Mr. Ricardo Torres is one of the four founding shareholders of Pampa Energía, the largest independent integrated energy in
Argentina, listed in the NYSE and Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, with a current market cap of US$5.2 billion. Through its
subsidiaries, Pampa participates in the electricity and oil and gas value chain.
Pampa Energía is currently one of the most important energy companies in Argentina and is involved through its subsidiaries
in 10% of country’s power generation, 85% of power transmission and 21% of electricity distribution, as well as 8% of
natural gas production and 60% of natural gas transportation. Moreover, the company is involved in petrochemicals industry
and owns 6% of the national downstream sector, with a refinery and 258 gas stations.
Mr. Torres has been a member of Pampa’s board of directors since November 2005 and serves as Senior Vice-president since
2017. Prior to that post, he served as Co-CEO of Pampa until December 2016. He also serves as Chairman of the board and
CEO of Edenor since March 2012.
Prior to Pampa, Mr. Torres was a managing partner at Darwin Inversiones, member of the board and CFO of IRSA since
1993 until 2001, a leading real estate company in Argentina. Mr. Torres has also held a post as a professor of Tax and Finance
at the School of Economics of Buenos Aires University.
Born in 1958, Mr. Torres is a Certified Public Accountant graduated from the Buenos Aires University and holds a Master’s
degree in Business Administration from the Austral University’s Business School.
Also, Mr. Torres is an active advocate in education through Fundación Pampa and Fundación Diciembre charity
organizations and participates as a member of NGO Fundación Observatorio Argentinos por la Educación.