamme serves as Senior Vice President of Wood Products, Procurement, and Information Technology at Resolute Forest Products. Prior to joining Resolute, Mr. Laflamme served as Senior Vice President of Woodlands and Sawmills at Abitibi-Consolidated. Mr. Laflamme currently serves as senior vice president, Wood Products, Global Procurement and Information Technology for Resolute. He is a 37-year veteran of the industry, as well as Resolute and its predecessor companies. Mr. Laflamme began his career in Finance working at Donohue Inc.'s Saint-Félicien integrated pulp mill and wood products operations in 1981, and moved on to serve as controller for the company's integrated newsprint and wood products facilities in the Abitibi region of Quebec. Over the past 15 years, he held a series of successive roles as vice president and senior vice president, covering the overall wood products business, including both Operations and Sales, as well as the company's former Recycling business. Mr. Laflamme currently serves as chairman of Resolute-LP Engineered Wood joint ventures, a Board member of Toundra Greenhouse, an Executive team member of the Quebec Forest Industry Council, and is a past chairman of the Canadian Wood Council. He is a CPA (CMA), after pursuing his university education in administration and finance.