Matt Schatzman

Matt Schatzman has served as Chief Executive Officer of NextDecade Corporation since 2018, and he was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors in 2019. He joined the company as President and a member of the Board of Directors in 2017. Under his leadership, NextDecade developed, financed and is constructing Rio Grande LNG, an approximately 30-million tonnes per annum LNG export facility in Brownsville, Texas. Matt has more than three decades of experience in the energy industry, including as Executive Vice President Global Energy Marketing and Shipping and member of the Group Executive Committee at BG Group, where he was responsible for the company’s global marketing, trading and shipping activities for LNG, crude oil and natural gas. During his tenure at BG Group, he played a pivotal role in the success and growth of BG Group’s LNG business, transforming it into a global leader in flexible LNG supply and trading. Matt also held senior executive roles at Dynegy and started his career at Transco Pipeline, a subsidiary of Williams. In addition to managing an international portfolio of LNG, shipping and commodity trading positions, his expertise extends to financing, risk management and process improvement across a diverse portfolio of development and operating assets. He graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and is a member of the National Petroleum Council.