Tellurian Announces New Executive Team Members

Kian Granmayeh, formerly Director of Investor Relations, is now Tellurian’s Chief Financial Officer according to a Tellurian statement released today. Granmayeh will be responsible for financial strategy and liquidity. Granmayeh will replace Antoine Lafargue who will join the marketing group as Senior Vice President of LNG Marketing to advance commercialization of the Driftwood project. 

Amos Hochstein, formerly Senior Vice President of LNG Marketing, is now Tellurian’s Executive Vice President of LNG Marketing. Hochstein will lead the marketing of LNG and partnership interests from Driftwood LNG. 

Keith Teague EVP and Chief Operating Officer, Daniel Belhumeur EVP and General Counsel, Tarek Souki EVP and President of Tellurian Trading UK, and John Howie EVP of Upstream and President of Tellurian Production Company will each continue as members of the executive leadership team according to the Tellurian statement released today. 

President and CEO Meg Gentle said, “We are reducing our costs and reorganizing the company to make Tellurian resilient in the face of current challenges in financial and energy markets. We are redirecting resources to complete the marketing of the Driftwood LNG project, which is fully permitted and ready to begin construction. Amos’s experience in LNG markets and expertise in negotiations brings together key elements to complete our Driftwood partnership. With a broad background across the finance organization, Kian will be focused on capital discipline and refinancing our existing obligations to extend our liquidity.”

Driftwood LNG is the Tellurian 27.6 mtpa LNG export project near Lake Charles, Louisiana.