Cheniere Energy LNG
About
Cheniere Energy exports liquefied natural gas from terminals on the U.S. Gulf Coast, mostly under long-term contracts.
What tends to move the stock
Contracted cash flow and expansion projects matter, and LNG price spreads add upside.
Revenue per employee
1,717 employees as of 2025/FY (+0.2% YoY). Revenue per employee is total revenue divided by headcount — a rough productivity gauge, not a per-worker pay figure.
Management team
Mr. Davis has served as Chief Financial Officer since August 2020. Mr. Davis also serves as director and Chief Financial Officer of Cheniere Partners GP. Institutional Investor/Extel recognized Mr. Davis as the All-America Executive Team Overall #1 ranked CFO in Energy - Natural Gas & Master Limited Partnership Sector in 2022, 2023 and 2024 by the buy-side and sell-side investor community. Mr. Davis joined Cheniere in November 2013. While serving as Chief Financial Officer, he has served as Executive Vice President since February 2022 and served as Senior Vice President from August 2020 to February 2022. He previously served as Senior Vice President, Finance from February 2020 to August 2020 and as Vice President, Finance and Planning from October 2016 to February 2020. Mr. Davis has over 18 years of finance experience, primarily in the LNG, power, renewable energy, midstream and infrastructure sectors. Prior to joining Cheniere, Mr. Davis held energy investment banking and project finance roles at Credit Suisse, Marathon Capital and HSH Nordbank. Mr. Davis received a B.S. in Economics from Duke University.
Mr. Feygin has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer since September 2016. Mr. Feygin joined Cheniere in March 2014 as Senior Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development. Mr. Feygin also currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Cheniere Partners GP, and previously served as a director and Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Cheniere Holdings from September 2016 and August 2017, respectively, to September 2018. Prior to joining Cheniere, Mr. Feygin worked with Loews Corporation from November 2007 to March 2014, most recently as its Vice President, Energy Strategist and Senior Portfolio Manager. Prior to joining Loews, Mr. Feygin spent three years at Bank of America, most recently as Head of Global Commodity Strategy. Mr. Feygin began his banking career at J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. as Senior Analyst, Natural Gas Pipelines and Distributors. Mr. Feygin previously served on the board of directors of Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., an offshore drilling provider, from May 2019 to April 2021. Mr. Feygin earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University and an M.B.A. in Finance from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University.
Mr. Markowitz has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary since February 2020, and previously served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary from September 2016 to February 2020. Mr. Markowitz joined Cheniere in October 2015 as Assistant General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Mr. Markowitz served as Interim General Counsel and Corporate Secretary from June 2016 to September 2016. Mr. Markowitz has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Assistant Secretary of Cheniere Partners GP since February 2023, previously serving as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary from May 2020 to February 2023 and as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary from December 2016 and December 2015, respectively, to May 2020. Mr. Markowitz also previously served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Cheniere Holdings from November 2016 and December 2015, respectively, to September 2018, and has served as a director of the Cheniere Foundation since March 2025. Mr. Markowitz was named as a Top 20 In-House Legal Leader by the Financial Times in 2023. Prior to joining Cheniere, Mr. Markowitz served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Sizmek, Inc. (and its predecessor company, Digital Generation, Inc.) from August 2012 to May 2015. Prior to joining Digital Generation, Inc., Mr. Markowitz served as Chief Legal Counsel-Commercial for Alon USA Energy, Inc. from August 2010 to August 2012 (and as Assistant General Counsel from December 2008 to July 2010). From January 2006 to December 2008, Mr. Markowitz served as Counsel-Corporate Acquisitions and Finance for Electronic Data Systems Corporation which was acquired by Hewlett-Packard Company in August 2008. Mr. Markowitz's earlier career experience includes service with the law firms of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. (now a part of Norton Rose Fulbright), Hughes & Luce L.L.P. (now a part of K&L Gates LLP) and Andrews Kurth LLP (now a part of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP). Mr. Markowitz earned his J.D., with honors, from The University of Texas School of Law and graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Hinz has served as Senior Vice President, Operations since January 2023. Mr. Hinz previously served as Vice President and General Manager at the Sabine Pass Liquefaction Facility from November 2019 to January 2023 and the Corpus Christi Liquefaction Facility on an interim basis from April 2024 to July 2024. Mr. Hinz joined Cheniere in November 2016 as Senior Manager, Operations following a career in various Operations and Technical Leadership roles at Woodside Energy Group Ltd. and Shell plc. He has 24 years of experience in the energy industry across Europe, Russia, Australia, the Middle East and the United States, mainly focused on large scale LNG operations. Mr. Hinz received a Mechanical Engineering Degree with Honors from Central Queensland University in Australia. Mr. Hinz is a chartered Mechanical Engineer registered with IMechE, United Kingdom.
