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Matthew K. Schatzman, 60, is the Company's Chief Executive Officer and has served in such position since February 2018. Mr. Schatzman has served as a member of the Board since September 2017 and, in June 2019, Mr. Schatzman was appointed Chairman of the Board. From September 2017 until his appointment as Chairman of the Board, Mr. Schatzman served as the Company's President. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Schatzman served as President at MKS Energy, LLC, an advisory and consulting firm focused on LNG, natural gas and crude oil markets, logistics and risk management from March 2017 until September 2017. He was previously Executive Vice President, Global Energy Marketing and Shipping at BG Group, plc (BG Group), a British multinational oil and gas company, from January 2012 until May 2014 and served as Senior Vice President, Energy Marketing from March 2007 until December 2011. Prior to that, he served in various roles at Dynegy Inc. (Dynegy), including President and Chief Executive Officer of Dynegy's wholesale business. Mr. Schatzman is a member of the National Petroleum Council. Mr. Schatzman holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Yale University.

Vera de Gyarfas is the Company's General Counsel and Corporate Secretary and was appointed to such office in July 2021. Ms. de Gyarfas has nearly 30 years of legal experience in the global energy industry having responsibility for oversight of all legal, corporate governance, compliance, litigation, regulatory, and outside counsel management. Prior to joining NextDecade, she was a partner in Mayer Brown LLP's Houston office and a member of the firm's Oil & Gas industry group from December 2019 to July 2021 and a partner in the Global Transactions practice group at King & Spalding LLP from January 2011 to December 2019. Ms. de Gyarfas has extensive LNG industry experience, including having represented Anadarko Petroleum Corporation as operator of the Area 1 Block and developer of an LNG project in Mozambique, structuring, and negotiating investments agreements, commercial contracts, LNG Sale and Purchase Agreements, and other activities in support of LNG project developers, buyers, and investors.

Tarik Skeik is the Company's Chief Operating Officer and was appointed to such office in July 2024. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Skeik was a global project executive at ExxonMobil, where he worked since 2011. Mr. Skeik has over 20 years of experience delivering global complex mega projects in LNG, oil, and petrochemicals across North America, the Middle East and Asia. He led the completion and startup of six greenfield assets exceeding $50 billion in investments. His experience includes the planning and execution, through initial operation, of projects including the Huizhou Chemicals Complex in China, Gulf Coast Growth Ventures in the United States, Banyu Urip in Indonesia, Kearl Expansion in Canada, and QatarGas 2 in Qatar. Tarik has a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

Michael Mott, is currently serving as the Company's interim Chief Financial Officer while the Company is conducting its search for a permanent Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Mott was appointed Senior Vice President, Enterprise Transformation in July 2024. He joined the Company in June 2021 as Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy, and most recently served as Senior Vice President, Carbon Solutions, since February 2022. Prior to joining the Company, his previous roles included leadership positions working in start-up, scaled growth, and mature stage businesses in both domestic and international marketplaces. Most recently, he worked as Chief Financial Officer of LNG Limited from October 2014 to May 2020 and as an independent business consultant from May 2020 to June 2021. Prior to his position at LNG Limited, he was employed by BG Group where he held a number of senior strategy, finance and operations roles leading business execution in BG's Global LNG business in upstream, midstream and downstream businesses in the American hemisphere, and as Senior Vice President - Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE) with responsibility for BG Group's global workforce. From 1995 to 2003, he held progressively senior risk management and accounting roles for Dynegy Inc., becoming Senior Vice President - Chief Accounting Officer and Controller from 2001 to 2003. He spent 13 years with Price Waterhouse LLP before joining Dynegy with a focus on multi-national energy majors as well as North American upstream independents. He earned a Bachelor's of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Oklahoma.

