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ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Board/Management Information 2015

Feb 5, 2015

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Board/Management Information

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DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Directors Yoram Bronicki Chairman of the Board of Directors Yehudit “Dita” Bronicki Director Gillon Beck Director Dan Falk Independent Director Ami Boehm Independent Director Robert F. Clarke Independent Director Robert E. Joyal Independent Director David Granot Independent Director

Executive Officers

Isaac Angel Chief Executive Officer Doron Blachar Chief Financial Officer Zvi Krieger Executive Vice President — Geothermal Resource Shimon Hatzir Senior Vice President — Engineering Etty Rosner Senior Vice President — Contract Management; Corporate Secretary Nir Wolf Vice President — Business Development — Marketing and Sales, Rest of the World


Professional Biographies of the Members of the Board of Directors

Yoram Bronicki. Yoram Bronicki serves as the Chairman of our Board of Directors as of July 1, 2014. Between September 20, 2007 and June 30, 2014, he served as our President and Chief Operating Officer and has been a member of our Board of Directors since November 12, 2004. From July 1, 2004 to September 20, 2007, Mr. Bronicki was our Chief Operating Officer, North America. Mr. Bronicki was also a member of the Board of Directors of Ormat Industries Ltd. from November 1997 to May 2012. Mr. Bronicki was also a Project Manager for Ormat International Inc. and Ormat Industries Ltd. (1996-2001), and was a Project Engineer for Ormat Industries Ltd. (1995-1996). Mr. Bronicki is the son of Yehudit Bronicki. Mr. Bronicki obtained a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Tel Aviv University in 1989 and completed the Technion Institute of Management Senior Executives Program and the Stanford University Senior Executive program.

Yehudit “Dita” Bronicki. Yehudit Bronicki has served as our Chief Executive Officer from July 1, 2004 until June 30, 2014. During this time period, she was also a member of our Board of Directors, a position that she continues to hold, and is a member of the Board of Directors of some of our major subsidiaries. From July 1, 2004 to September 20, 2007, Mrs. Bronicki also served as our President. Mrs. Bronicki was a co-founder of Ormat Turbines Ltd. and is a member of the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Board of Ormat Industries Ltd., the publicly traded successor to Ormat Turbines Ltd. From 1992 to June 2005, Mrs. Bronicki was a director of Bet Shemesh Engines, a manufacturer of jet engines. In addition, since 2000, Mrs. Bronicki has been a member of the Board of Orbotech Ltd., a NASDAQ-listed manufacturer of equipment for inspecting and imaging circuit boards and display panels. From 1994 to 2001, Mrs. Bronicki was on the Advisory Board of the Bank of Israel. Mrs. Bronicki has worked in the power industry since 1965. Yehudit Bronicki is the mother of Yoram Bronicki. Mrs. Bronicki obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences from Hebrew University in 1965. In 2007, she received a PhD. Honoris Causa from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.

Gillon Beck . Gillon Beck has been a member of our Board of Directors since May 22, 2012. Since 2003, Mr. Beck has been a Senior Partner at FIMI Opportunity Funds, as well as a Director of the FIMI Opportunity Funds' General Partners and SPV companies. In addition, Mr. Beck currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Ham-Let (Israel-Canada) Ltd. a company publicly-traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE), Chairman of Magal Security Systems Ltd. (traded on NASDAQ) and Chairman of Inrom Industries, Ltd., Rivulis Ltd, H.R. Givon Ltd. and Overseas Commerce Ltd, the four of which are private companies. He also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Ormat Industries Ltd. (TASE) and Inrom Construction Material Ltd. (TASE). During the past five years, Mr. Beck formerly served as a member of the Board of Directors of the following public companies: Merhav Ceramic and Building Materials Center, Ltd., Retalix Ltd., and Orian

C.M. Ltd. From 1999 to 2003, Mr. Beck served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Arad Ltd., a publicly-traded water measurement and automatic meter reading company, and from 1995 to 1999, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Arad Ltd. Mr. Beck received a Bachelor of Science degree (Cum Laude) in Industrial Engineering in 1990 from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, and a Master of Business Administration in Finance in 1992 from Bar-Ilan University.

