Dr. Larry Coben has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of NRG Energy since November 2023, bringing over 40 years of experience in the energy sector, spanning both renewable and conventional energy, sustainable development, and energy policy.

Larry has served as Chair of the NRG Board of Directors since 2017 and has been a member of the Board since 2003. From 2003 to 2017, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of various affiliates of Tremisis Energy. Dr. Coben also served on the Board of Directors of SAESA, a Chilean utility, from 2008 to 2010, the Board of Prisma Energy from 2003 to 2006, and the advisory board of Morgan Stanley Infrastructure II, L.P. from 2014 to 2016. Dr. Coben is also Founder and Board Chair of the ESCALA Initiative, a leading NGO that
provides a Business School and Capacity Training Program to marginalized women entrepreneurs around the world.

Dr. Coben holds a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Yale University, a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, and a Master of Arts and Ph.D. in anthropology with a focus in archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania.

Larry has directed various archaeological digs around the world and published widely on a variety of
archaeological subjects.