Tellurian Inc. has appointed Kian Granmayeh, formerly director of investor relations, as the company’s chief financial officer, replacing Antoine Lafargue who will join the marketing group as senior vice-president of LNG marketing to advance commercialization of the Driftwood project (OGJ Online, Apr. 18, 2019).
President and CEO Meg Gentle said the company is reducing costs and reorganizing the company “to make Tellurian resilient in the face of current challenges in financial and energy markets,” and “redirecting resources to complete the marketing of the Driftwood LNG project, which is fully permitted and ready to begin construction.”
Before joining Tellurian in January 2019, Granmayeh worked at Apache Corp. in various roles in project execution, strategic planning, and investor relations.
Amos Hochstein, formerly senior vice-president of LNG marketing, is now Tellurian’s executive vice-president of LNG Marketing, leading the marketing of LNG and partnership interests from Driftwood LNG. Before joining Tellurian in 2017, he served as the US Special Envoy for International Energy Affairs and led the US Department of State’s Bureau of Energy Resources.