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Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. NYSE: CQP
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Lon McCain

Mr. McCain was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ellora Energy Inc., a private, independent exploration and production company from July 2009 to August 2010. Prior to that, he was Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Westport Resources Corporation, a publicly traded exploration and production company, from 2001 until the sale of that company to Kerr-McGee Corporation in 2004. From 1992 until joining Westport, Mr. McCain was Senior Vice President and Principal of Petrie Parkman & Co., an investment banking firm specializing in the oil and gas industry. From 1978 until joining Petrie Parkman, Mr. McCain held senior financial management positions with Presidio Oil Company, Petro-Lewis Corporation and Ceres Capital. He is currently on the board of directors of Crescent Energy Company, a publicly traded energy investment company. Mr. McCain previously served on the board of directors of Continental Resources, Inc., a publicly traded oil and natural gas exploration and production company, from 2006 through its private acquisition in 2022. He also previously served on the board of directors of Contango Oil and Gas Company, which combined with Independence Energy, LLC to form Crescent Energy Company in December 2021. Mr. McCain received a B.S. in Business Administration and an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Denver. Mr. McCain was also an Adjunct Professor of Finance at the University of Denver from 1982 to 2005.

Chair

Vincent Pagano, Jr.

Mr. Pagano served as a senior corporate partner of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, a law firm, with a focus on capital markets transactions and public company advisory matters from 1981 until his retirement at the end of 2012. Mr. Pagano earned a law degree, cum laude, from Harvard Law School and a B.S. in Engineering, summa cum laude, from Lehigh University and an M.S. in Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Pagano also serves as a director of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., a publicly traded homebuilding company, and served as a director of L3 Technologies, Inc., an aerospace and defense company, from 2013 until its merger with Harris Corporation in June 2019.

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Zamir Rauf

Mr. Rauf served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Calpine Corporation, a major U.S. power generation company, from December 2008 until the company was acquired by Constellation Energy in January 2026. Mr. Rauf previously was interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from June 2008 to December 2008. Prior to his role as Interim CFO, Mr. Rauf was Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer at Calpine. In that position, he was responsible for Calpine’s corporate and project finance, treasury and debt compliance functions and managed the corporate banking, investment banking, and rating agency relationships. Prior to Calpine, Mr. Rauf held various accounting and finance roles with Enron North America and Dynegy Inc., as well as Comerica Bank in both credit and lending roles. He received a B.A. in Business and Commerce and an M.B.A. from the University of Houston.

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Vincent Pagano, Jr.

Mr. Pagano served as a senior corporate partner of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, a law firm, with a focus on capital markets transactions and public company advisory matters from 1981 until his retirement at the end of 2012. Mr. Pagano earned a law degree, cum laude, from Harvard Law School and a B.S. in Engineering, summa cum laude, from Lehigh University and an M.S. in Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Pagano also serves as a director of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., a publicly traded homebuilding company, and served as a director of L3 Technologies, Inc., an aerospace and defense company, from 2013 until its merger with Harris Corporation in June 2019.

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Michael Jennings

Mr. Jennings served as Chief Executive Officer of HF Sinclair Corporation from January 2020 to May 2023. Previously, he held several leadership positions, serving as President from January 2020 until November 2021, as Executive Vice President from November 2019 through December 2019, as Executive Chairman from January 2016 until January 2017 and as President and Chief Executive Officer from the merger of Holly Corporation and Frontier Oil Corporation in July 2011 until January 2016. He served as Chairman of the Board of HF Sinclair from January 2017 to February 2019 and from January 2013 to January 2016. Mr. Jennings also served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Holly Logistics Services, L.L.C., the general partner of Holly Energy Partners, an affiliated master limited partnership of HF Sinclair, from January 2020 through November 2023. Most recently, Mr. Jennings served on the board of Parkland Corporation, an international fuel distributor, marketer, and convenience retailer, from February 2024 until October 2025. During his tenure, he served as Non-Executive Chairman from July 2024 to April 2025 and as Executive Chairman from April 2025 until the company's acquisition by Sunoco LP in October 2025. Following the transaction, he joined the board of Sunoco LP in November 2025. Mr. Jennings received a B.A. in Economics and Government from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from The University of Chicago.

