Donald Deranger
Board Member
Personal Information
63 | Independent
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Canada
Director since: 2009
Citizenship: Canadian
Donald’s experience as a contractor in northern Saskatchewan and a leader in the Saskatchewan indigenous community provides a rich, valuable and unique perspective to Cameco’s board and his work on three of our board committees.
Key Skills and Experience
- Board / corporate governance
- Stakeholder relations / government / public policy
- Safety, health and environment / corporate responsibility
- Uranium / nuclear
Biography
As of April 5, 2019
Donald Deranger is an advisor to the Athabasca Basin Development Corporation and non-executive chair of the board of Points Athabasca Contracting Limited Partnership, a northern Saskatchewan indigenous contractor that does business with Cameco. He is also a governance advisor to Fond Du Lac, a Dené Nation located in the Athabasca Basin.
Donald is the past president of Learning Together, a non-profit indigenous organization that works to build relationships with the mining industry, and he continues to assist in an ex-officio capacity. He was the Athabasca vice chief of the Prince Albert Grand Council from 2003 to 2012. Donald serves as a director of the Sylvia Fedorchuk Centre for Nuclear Innovation since 2014. He also served as a director of the Tazi Twe Hydroelectric Project from 2014 to 2016.
An award-winning leader in the Saskatchewan indigenous community, Donald brings to the board a deep understanding of the culture and peoples of northern Saskatchewan where our richest assets are located.
Board and Committee Membership and Attendance
As of December 31, 2018
| 2018 Attendance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Voting Results | Board and Committee Membership | Regular | Special | Overall |
| 99.4% for | Board of directors | 8 of 8 | 3 of 3 | 100% |
| 0.6% withheld | Nominating, corporate governance and risk* | 3 of 3 | 100% | |
| Reserves oversight | 2 of 2 | 1 of 1 | 100% | |
| Safety, health, and environment | 3 of 3 | 3 of 3 | 100% | |
* Donald joined the nominating, corporate governance and risk committee in May 2018.
Other Public Company Boards in the Past Five Years
| None |
Securities Held
As of December 31, 2018
| Year | Cameco Shares | DSUs | Total Shares and DSUs |
Total Value of Shares and DSUs |
Multiple of 2018 Annual Retainer |
Share Ownership Guidance Compliant1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | –– | 59,374 | 59,374 | $ 919,110 | 4.6x | Yes |
| 2017 | –– | 51,246 | 51,246 | $ 594,964 | ||
| Change | –– | 8,128 | 8,128 | $ 324,146 |
1. For evaluating compliance with Cameco’s share ownership guidelines, Donald’s shares and DSUs held at December 31, 2018 are valued at $1,126,981 and represent 5.6x the board member retainer of $200,000.