Board of Directors

Mr. Lopez, Filipino, is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of EDC and has been a member of its Board of Directors since the company’s full privatization in 2007. He is the Chairman and CEO of EDC since his election to the position in July 2010. He is also the Chairman and CEO of all of EDC’s domestic subsidiaries. He is also the Chairman and CEO of First Philippine Holdings Corporation, First Gen Corporation, FG Hydro Corporation, First Gas Power Corporation, FGP Corp., First Gen Energy Solutions, Green Core Geothermal Inc., First Gen Renewable Inc., and FG Bukidnon Power Corp. He is Chairman of First Philippine Industrial Corp., First Philippine Electric Corp., First Philippine Realty Corp., and First Balfour Inc., and is Treasurer of Lopez Holdings, Inc. He also sits on the board of ABS-CBN Corporation. A staunch environmentalist, he is the Chairman of the Philippine Solar Car Challenge Society and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Philippine Business for Social Progress and the Philippine Tropical Forest Conservation Foundation. He is also a member of the World Presidents’ Organization.

Mr. Lopez is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor of arts degree in economics and international relations, cum laude (1983)

Mr. Tantoco, Filipino, is the President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of EDC and has been a Director of the Company since November 2007. He is also a Director and Executive Vice President of First Gen Corp., First Gen Luzon Power Corp., First Gen Hydro Power Corp., First Gen Geothermal Power Corporation, First Gen Visayas Hydro Power Corporation, First Gen Mindanao Hydro Power Corporation, First Gen Energy Solutions, Inc., First Gen Premier Energy Corp., Red Vulcan Holdings Corp., First Gen Visayas Energy Inc., First Gen Prime Energy Corporation, and Executive Vice President of FGRI, First Gen Bukidnon Power Corporation, Unified Holdings Corp., and First Philippine Holdings. He is the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of First Gen Northern Energy Corp. He is the Director, President and COO of First Gas Holdings Corporation, First Gas Power Corp., FGP Corp., First Gas Pipeline Corp., First NatGas Power Corp., and FGLand Corp. He has been Director of the International Geothermal Association since 2010. He worked previously 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).

Mr. Puno, Filipino, has been a Director of EDC since November 2007. He is the President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of First Gen Corp., First Gen Renewables Inc, FG Bukidnon Power Corp., First Gen Energy Solutions, Inc., Red Vulcan Holdings Corp., First Gen Luzon Power Corp., First Gen Geothermal Power Corp., First Gen Northern Energy Corp., First Gen Visayas Hydro Power Corp and First Gen Mindanao Hydro Power Corp. He is also the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of First Philippine Holdings Corp., First Gas Holdings Corp., First Gas Power Corp., FGP Corp., Unified Holdings Corp., First Gas Pipeline Corp., First NatGas Power Corp., and FGLand Corp. He sits in the boards of First Gen Hydro Power Corporation, and Bauang Private Power Corp.

He worked previously with the Global Power and Environmental Group of The Chase Manhattan Bank in Singapore and Hong Kong where he originated and executed financial advisory and debt arrangement mandates for power and water projects in Asia.

Mr. Puno has a master of management degree from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management of Northwestern University (1990) and a bachelor of science degree in business management from the Ateneo de Manila University (1985).

Mr. Russell, British, has been a Director of EDC since November 2007. He is also an Executive Vice President of First Gen and director of GCGI. He was previously Vice President of Generation Ventures Associates (GVA), an international developer of independent power projects based in Boston, USA, responsible for the development of 1,720MW of IPP projects in Asia. Prior to joining GVA, he worked for BG plc based in London and Boston, responsible for the development of power and natural gas distribution projects.

Mr. Russell has an MBA with distinction in international business and export management from the City University Business School, London, England (1989) and a bachelor of science degree with honours in chemical & administrative sciences from the City University, London, England (1987).

Mr. Joaquin E. Quintos IV joined EDC as a Director last November 2015. He is the Senior Vice President of First Philippine Holdings. He is currently a member of the board of Philippine American Life and General Insurance Company, Skycable, Vicsal Investment, and AB Capital Investment. He is a board trustee of Knowledge Channel Foundation and was formerly the Chairman of Operation Smile Philippines.