Sir Frank Chapman, 72, has served as a Company director since November 2019. From July 2019 to July 2024, Sir Frank was an independent non-executive director of Zap Energy Inc. From November 2011 to May 2021, Sir Frank served on the board of directors of Rolls-Royce Holdings, plc. Sir Frank served as the Chairman of Golar LNG Ltd from September 2014 to September 2015. Sir Frank has spent over 50 years in the oil and gas industry, beginning his career with BP plc in 1974 before moving to Royal Dutch Shell plc in 1978 where he worked for 18 years. Sir Frank then moved to British Gas as Managing Director Exploration and Production in 1996. Sir Frank was appointed Chief Executive of BG Group in 2000 and was a member of its board of directors for over 16 years. Sir Frank retired from BG Group in June 2013. He was named in the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours List and knighted for services to the oil and gas industry. Sir Frank graduated with first class honors in Mechanical Engineering from Queen Mary College, London University.

William Vrattos, 56, has served as a Company director since July 2017, as Lead Independent Director since April 2020, and was originally appointed to the Board pursuant to the terms of the Harmony Merger Agreement. Mr. Vrattos served as a member of the board of managers of NextDecade from June 2015 until July 2017. Mr. Vrattos joined York Capital Management, L.P. (York) in January 2002 and is the Chief Investment Officer and a Managing Partner of York. Mr. Vrattos is a Co-Portfolio Manager of the York Multi-Strategy Funds, York Credit Opportunities Funds, York European Opportunities Funds, York European Focus Funds, Fidera Distressed Asset Funds I-IV, and York Tactical Energy Funds and a member of York's executive committee. Prior to joining York, he worked at Georgica Advisors LLC as a Portfolio Manager specializing in media and communications equities and distressed securities and at Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. as an investment banker. Mr. Vrattos is currently a member of the board of directors or advisory board, as applicable and in his capacity as a York employee, of (i) Saddle Butte Partners III, (ii) India 2020 Fund II, (iii) Catalio Structured Opportunities Funds I and II and (iv) Collaboration Capital Advisors. In addition, Mr. Vrattos is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Museum of the City of New York and a member of the Board of Trustees of Groton School. Mr. Vrattos received a Bachelor of Arts in English from Dartmouth College and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. Mr. Vrattos is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School.

Pamela Beall, 69, has served as a director of the Company since July 2025. She is a seasoned executive in the energy industry with a record of strategic growth and increasing returns to shareholders. Since April 2021, she has served on the board of directors of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, a Fortune 100 financial services company where she serves as chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Finance Committee, and since 2016, she has served on the board of directors of NNN REIT, Inc., where she chairs the Governance and Nominating Committee and serves on the Audit Committee. In August 2024, Ms. Beall was appointed to the board of directors of Nationwide Trust Company where she serves on the Audit and Fiduciary Committee. Other public company directorships she has held include Tesoro Logistics GP, LLC from 2018 to 2019. She is an emeritus member of the board of trustees of the University of Findlay. Ms. Beall retired in 2021 from Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC) as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and as a member of the board of directors of MPLX GP LLC, a subsidiary of MPC, positions which she held from 2016 and 2014, respectively. MPLX GP LLC is the general partner of MPLX LP, a publicly traded master limited partnership, which owns and operates crude oil, refined products and natural gas logistics assets and processing operations. Ms. Beall received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Findlay and a Master's degree in Business Administration from Bowling Green State University, is a non-practicing Certified Public Accountant, and she has attended the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.

Diana Sands, 60, has over 30 years of business experience across multiple industries and disciplines. She has served on the board of AngloGold Ashanti, a global gold mining company, since 2023, and on the board of Vmo Aircraft Leasing, a private company, since 2022. She previously served on the boards of SP Plus Corporation, a mobility solutions provider, from 2021 to 2024, and PDC Energy, Inc., an oil and gas producer, from 2021 to 2023, in each case until their respective acquisition. Ms. Sands spent nearly 20 years at the Boeing Company beginning in 2001, where she held senior executive finance and governance positions, including Senior Vice President, Office of Internal Governance and Administration, which oversaw internal audit, ethics and investigations, compliance risk management, security and internal services. She also held key finance roles, including corporate controller, head of investor relations, and head of financial planning and analysis. Ms. Sands has a Master's degree in Business Administration from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management, and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Michigan's Ross Business School.

