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Robert F. Hemphill, Jr., 64, began serving as Executive Vice President of AES Corporation in 2005. AES is one of the world’s largest global power companies with operations in 26 countries on five continents. Mr. Hemphill joined AES in 1981 and has held a series of senior leadership positions, including serving as AES’s Executive Vice President of Global Development from 2003 to 2004. Earlier in his tenure, he participated in or oversaw the development of many of AES’s earliest projects. He also served as a member of the AES Board of Directors from June 1996 to February 2004. From 1995 to 2002, Mr. Hemphill served as the Managing Director of Toucan Capital Fund II, L.P., a $120 million private venture capital fund focused on seed and early-stage life science and advanced technology investments. Prior to joining AES in 1981, Mr. Hemphill held senior management positions with the Tennessee Valley Authority, US Department of Energy and the Office of Management and Budget. Mr Hemphill is a director of RNT (Reactive Nanotechnology), a private company engaged in the development and manufacture of NanoFoil® to precisely control the instantaneous release of heat energy for reaction initiation and American Grid Inc., a private company engaged in systems integration for the power distribution industry. Mr. Hemphill holds a bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, in political science from Yale University, a masters in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Masters of Business Administration from the George Washington University. | 