Dan Falk. Dan Falk has been a member of our Board of Directors since November 12, 2004. Mr. Falk also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Advanced Vision Technology (A.V.T.) Ltd., a public non-U.S. company. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Orbotech Ltd., Nice Systems Ltd., and Attunity Ltd., all NASDAQ publicly traded companies. During the past five years, Mr. Falk served as a member of the Board of Directors of the following public companies, for which he no longer serves as a Director: Orad Hi-Tech Systems Ltd., Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd., Clicksoftware Technologies Ltd., Dmatek Ltd., Jacada Ltd., Oriion Medical Ltd., Poalim Ventures I Ltd., and Medcon Ltd. From 2001 to 2004, Mr. Falk was a business consultant to several public and private companies. From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Falk was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer of Sapiens International N.V. From 1995 to 1999, Mr. Falk was an Executive Vice President of Orbotech Ltd. From 1985 to 1995, Mr. Falk was Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Orbot Systems Ltd. and Orbotech Ltd. Mr. Falk obtained a Masters of Business Administration from Hebrew University in 1972 and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science from Hebrew University in 1968. Mr. Falk is the Chair of our Audit Committee.

Ami Boehm . Ami Boehm has been a member of our Board of Directors since May 22, 2012. Since 2004, Mr. Boehm has been a Partner at FIMI Opportunity Funds, as well as Managing Partner and CEO of FITE GP (2004). In addition, Mr. Boehm currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., and Magal Security Systems Ltd., both NASDAQ publicly-traded companies, and of the following non-U.S. public companies: Ham-Let (Israel-Canada) Ltd. He also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Dimar, Ltd. and Novolog (Pharm Up 1966) Ltd., two private companies. During the past five years, Mr. Boehm formerly served as a member of the Board of Directors of the following non-U.S. public companies: Global Wire Ltd. Telkoor Telecom Ltd, Scope Metal Trading, Ltd. and Inter Industries, Ltd. From 1999 to 2004, Mr. Boehm served as Head of Research at Discount Capital Markets, the investment arm of Israel Discount Bank, and from 1998 to 1999, he worked in the Office of the Attorney General in the Israeli Ministry of Justice. Mr. Boehm received a Bachelor of Law degree in 1997 from Tel Aviv University, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics in 1998 from Tel Aviv University, and a Masters of Business Administration in Finance in 2004 jointly from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Business and Tel Aviv University.

Robert F. Clarke. Robert F. Clarke has been a member of our Board of Directors since February 27, 2007. Mr. Clarke was Chairman (since September 1998) and President and Chief Executive Officer (since January 1991) of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (HEI), from which he retired effective May 2006. Since June 1, 2006, Mr. Clarke has been Executive in Residence at the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaii. In addition, Mr. Clarke serves as an advisory director to Oceanic Cable Hawaii, and as a member of the advisory boards of the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaii, Sennet Capital, and Aina Koa Pono, a Hawaii based privately held company exploring renewable energy projects in converting biomass into fuels. Mr. Clarke joined HEI in February 1987 as Vice President of Strategic Planning and was in charge of implementing the Company’s diversification strategy. Mr. Clarke was named HEI Group Vice President — Diversified Companies in May 1988. He was made a director of HEI in 1989. Prior to joining HEI, Mr. Clarke served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Alexander & Baldwin and as Controller of Dillingham Corporation. Prior to that, he worked for the Ford Motor Company and for the Singer Company. He received his Bachelor’s degree in economics in 1965 and his Master’s degree in finance in 1966 from the University of California at Berkeley. Honors include Phi Beta Kappa in 1965.

Robert E. Joyal. Robert E. Joyal has been a member of our Board of Directors since May 2012. Mr. Joyal has served as a director of Leucadia National Corporation since March 2013 upon the completion of Leucadia’s acquisition of Jefferies Group, Inc. Mr. Joyal had served as a director of Jefferies from 2006 until March 2014. Mr. Joyal has also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the following investment funds: MassMutual Funds, Babson Capital Corporate Investors, and Babson Capital Participation Investors and is a member of the investment committee of various funds sponsored by First Israel Mezzanine Investors (FIMI). He has also been a director of Kimco Insurance Company since 2007. During the past five years, Mr. Joyal served as a member of the Board of Directors of the following public companies, for which he no longer serves as a Director: Alabama Aircraft Industries Inc. and Scottish Re Group Ltd. Mr. Joyal is a Chartered Financial Analyst. He earned a BA from St. Michael's College and a MBA from Western New England College.