Previously, he was the Vice Chairman of the Credit Information Corporation, the national credit registry of the Philippines.

Prior to joining First Philippine Holdings, Mr. Quintos was President and CEO of Prople Limited and was the Chairman and Country General Manager of IBM Philippines Inc. He also headed all of IBM’s wholly owned subsidiaries in the Philippines. He was President and CEO of IBM Daksh Philippines Inc., Chairman of IBM Solutions Delivery Inc., and Chairman of IBM Business Services Inc. IBM’s BPO operating subsidiaries, IBM Daksh and IBM Business Services, were set-up during his tenure.

He was formerly the Chairman of the ICT Panel of the Joint Congressional Committee on Science and Technology of the Republic of the Philippines. He was previously the Chairman of De La Salle University Manila and the Co-Chairman of the De La Salle Philippines board which oversees the unified administration of the network of 17 La Sallian institutions in the Philippines. He was also a former independent director of STI Education Services and iPeople.

Mr. Quintos is a graduate of the University of the Philippines with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering, cum laude.

Mr. Low, 34, Malaysian, has been a Director of EDC since October 2017. He is also an Associate Director at Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, where he focuses on power and renewable investment opportunities across South East Asia. MIRA is the world’s largest infrastructure asset manager and has approximately 11GW of renewable energy investments under management.

He has been with MIRA since 2006, initially based in MIRA’s London office, but subsequently moving to Hong Kong (2011) and Singapore (2013). He was a key member of the MIRA team responsible for the capital raising of MIRA’s Philippines focused infrastructure fund (PINAI) which raised approximately PHP26 billion of capital commitments in 2012. He also led a majority of the investments made by the PINAI, which achieved full deployment in little over 3 years.

Mr. Low has a master’s degree in Management from Imperial College London and an undergraduate degree in Economics from the London School of Economics.

Ms. Goh, 34, Malaysian, is a Director of EDC since December 5, 2018. She is a Senior Vice President at GIC’s Infrastructure practice, where she has coverage responsibility for the Asia-Pacific region with prior experience investing in the US and Europe. GIC was established in 1981 as a private company, wholly-owned by the Government of Singapore, to manage the foreign reserves of Singapore. It is one of the world’s largest global investors, with well over US$100 billion of assets in more than 40 countries worldwide.

Ms Goh has been a member of GIC’s Infrastructure practice since 2008. She has an MSc in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University and a BSc in Mathematics with Statistics for Finance from Imperial College London.

Mr. Baldwin, 53, Australian, has been a Director of EDC since October 2017. He is also a Senior Managing Director at Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, where he is the Head of power, renewable and utility businesses across Asia. MIRA is the world’s largest infrastructure asset manager and has approximately 11GW of renewable energy investments under management.

Prior to joining MIRA, Mr Baldwin was CEO, Integrated Gas at Origin Energy, where he successfully led the delivery of the $25 billion Australia Pacific LNG project. Prior to this, he was CEO of Contact Energy, one of New Zealand’s largest integrated energy companies with more than 2,000MW of geothermal, hydroelectric and gas-fired generation, and approximately 600,000 customers. Prior to his role at Contact, Mr Baldwin was a senior executive at MidAmerican Energy (now Berkshire Hathaway Energy) in the Philippines and the United States, with responsibilities that included the delivery and operation of 650MW of geothermal and hydroelectric power in the Philippines; and Project Director at SouthPac Corporation (AsiaPower Developments) with responsibility for the development of the Wayang Windu geothermal project in Indonesia. Mr Baldwin started his career with Shell where he held project development and operational management roles in New Zealand and the Netherlands. He has been a director of private and listed companies including Contact Energy, Australia Pacific LNG, the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association, Queensland Resources Council, and Energia Andina (Chile). He has 30 years of experience developing and operating industrial, energy and resource companies in Europe, Asia, Australaisa, and the US, as well as 15 years leading listed and private businesses.

Mr. Baldwin has an MBA from the Victoria University of Wellington (1994) and an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Canterbury (1985).