Board of directors

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:

Neil Arthur Bleasdale | President | 2021 (Class A)

Niel 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.

Esteban Macek | Vice President | 2021 (Class A) (1)

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 | Regular Director | 2021 (Class 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 | Regular Director | 2021 (Class A)

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 | Regular Director | 2021 (Class A)

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 | Regular Director | 2021 (Class A) (1)

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.

Víctor Hugo Quevedo | Regular Director | 2023 (Class A)

Víctor Hugo Quevedo, was born on April 1, 1963. Lawyer and Attorney at the University of Buenos Aires. LL.M. (Master of Laws), London School of Economics and Political Sciences, University of London. PGDip.GB (Postgraduate Diploma in Global Business), Said Business School, University of Oxford. He has studied international financial law at Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London, and energy law at the Center for Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee.

He worked as a lawyer at Borns & Salas, Muñoz de Toro & Quevedo and Klein & Franco law firms. He is currently Partner at the Quevedo Abogados law firm. He was an arbitrator in local arbitrations and served on numerous boards of directors and supervisory commissions in the country and abroad.

He served in public service as a lawyer for the Presidency’s Legal and Technical Secretariat and General Director of Organization, Secretariat of Public Function. He also served as an advisor for the Secretariat of Public Function, for the National Prosecutor for Administrative Investigations and for the Secretariat of Energy.

In the academic field, he was Professor of Financial Law in the Master of Business Law at the University of San Andrés, Professor of International Financial Operations, ESEADE (Higher School of Economics and Administration) and Professor of International Financial Operations in the University of Palermo.

Alejandro Vanoli Long Biocca| Regular Director | 2023 (Class B/C) (1)

Alejandro Vanoli graduated in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires in 1987. He has been director of Synthesis Argentina since October 2020, after holding this position from October 2017 to December 2019.
Between October 2014 and December 2015, he served as President of the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic, during which time he was Lieutenant Governor for Argentina at the International Monetary Fund. Vanoli joined the Central Bank in 1988 through a public selection process and spent 27 years in various technical positions at the Central Bank and in the Finance Secretariat of the National Ministry of Economy.
He served as President of the National Securities Commission from November 2009 to October 2014 and previously as Vice President from 2006 to 2009.
From December 10, 2019 to April 30, 2020, he served as Executive Director of ANSES. He also served as principal director of Consultatio SA from April 2020 to April 2023 .
Vanoli was Full Professor of International Finance 1 and 2 from 1998 to 2014 and Associate Professor of International Economics at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Buenos Aires from 2001 to 2016.
He held academic positions at the Universidad Austral and at the National Universities of Quilmes, General Sarmiento and Tucumán. He is a visiting professor at the Faculty of Economics of UNAM in Mexico and is pursuing a PhD at the Faculty of Accounting and Administration of UNAM in Mexico.
He is the author of books and publications in academic journals in Argentina and abroad on financial issues, debt negotiations and international economics.

Hernán Ferrera | Regular Director | 2021 (Class B/C) (1)

Born in October 1959. He has a degree in Sociology from the University of Buenos Aires and an Electrotechnical from the Escuela Técnica N ° 9 Ingeniero Luis Huergo. He has a history of more than 10 years in various technical areas, among which he has the role of manager of operational management, purchasing and logistics as well as the implementation and parameterization of different computer supports with vast experience in the systematization of methodology for the ISO 9002. He has also devoted himself to undergraduate and graduate teaching at various Universities.

Federico Bernal | Regular Director | 2021 (Clase B/C) (1)

Born in June 1974. He is a biochemist and biotechnologist from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), specialized in Industrial Microbiology. He has a varied trajectory in energy matters; He is also the author of books and publications on this subject.

He is currently the Comptroller of the National Gas Regulatory Entity and is a member of the boards of the following companies: Transener S.A., Edesa Holding S.A, Edesal Holding S.A.; in addition to EDENOR S.A.

María Teresa Grieco | Alternate Director | 2023 (Class B & C) (1)
Pedro Iván Mazer | Alternate Director | 2021 (Class A) (1)
Mirta Silvia Maletta | Alternate Director | 2021 (Class A) (1)
Diego Hernán Pino | Alternate Director | 2021 (Class A)

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 | Alternate Director | 2021 (Class A)

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 | Alternate Director | 2021 (Class A) (1)

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.

Notes:
(1) Independent, pursuant to the Argentine legislation and the Regulation 10A-3 of the U.S.Securities and Exchange Law and its amendments.