NextDecade names CFO

NextDecade, the developer of two LNG export projects in the U.S., named Benjamin Atkins its chief financial officer.

“Atkins brings financial experience, particularly within the energy sector where he has managed debt and equity investments in power and midstream project companies,” NextDecade said in a statement on Thursday.

Prior to joining NextDecade, Atkins was a senior vice president with GE Capital for 10 years.

“Before his tenure at GE Capital, he served New York and Boston financial services clients at McKinsey & Co and worked as a risk manager in State Street Corporation’s Securities Finance division,” the company added.

NextDecade is planning two land-based export LNG projects on the U.S. Gulf Coast, Rio Grande LNG in Brownsville, and Pelican Island LNG in Galveston, Texas.

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