Richard B. Tantoco

Mr. Tantoco, Filipino, sits as a director of the company since November 29, 2007. He is currently President and Chief Operating Officer of EDC and several EDC subsidiaries, such as, but not limited to, BGI, GCGI, and EBWPC. He also sits as a director and Executive Vice President of First Gen, a publicly-listed company, and several First Gen subsidiaries. He is currently the President and Trustee of the Oscar M. Lopez Center for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management Foundation, Inc. and a trustee in the board of several non-profit organizations, such as KEITECH Educational Foundation Inc., Business for Sustainable Development, Inc., The Lopez Museum, Stiftung Solarenergie Solar Energy Foundation, and Messy Bessy. He has been a director of the International Geothermal Association since 2010. He previously worked with management consulting firm Booz, Allen and Hamilton, Inc. in New York and London where he specialized in mergers and acquisition advisory, turnaround strategy advisory, and growth strategy formulation for media and manufacturing companies.

Mr. Tantoco has an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania (1993) and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from the Ateneo de Manila University where he graduated with honors (1988).