On January 21, 2025, the Board of Directors of Cheniere Energy, Inc. appointed Mr. W. Benjamin Moreland to serve as an Independent member of the Board. Mr. Moreland is a private investor and retired Chief Executive Officer of Crown Castle Inc., a leading provider of wireless infrastructure in the U.S., where he served in a variety of leadership roles since joining in 1999, including Executive Vice Chairman, President, and Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Mr. Moreland spent 15 years with Chase Manhattan Bank and predecessor banks, primarily in corporate finance and real estate investment banking. Mr. Moreland has served as the Chair of the Board of Directors of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., an outdoor advertising company, since May 2019. He is a former board member and Chairman of the Board of WIA-The Wireless Infrastructure Association and former member of the Executive Board of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT). He also served on the board of directors of Calpine Corporation from 2009 until its privatization in March 2018, and Monogram Residential Trust from 2016 until its privatization in September 2017. Mr. Moreland is also a former member of the executive board of the Greater Houston Partnership and currently serves as a board member of Houston Methodist Hospital. Mr. Moreland is a member of the University of Texas McCombs School of Business Advisory Council and Bauer Board at the University of Houston. Mr. Moreland received a B.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.B.A. from the University of Houston.
Patricia Collawn, an independent director, to serve as Lead Director of the Board, effective following the conclusion of the Meeting and subject to their respective annual elections to the Board by the shareholders of the Company at the Meeting. Ms. Collawn is a member of our Compensation Committee and Governance and Nominating Committee. Ms. Collawn is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TXNM Energy, Inc. (formerly PNM Resources, Inc.), a publicly-traded energy holding company based in New Mexico, becoming Chairman in 2012 and CEO in 2010. From 2010 to May 2022, Ms. Collawn also served as President of PNM Resources. Ms. Collawn joined PNM Resources in 2007 as President, Utilities, prior to her promotion to President and Chief Operating Officer in 2008. From 2005 to 2007, Ms. Collawn served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Public Service Company of Colorado, an operating utility that is a subsidiary of Xcel Energy, Inc. Ms. Collawn previously served on the board of directors of Equitrans Midstream Corporation, a publicly traded natural gas midstream company, from April 2020 to April 2023, EVgo Services, LLC, a publicly traded builder, owner and operator of DC fast charging for electric vehicles in the U.S., from July 2021 to March 2022, and CTS Corporation, a publicly traded designer and manufacturer of sensors, actuators and electronic components for various industries, from 2003 to May 2021. Ms. Collawn also previously served as Chairman of the Electric Power Research Institute, an independent, non-profit center for public interest energy and environmental research, including sustainability and carbon reduction matters, and Chairman of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), a national association of investor-owned electric companies. Ms. Collawn is also currently serving as volunteer interim Chief Executive Officer of EEI. Ms. Collawn received a B.A. from Drake University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Mr. Shear is the Chairman of our Compensation Committee and a member of our Governance and Nominating Committee. Since June 2017, Mr. Shear has served as Senior Advisor and Chair of the Advisory Committee of Onyxpoint Global Management LP, an alternative asset management firm. Mr. Shear served as Interim Special Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer of Cheniere from May 2016 to November 2016 and as Interim Chief Executive Officer and President of Cheniere from December 2015 to May 2016. Mr. Shear was the Chief Executive Officer of Higgs Capital Management, a commodity focused hedge fund from January 2012 until September 2014. Prior to Higgs Capital Management, Mr. Shear served as Global Head of Securities at UBS Investment Bank from January 2010 to March of 2011. Previously, Mr. Shear was a Partner at Apollo Global Management, LLC, where he served as the Head of the Commodities Division. Prior to Apollo Global Management, Mr. Shear spent 26 years at Morgan Stanley serving in various roles including Head of the Commodities Division, Global Head of Fixed Income, Co-Head of Institutional Sales and Trading, and Chair of the Commodities Business. Mr. Shear received a B.S. from the University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business Management in 1976 and an M.B.A. from Cornell University, Johnson School of Business in 1978.
