Mr. Edens has been our Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of our board of directors since August 2018. He is the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Fortress and has been a member of the board of directors of Fortress since November 2006. Mr. Edens has been a member of the Management Committee of Fortress since co-founding Fortress in May 1998. Fortress Equity Partners (A) LP, a private equity fund managed by an affiliate of Fortress, currently owns a substantial majority of the equity of New Fortress Energy Holdings. Mr. Edens is responsible for oversight of Fortress’ private equity and publicly traded alternative investment businesses. He is the Chairman of the board of directors of New Media Investment Group Inc. (a publisher of print and online media) and Drive Shack Inc. (an owner and operator of golf-related leisure and entertainment businesses). He is a director of Mapeley Limited (a large full service real estate outsourcing and investment company in the United Kingdom).

Mr. Edens previously served on the board of the following publicly traded companies and registered investment companies: OneMain Holdings, Inc. (a leading consumer finance company) from November 2010 to June 2018, Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC (which owns and acquires high quality infrastructure and equipment essential for the transportation of goods and people globally) from May 2015 to May 2016; Intrawest Resorts Holdings Inc. (a resort and adventure company) from January 2014 to July 2017; Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. (an owner and operator in the gaming and racing industry) from October 2013 to October 2016; Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. (a residential mortgage loan originator and servicer) from 2012 to July 2016; New Residential Investment Corp. (a real estate investment trust primarily focused on investing in residential real estate related assets) from April 2013 to May 2016; Brookdale Senior Living Inc., from September 2005 to June 2014; GAGFAH S.A. from September 2006 to June 2014; PENN National Gaming Inc. from October 2008 to November 2013; GateHouse Media Inc. from June 2005 to November 2013; Aircastle Ltd. from August 2006 to August 2012; RailAmerica Inc. from November 2006 to October 2012; Eurocastle Investment Ltd., from August 2003 to November 2011; Whistler Blackcomb Holdings Inc., from October 2010 to November 2012; Fortress Registered Investment Trust, from December 1999 until it deregistered with the SEC in September 2011; FRIT PINN LLC, from November 2001 until it deregistered with the SEC in September 2011; and New Senior Investment Group Inc. (a real estate investment trust with a diversified portfolio of senior housing properties located across the United States) from November 2014 to January 2019.

Prior to co-founding Fortress, Mr. Edens was a partner and managing director of BlackRock Financial Management Inc. (an investment management firm), where he headed BlackRock Asset Investors, a private equity fund. In addition, Mr. Edens was formerly a partner and managing director of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

Mr. Edens’ extensive credit, private equity finance and management expertise, extensive experience as an officer and director of public companies and his deep familiarity with our Company led the Board to conclude that Mr. Edens should serve as a director.

Ms. Shin has been our Chief Accounting Officer since March 2019. Ms. Shin is also a Senior Vice President of the Private Equity group at Fortress, which she joined in 2013, where she serves in various accounting capacities focusing on mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions. Ms. Shin began her career at KPMG LLP where she spent over 10 years serving audit and advisory clients primarily in the energy industry and providing wide-ranging technical accounting and financial reporting expertise in KPMG’s department of professional practice. Prior to joining Fortress, Ms. Shin served as vice president in the global accounting policy and advisory group at American Express from 2011 to 2013.

As President at New Fortress Energy, Andrew Dete is responsible for originating and executing new business to support the growth of operational assets and achieve new market development objectives for NFE. This includes sales of LNG and power, as well as new terminal and infrastructure investments. Andrew has over 12 years of experience in the energy and infrastructure industry across developed and emerging markets, including project financing roles and developing greenfield infrastructure projects. Since joining NFE in 2020, Andrew has been focused on the company’s expansion into Brazil and the organic growth of existing natural gas import terminals. Prior to joining NFE, Andrew was a Vice President in the Project, Infrastructure, and Principal Finance group at Goldman Sachs, where he led origination, structuring, and execution of financings for infrastructure projects in the U.S. and Latin America. While at Goldman Sachs, Andrew led a number of innovative financing transactions in the US and emerging markets in collaboration with project developers in the power, LNG, and transport sectors. Andrew helped grow the project and infrastructure financing business at Goldman Sachs into a global leader in complex, asset-based financings. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Andrew worked at SunPower Corporation, helping to lead the development and financing of utility-scale, commercial, and residential solar power projects.