Lavanya Balakrishnan, age 42, is a senior financial executive with over two decades of experience in corporate finance, strategic and financing advisory, mergers and acquisitions and credit risk management across the energy sector. She currently serves as Vice President of Credit at Constellation Energy, where she leads the wholesale and retail credit functions. In this role, she is responsible for credit strategy and execution across the enterprise, ensuring alignment with balance sheet priorities, risk management frameworks, and long-term business objectives. She also serves on Constellation s Finance Leadership Team, contributing to strategic direction-setting for the company s Finance organization. Prior to joining Constellation, Lavanya spent 17 years at Morgan Stanley as a Managing Director in the Global Power, Utilities and Renewables Group. There, she advised a broad spectrum of clients, including U.S. and Canadian power and utility companies, as well as wind, solar, and battery storage developers. Her work spanned M&A, financing and strategic advisory, IPOs, equity and debt issuances, and shareholder activism and defense. She played a key role in originating and executing some of the firm s most complex transactions, and advised clients on capital structure, investor messaging, and market positioning. Lavanya also led Morgan Stanley s client engagement on sustainability and energy transition themes, helping to expand the firm s leadership in this evolving space. Lavanya holds a B.A. in Economics from Smith College, where she graduated cum laude and was recognized as a First Group Scholar. She earned her MBA from Harvard Business School. There have been no transactions since the beginning of the Company s last fiscal year, and there are no currently proposed transactions, in which the Company wa