Ms. Mitchelmore is a member of our Audit Committee and Governance and Nominating Committee. Ms. Mitchelmore was recently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Enlighten Innovations Inc., a Calgary based clean technology company, from May 2017 to September 2018. Prior to that, she was President and Canada Country Chair of Shell Canada Limited and Executive Vice President, Americas Heavy Oil for Royal Dutch Shell from 2009 to 2016. She has more than 30 years of international oil and gas industry experience. Throughout her career, she has served with increasing responsibility in operational, strategy, and commercial roles. Prior to joining Shell in 2002, she worked with BHP Petroleum, Chevron, and Petro-Canada. Ms. Mitchelmore has served as a director of the Bank of Montreal, a diversified financial services provider, since May 2015, where she currently serves as Chair of the Human Resources Committee, and Suncor Energy Inc., a premier integrated energy company, since November 2019, where she currently serves as Chair of the Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainable Development Committee. Ms. Mitchelmore previously served on the Board of Directors of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) from January 2022 to November 2024, the Board of Advisers of Catalyst Canada from 2018 to 2023, and the board of directors of TransMountain Corporation from November 2018 to December 2019. Ms. Mitchelmore was an associate of the Creative Destruction Lab from 2018 to 2023 where she was a mentor to many early-stage energy transition companies. From 2017 to 2018, she chaired the Resources of the Future Economic Strategy table for the Canadian federal government. She has been named a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, awarded the Catalyst Canada Champion Honors Award in 2014, recognizing commitment to Diversity and Inclusion, and was a recipient of Canada's 2016 Clean16 award for leadership in advancing sustainable development in Canada. She currently serves as an advisor to McKinsey and Company's Advancing Women Executives program. Ms. Mitchelmore holds a BSc in Geophysics from Memorial University of Newfoundland, an MSc in Geophysics from the University of Melbourne, Australia and an MBA from Kingston Business School in London, England.
Mr. Edwards is a member of our Audit Committee and Compensation Committee. Mr. Edwards has served as a Senior Vice President of Caterpillar Inc., a construction equipment manufacturer, since January 2021, with responsibility for the Caterpillar Remanufacturing Division, which offers high-quality, lower-cost replacement parts remanufactured from genuine Caterpillar components. Mr. Edwards joined Caterpillar in 2010 as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at the company's wholly owned subsidiary, Progress Rail. He continued rising in the leadership ranks at Progress Rail, serving in many roles, including Executive Vice President of rolling stock. Prior to joining Caterpillar, Mr. Edwards spent more than 20 years gaining expertise in manufacturing, engineering and supply chain roles at GE and General Motors. Mr. Edwards holds a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Youngstown State University and a master's degree in Manufacturing Management from GMI Engineering & Management Institute (now Kettering University). Mr. Edwards completed the Caterpillar Digging Deep executive development program through Stanford University. Mr. Edwards is affiliated with United Way, March of Dimes and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.
On April 2, 2026, Scott Peak was appointed to the Board.
From SEC filings, via Futu. Compensation is total reported pay for the most recent fiscal year on file, not base salary alone.
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