David Granot. David Granot has been a member of our Board of Directors since May 22, 2012. From 2007 to January 1, 2014, Mr. Granot has served as Chairman of Scorpio Real Estate, a non-U.S. public company. In addition, he is a member of the Board of Directors of the following non-U.S. public companies: Alrov (Israel) Ltd., Harel Insurance Investments and Financial Services Ltd., the second largest insurance company in Israel, and Tempo Beverages Ltd. He also serves on the Board of the following private company: G.D. Goren Management and Consultation Ltd. During the past five years, Mr. Granot served as a member of the Board of Directors of the following non-U.S. public and private companies, for which he no longer serves as a Director: Ham-Let (Israel-Canada) Ltd., a member of the IDB Group, and BSG Capital Market Ltd. From 2001 through 2007, Mr. Granot served as the CEO of the First International Bank of Israel Ltd. He earned a BA in Economics and a MBA from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Professional Biographies of the Executive Officers

Isaac Angel. Isaac Angel commenced serving as an officer of the Company on April 1, 2014, and assumed the position of Chief Executive Officer as of July 1, 2014. From February 1999 to November 2006, he served in various positions at Lipman Electronic Engineering Ltd., including as its President and CEO. After the acquisition of Lipman Electronic Engineering Ltd. by VeriFone in 2006, Mr. Angel served as Executive Vice President, Global Operations of VeriFone from 2006 to 2008. From 2008 to 2009, Mr. Angel served as Executive Chairman of LeadCom Integrated Solutions Ltd. Since 2008, Mr. Angel has served as a director of Frutarom Industries Ltd., and from 2012 until 2013 he served as a director of Retalix Ltd.

Doron Blachar . Doron Blachar has served as our Chief Financial Officer since April 2, 2013. From 2009 to 2013, he was the CFO of Shikun & Binui Ltd. From 2005 to 2009, he served as the Vice President – Finance of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. From 1998 to 2005, he served in a number of positions at Amdocs Limited, including as Vice President – Finance from 2002 to 2005. Mr. Blachar obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and Economics and a Master of Business Administration from Tel Aviv University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant in Israel.

Zvi Krieger. Zvi Krieger has served as our Executive Vice President of the Electricity Segment since July 2014. From November 2009 to June 2014, Mr. Krieger he was our Executive Vice President of Geothermal Resource; from September 2007 to October 2009, he was our Senior Vice President of Geothermal Engineering; from July 2004 to August 2007, he was our Vice President of Geothermal Engineering. From 2001 to June 2004, he was the Vice President of Geothermal Engineering of Ormat Industries Ltd. Mr. Krieger has been with Ormat Industries Ltd. since 1981 and served as Application Engineer, Manager of System Engineering, Director of New Technologies Business Development and Vice President of Geothermal Engineering. Mr. Krieger obtained a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in 1980.

Shimon Hatzir. Shimon Hatzir has served as our Senior Vice President of Engineering since November 4, 2009. From September 20, 2007 to November 3, 2009, Mr. Hatzir was our Senior Vice President of Electrical and Conceptual Engineering; from July 1, 2004 to September 20, 2007, he was our Vice President of Electrical and Conceptual Engineering; from 2002 to June 30, 2004, he was the Vice President of Electrical and Conceptual Engineering of Ormat Industries Ltd; from 1996 to 2001, he was Manager of Electrical and Conceptual Engineering of Ormat Industries Ltd.; and from 1989 to 1995, he was a Project Engineer in the Engineering Division. Mr. Hatzir obtained a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Tel Aviv University in 1988 and a Certificate of the Technology Institute of Management, Senior Executive Program.

Etty Rosner. Etty Rosner has served as our Corporate Secretary since October 21, 2004. Ms. Rosner is also the Corporate Secretary of Ormat Industries Ltd., a position she has held since 1991. Ms. Rosner is also our Senior Vice President of Contract Management since September 20, 2007; from July 1, 2004 to September 20, 2007, Ms. Rosner was our Vice President of Contract Management; from 1999 to June 30, 2004, she was the Vice President of Contract Management of Ormat Industries Ltd; from 1991 to 1999, she was Contract Administration Manager and Corporate Secretary of Ormat Industries; and from 1981 to 1991, she was the Manager of the Export Department and Office Administrative Manager of Ormat Industries. Ms. Rosner obtained a Diploma in General Management from Tel Aviv University in 1990.

Nir Wolf. Nir Wolf has served as our Executive Vice President for Business Development, Marketing and Sales, Rest of the World since January 1, 2010. From December 2005 to December 31, 2009, Mr. Wolf served as our Vice President, Distributed Power responsible for the marketing, sales, engineering and after sales activities of the remote power units. From December 1999 to December 2005, Mr. Wolf had a leading position as Business Development Manager in the Marketing and Sales Department. Starting January 14, 1994, when Mr. Wolf joined us, he was positioned in the Project Management Department as a Budget and Schedule Controller

and later on as a Project Manager. Mr. Wolf obtained a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, cum laude from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in 1991. In 1995, Mr. Wolf obtained a Master of Business Administration from the Bar Ilan-University. Mr. Wolf participated in the Technion Institute of Management Senior Executive Program.