On June 3, 2026, NextDecade Corporation announced the appointment of John Zuklic as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective July 6, 2026. Mr. Zuklic joins the Company from Citgo Petroleum Corporation , where he held the position of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2020. At CITGO, he led the finance organization and was responsible for setting and executing financial strategy, recapitalizing the company, and building functions to strengthen forecasting, governance, and decision support. Before his tenure at CITGO, Zuklic spent much of his career at Phillips 66 and its predecessor, ConocoPhillips. During his time at these companies, he progressed through various roles of increasing scope across treasury, corporate finance, risk management, and enterprise transformation. Following the spinoff of Phillips 66 from ConocoPhillips, Zuklic served as Vice President and Treasurer, leading global treasury operations, managing substantial investment and insurance portfolios, and executing enterprise-wide financing initiatives. Later, he served as Vice President of ERP Transformation, where he oversaw the implementation of a next-generation enterprise resource planning system. Mr. Zuklic holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.

David Stover, 68, brings more than 40 years of leadership experience across global upstream oil and gas operations. Since February 2022, Mr. Stover has served as a member of the Board of Directors of APA Corporation, where he sits on its Cybersecurity and Management Development and Compensation Committees. Mr. Stover spent 18 years in increasingly senior leadership capacities at Noble Energy, Inc. (Noble Energy), culminating as Chief Executive Officer beginning in October 2014 and Chairman of the Board beginning in April 2015, which roles he held until Noble Energy's acquisition by Chevron Corporation in October 2020, following which he retired. Prior to joining Noble Energy, he held various engineering, operations, business development and management positions with BP America, Inc., Vastar Resources, Inc., and Atlantic Richfield Company. Mr. Stover has a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering from Pennsylvania State University.

Matthew Bonanno, 47, is a Managing Director at General Atlantic and focuses on investments within General Atlantic Credit and serves on the firm's Credit Investment Committee. Mr. Bonanno has been nominated to the Board pursuant to the terms of that certain Second Amended and Restated Board Designation and Observer Agreement, by and between the Company and APSC II HoldCo II, L.P. Mr. Bonanno previously served on the Board from July 2017 to April 2020. Before joining General Atlantic in 2020, Matthew was a Partner at Iron Park Capital Partners. Prior to that he spent a decade as a Partner, Co-Head of North American Credit, and a Portfolio Manager at York Capital Management. Matthew has also previously held roles at The Blackstone Group, News Corporation, Goldman Sachs, and JP Morgan. Mr. Bonanno received a Bachelor of Arts in History from Georgetown University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Pennsylvania.

General Charles Q. Brown, Jr., 63, retired from the United States Air Force in April 2025 after over 40 years of dedicated service. He most recently was the 21st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the nation's highest-ranking military officer and principal military advisor to the President of the United States, from October 2023 to February 2025. Before this position, he served as the 22nd Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from August 2020 to September 2023. General Brown also held senior leadership roles as Deputy Commander of U.S. Central Command and as a two-time Air Component Commander at U.S. Air Forces Central Command and Pacific Air Forces. Commissioned in 1984, General Brown became a fighter pilot and logged more than 3,100 flight hours, including 130 combat hours. He currently sits on the board of Bessemer Trust, a privately owned wealth management firm, and on the national security advisory boards of Shield Capital, a venture capital firm focused on companies developing technologies in artificial intelligence, autonomy, cybersecurity, and space, and RAND, a research organization focused on solutions to public policy challenges. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Air & Space Forces Association and the Board of Trustees of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. General Brown was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2020. General Brown holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Texas Tech University and a Master's degree in Aeronautical Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

