Richard B. Tantoco has been President, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Energy Development Corporation since July 22, 2009. He has been a Director since November 29, 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, First68 Gen Renewables, Inc., Blue Vulcan Holdings Corp., Northern Terracotta Power Corp., Prime Meridian Powergen Corporation, OneCore Holdings Inc., DualCore Holdings Inc., GoldSilk Holdings Corp., First Gas Holdings Corporation, First Gas Power Corporation, FGP Corp., First Gas Pipeline Corp., First NatGas Power Corp., AlliedGen Power Corporation and FGLand Corp; and Executive Vice President of First Gen Bukidnon Power Corporation, Unified Holdings Corp., First Gen Northern Energy Corp., and First Philippine Holdings. He is currently a President and Trustee of the Oscar M. Lopez Center for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management Foundation, Inc. He has been a 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).

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