The direction and administration of business and affairs are managed by our Board of Directors in accordance with our bylaws and the Argentine Corporations Law. Our bylaws provide that our Board of Directors will consist of twelve directors and up to the same number of alternate directors. Pursuant to the Argentine Corporations Law, most of, many of our directors must be Argentina’s residents.
Directors and alternate directors serve through indefinitely renewable periods. Our directors and alternate directors are as follows:
Daniel Marx is an Argentine economist. He is known for his role as the former Secretary of Finance of Argentina and as the Chief Executive Officer of Quantum Finanzas, a financial services firm in Argentina that is part of a global network led by Evercore Partners and Advisors. Marx has had a diverse career, holding several important roles in financial and educational institutions. He was Executive Director of the Investment Bank, Managing Director of Darby Overseas Investments, and Independent Director of the Templeton Funds. In addition, he has been a professor and lecturer at universities such as Yale and Duke, focusing on emerging markets and corporate and international finance. During his time at Argentina's Ministry of Economy between 1988 and 1993, he coordinated debt negotiations, helping to regularize the country's sovereign debt and open access to credit. Later, between 1999 and 2001, he was Secretary of Finance.
Esteban Macek, born on November 8, 1960, he got his degree as CPA in the Buenos Aires University (UBA). He is Chairman of Fiduciaria Internacional Argentina S.A. and is member of the Board of Directors at Inmobiliaria Madero S.A. He is also member of the Supervisory Committees of
Prisma Medios de Pago S.A. He has a wide professional experience assisting domestic and international companies and many years of experience as member of the Board of Directors and leading the Audit Comitte in Telecom Argentina S.A.
Nicolás Mallo Huergo, born on December 26, 1969, has specialized in the Oil & Gas sector in its different stages, exploration, development and exploitation. He is currently a member of the board of directors of Phoenix Global Resources Plc (Ticker: AIM: PGR), and has been a director of Ketsal S.A., Kilwer S.A., Integra Oil & Gas S.A.S. and Grecoil S.A. among other local and foreign companies.
Within his specialization, he has advised local and foreign companies on corporate matters, mergers, acquisitions, privatizations and financing, public and private tenders, share offer mechanisms, acquisitions with leverage and other restructuring transactions, strategic investments and joint ventures, operations venture capital and project financing, and advice that includes the structuring of transactions. Nicolás is a lawyer from the Universidad Católica Argentina and obtained in 1999 a Master of Laws (LLM) with honors from Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, United States.
Eduardo Vila, born in the City of Mendoza on October 23, 1964. Graduated as a Lawyer and Public Notary at the University of Mendoza.
He has developed his professional activity in the field of business consulting, especially in regulated activities and / or subject to state control, such as media and companies that provide public services, especially in the electricity sector.
For 20 years he has been Director of Legal Affairs of Grupo América, one of the main multimedia companies in the Argentine Republic, with vast experience in the communication services and information technology sectors, as well as in various companies related to real estate development, technology startup, fintech and family office activities; being in charge of all the legal issues related to said group in Argentina and abroad.
As part of his professional work, he has participated in different processes of national and international debt restructuring, acquisition and sale of stock packages, mergers and corporate and business restructuring processes; also serving as a member of the board of directors of some of the companies of the group.
Likewise, he advises the Empresa Distribuidora de Electricidad de Mendoza S.A. (EDEMSA) the main electric power distribution company in the province of Mendoza.
Edgardo Volosín, was born on May 18 1953. Lawyer. Between 1987 and 1990 he served as Manager of Human Resources and Legal Affairs of the industrial companies of the Perez Companc Group. Between 1990-1992 he served as Director of Human Resources for Telecom Argentina. Between 2002 and 2015 he worked at Edenor as Director of Human Resources and Legal Affairs, then as Director of Corporate Affairs and finally as CEO. Between 2016 and 2018 he served as Director of Public Services of the Province of Buenos Aires.
Federico Zin was born on October 2, 1979. He is a Public Accountant from the Universidad Católica Argentina and Certified Capital Market Advisor. He has extensive experience in finance, structured debt, reporting and relations with public entities. He previously served as Adeco Agro's Finance Manager for Argentina and Uruguay and Director of M & A for the Global Acquisition Land Opportunities Fund. In the Public sector, he served as Undersecretary of SMEs and Entrepreneurs for the Ministry of Production of the Province of Buenos Aires and Chief of Staff of the Secretary General of Government and Director of Investments for the GLOBA agency for the Secretary General of the Province of Buenos Aires. Since 2019 he has serves as Director of Restructuring and Debt & Corporate Finance at Zeta Consultoría.
Neil Arthur Bleasdale, was born on April 28 1956, studied at the University of Leeds in England and for the last 42 years he has worked in Uruguay, Argentina, Peru, Brazil and the Netherlands. In 2006 he began his career in the electricity distribution sector as Director of EDEMSA, electricity distribution company of Mendoza, and from March 2008 to June 2021 he served as President and General Director.
Diego Hernán Pino was born on August 16, 1969. He has a degree in Business Administration from the Marine Merchant University, with an MBA from the Argentine Catholic University. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of Transclor since 2005. He held different executive positions, in finance, production and commercial areas, including the position of CEO. He is currently a shareholder and holds the presidency of the company. Before joining TRANSCLOR S.A., he held the role of President at Boro Norte, a company dedicated to the production and commercialization of Hydrochloric Acid.
Sebastián Álvarez was born on June 20, 1965. He is a Public Accountant, graduated from the University of Buenos Aires. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of Transclor since 2005.
Prior to his joining Transclor SA, he worked in the Tax Department of the Canale food company. Later, he went to the Gustavo Leers company, covering roles in the Administrative and Foreign Trade area. In turn, he worked at Frigorífico Ramallo as Administrative Manager, and later as Partner of a Consulting and Tax Law Firm. Since 2001 he has worked at the Issuer in different management roles.
María Teresa Grieco, was born on June 30, 1953. Lawyer from the University of Buenos Aires.
She is a notary holder of the Notary Registry No. 1808 of the Federal Capital. She is also Notary for Banco Prvincia, Banco Ciudad and Banco Nación. She is Head of Practical Works in the Chair of Real Rights and Interim Assistant in the Chair of Registry and Real Estate Law at the Law School of the University of Buenos Aires.
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(1) Independent, pursuant to the Argentine legislation and the Regulation 10A-3 of the U.S.Securities and Exchange Law and its amendments.