In Kyu Park, 44, has served as a director of the Company since July 2025 and was nominated by HGC NEXT INV LLC (HGC) pursuant to that certain Purchaser Rights Agreement, by and between the Company and HGC, dated as of August 3, 2018. Mr. Park has nearly 15 years of experience at portfolio companies of Hanwha Group, a multinational group with innovative businesses in the areas of aerospace and mechatronics, clean energy and ocean solutions, finance, and retail and services. Since January 2025, Mr. Park has served as the Chief Strategy Officer of 174 Power Global, a renewable energy development firm committed to building utility-scale solar, energy storage and integrated clean energy and green hydrogen infrastructure development across North America, and since November 2022, he has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Chariot Energy, a retail energy business in the Texas residential and commercial markets, focusing on both solar and conventional energy solutions. From February 2011 to November 2022, Mr. Park held planning, operations and talent acquisition positions at Hanwha QCells, a manufacturer of solar modules and other clean technology innovation. Mr. Park holds a Bachelor's degree in International Relations and Economics from Johns Hopkins University and a Master's degree in Environmental Policy and Energy Security from Columbia University.

Avinash Kripalani, 42, has served as a Company director since July 2017 and was originally appointed to the Board pursuant to the terms of that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 17, 2017 (the Harmony Merger Agreement), by and among Harmony Merger Corp., Harmony Merger Sub, LLC, York Credit Opportunities Investments Master Fund, L.P., York Multi-Strategy Master Fund, L.P., York Select Master Fund, L.P., York Global Finance 43, LLC, Valinor Management, L.P., Valinor Capital Partners SPV XXI, LLC, Halcyon Capital Management LP, Halcyon Energy, Power, and Infrastructure Capital Fund Offshore LLC, Halcyon Energy, Power, and Infrastructure Capital Holdings Offshore LLC, Halcyon Energy, Power, and Infrastructure Capital Fund LP, and NextDecade LNG, LLC (formerly NextDecade, LLC (NextDecade). Mr. Kripalani served as a member of the board of managers of NextDecade from April 2016 until July 2017. Mr. Kripalani is a Senior Managing Director at Man Group. Prior to Man Group's acquisition of Bardin Hill Investment Partners (Bardin Hill), Mr. Kripalani was a Partner at Bardin Hill, where he has worked since April 2008. Prior to Bardin Hill, he was a Consultant at IBM. Mr. Kripalani earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Systems and Information Engineering from the University of Virginia.

Arnaud Lenail-Chouteau, 52, has over 25 years of experience at TotalEnergies, a multi-energy company that produces and markets fuels, natural gas and electricity, across a wide range of disciplines, including oil and gas exploration, geoscience, business development, asset management and strategy, carbon capture and other decarbonization initiatives. Since July 2023, Mr. Lenail-Chouteau has served as Vice President, LNG Assets and Business Development, with various mandates as director or president of certain TotalEnergies affiliates. Prior to such role, he served as Vice President, Exploration Strategy from September 2021 to June 2023 and as Vice President, Business Gas and Planning with TotalEnergies' affiliate in Abu Dhabi from September 2019 to September 2021. Mr. Lenail-Chouteau has received Master of Science degrees from the Universite Pierre et Marie Curie and the French Petroleum Institute (IFP School) and a Master of Public Administration degree from College des Hautes Etudes de L'institut Diplomatique (College of Advanced Studies of the Diplomatic Institute). Mr. Lenail-Chouteau was designated as a director by Global LNG North America Corp. pursuant to the Purchaser Rights Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2023, by and between the Company and Global LNG North America Corp.

On October 13, 2025, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Luke Boylston, who has been serving as the Company's interim principal accounting officer since March 2025, as the Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, effective immediately. Mr. Boylston, age 36, joined the Company as Senior Director and Controller in October 2023. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Boylston served as Chief Accounting Officer of Battle Motors, Inc. from October 2022 until October 2023 and as Financial Controller for TotalEnergies Gas & Power North America from September 2021 to October 2022. Before his time at TotalEnergies, Mr. Boylston spent five years in roles of increasing responsibility with the financial reporting department at Tellurian Inc., culminating in the position of Controller. Mr. Boylston began his career in the audit practice of Ernst & Young, LLP. Mr. Boylston holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from Texas Tech University, a Master of Science degree in Accountancy from the University of Houston and a Master of Business Administration degree from Rice University. He is a Certified Public Accountant in Texas.