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Lon McCain

Mr. McCain was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ellora Energy Inc., a private, independent exploration and production company from July 2009 to August 2010. Prior to that, he was Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Westport Resources Corporation, a publicly traded exploration and production company, from 2001 until the sale of that company to Kerr-McGee Corporation in 2004. From 1992 until joining Westport, Mr. McCain was Senior Vice President and Principal of Petrie Parkman & Co., an investment banking firm specializing in the oil and gas industry. From 1978 until joining Petrie Parkman, Mr. McCain held senior financial management positions with Presidio Oil Company, Petro-Lewis Corporation and Ceres Capital. He is currently on the board of directors of Crescent Energy Company, a publicly traded energy investment company. Mr. McCain previously served on the board of directors of Continental Resources, Inc., a publicly traded oil and natural gas exploration and production company, from 2006 through its private acquisition in 2022. He also previously served on the board of directors of Contango Oil and Gas Company, which combined with Independence Energy, LLC to form Crescent Energy Company in December 2021. Mr. McCain received a B.S. in Business Administration and an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Denver. Mr. McCain was also an Adjunct Professor of Finance at the University of Denver from 1982 to 2005.

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Zamir Rauf

Mr. Rauf served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Calpine Corporation, a major U.S. power generation company, from December 2008 until the company was acquired by Constellation Energy in January 2026. Mr. Rauf previously was interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from June 2008 to December 2008. Prior to his role as Interim CFO, Mr. Rauf was Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer at Calpine. In that position, he was responsible for Calpine’s corporate and project finance, treasury and debt compliance functions and managed the corporate banking, investment banking, and rating agency relationships. Prior to Calpine, Mr. Rauf held various accounting and finance roles with Enron North America and Dynegy Inc., as well as Comerica Bank in both credit and lending roles. He received a B.A. in Business and Commerce and an M.B.A. from the University of Houston.

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Zamir Rauf

Mr. Rauf served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Calpine Corporation, a major U.S. power generation company, from December 2008 until the company was acquired by Constellation Energy in January 2026. Mr. Rauf previously was interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from June 2008 to December 2008. Prior to his role as Interim CFO, Mr. Rauf was Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer at Calpine. In that position, he was responsible for Calpine’s corporate and project finance, treasury and debt compliance functions and managed the corporate banking, investment banking, and rating agency relationships. Prior to Calpine, Mr. Rauf held various accounting and finance roles with Enron North America and Dynegy Inc., as well as Comerica Bank in both credit and lending roles. He received a B.A. in Business and Commerce and an M.B.A. from the University of Houston.

Chair

Zach Davis

Zach Davis has served as Chief Financial Officer of Cheniere Energy, Inc. (NYSE: LNG) since August 2020. Mr. Davis also serves as a board director and Chief Financial Officer of Cheniere Partners GP, the general partner of Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: CQP). Institutional Investor / Extel has recognized Mr. Davis as the All-America Executive Team Overall #1 ranked CFO in Energy - Natural Gas & Master Limited Partnership Sector in for 2022 through 2025 by the buy-side and sell-side investor community.

Mr. Davis joined Cheniere in November 2013. He previously served as Senior Vice President, Finance from February 2020 to August 2020 and as Vice President, Finance and Planning from October 2016 to February 2020. Mr. Davis has over 18 years of finance experience, primarily in the LNG, power, renewable energy, midstream and infrastructure sectors. Prior to joining Cheniere, Mr. Davis held energy investment banking and project finance roles at Credit Suisse, Marathon Capital and HSH Nordbank. Mr. Davis received a B.S. in Economics from Duke University.

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Christopher Dell’Amore

Mr. Dell’Amore is a Managing Director in the Infrastructure Group for Blackstone Inc. Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Dell’Amore worked at Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP) and Fortress Investment Group, focusing on private equity investments in the energy, power and transportation sectors. Prior to that, Mr. Dell’Amore was an Analyst at Société Générale in the Energy group. Mr. Dell’Amore previously served as a director of Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd., a leading owner and operator of floating storage and regasification units and LNG carriers, as a Board Alternate/Observer from May 2021 to September 2021. Mr. Dell’Amore received a B.A. in Economics and Spanish Language & Literature from Colgate University, where he graduated magna cum laude and with honors, an M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an M.A. in International Studies (Latin America) from The Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Matthew Hutton

Mr. Hutton is a Managing Director and Head of Energy Infrastructure investments for Brookfield’s Infrastructure Group. In this role, he is responsible for oversight and leading investment sector activities in the Americas and is involved in the screening and evaluation of global investment initiatives.  Prior to joining Brookfield in September 2016, Mr. Hutton was a manager of corporate development with Koch Industries, where he focused on the energy, petrochemical, and fertilizer sectors.  Previously, Mr. Hutton worked in the investment banking group at Macquarie Group Ltd., where he focused on investment opportunities in the infrastructure sector.  Mr. Hutton holds a Bachelor of Science degree, with a concentration in Finance, from Ithaca College.

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Matthew Runkle

Matthew Runkle is a Senior Managing Director for Blackstone Inc., an alternative asset management firm, where he serves as Head of Power and Midstream within the Infrastructure Group and President and Head of Acquisitions for Blackstone Infrastructure Strategies (BXINFRA). Since joining Blackstone in October 2017, Mr. Runkle has been involved in the execution of Blackstone investments, including Invenergy Renewables, a partnership with NextEra Energy, Cheniere Partners and Tallgrass Energy. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Runkle spent 15 years at ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC, a private equity firm focused on energy infrastructure investments. While at ArcLight, Mr. Runkle sourced, executed, and actively managed investments in assets and companies across the power and midstream sectors. Prior to that, Mr. Runkle began his career at The NorthBridge Group as an analyst, where he focused on corporate strategy for vertically integrated utilities. Mr. Runkle has served as a director of Tallgrass Energy Partners GP, L.P., a midstream energy infrastructure company since March 2019. Mr. Runkle previously served as a director of Cheniere from April 2023 to April 2024 and April 2025 to April 2026, and Cheniere Partners GP from July 2021 to April 2023 and April 2024 to April 2025. Mr. Runkle holds a Bachelor's degree in Geology and Geophysics from Yale University.

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Lon McCain

Mr. McCain was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ellora Energy Inc., a private, independent exploration and production company from July 2009 to August 2010. Prior to that, he was Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Westport Resources Corporation, a publicly traded exploration and production company, from 2001 until the sale of that company to Kerr-McGee Corporation in 2004. From 1992 until joining Westport, Mr. McCain was Senior Vice President and Principal of Petrie Parkman & Co., an investment banking firm specializing in the oil and gas industry. From 1978 until joining Petrie Parkman, Mr. McCain held senior financial management positions with Presidio Oil Company, Petro-Lewis Corporation and Ceres Capital. He is currently on the board of directors of Crescent Energy Company, a publicly traded energy investment company. Mr. McCain previously served on the board of directors of Continental Resources, Inc., a publicly traded oil and natural gas exploration and production company, from 2006 through its private acquisition in 2022. He also previously served on the board of directors of Contango Oil and Gas Company, which combined with Independence Energy, LLC to form Crescent Energy Company in December 2021. Mr. McCain received a B.S. in Business Administration and an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Denver. Mr. McCain was also an Adjunct Professor of Finance at the University of Denver from 1982 to 2005.

Vincent Pagano, Jr.

Mr. Pagano served as a senior corporate partner of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, a law firm, with a focus on capital markets transactions and public company advisory matters from 1981 until his retirement at the end of 2012. Mr. Pagano earned a law degree, cum laude, from Harvard Law School and a B.S. in Engineering, summa cum laude, from Lehigh University and an M.S. in Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Pagano also serves as a director of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., a publicly traded homebuilding company, and served as a director of L3 Technologies, Inc., an aerospace and defense company, from 2013 until its merger with Harris Corporation in June 2019.

Zamir Rauf

Mr. Rauf served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Calpine Corporation, a major U.S. power generation company, from December 2008 until the company was acquired by Constellation Energy in January 2026. Mr. Rauf previously was interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from June 2008 to December 2008. Prior to his role as Interim CFO, Mr. Rauf was Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer at Calpine. In that position, he was responsible for Calpine’s corporate and project finance, treasury and debt compliance functions and managed the corporate banking, investment banking, and rating agency relationships. Prior to Calpine, Mr. Rauf held various accounting and finance roles with Enron North America and Dynegy Inc., as well as Comerica Bank in both credit and lending roles. He received a B.A. in Business and Commerce and an M.B.A. from the University of Houston.

Vincent Pagano, Jr.

Mr. Pagano served as a senior corporate partner of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, a law firm, with a focus on capital markets transactions and public company advisory matters from 1981 until his retirement at the end of 2012. Mr. Pagano earned a law degree, cum laude, from Harvard Law School and a B.S. in Engineering, summa cum laude, from Lehigh University and an M.S. in Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Pagano also serves as a director of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., a publicly traded homebuilding company, and served as a director of L3 Technologies, Inc., an aerospace and defense company, from 2013 until its merger with Harris Corporation in June 2019.

Michael Jennings

Mr. Jennings served as Chief Executive Officer of HF Sinclair Corporation from January 2020 to May 2023. Previously, he held several leadership positions, serving as President from January 2020 until November 2021, as Executive Vice President from November 2019 through December 2019, as Executive Chairman from January 2016 until January 2017 and as President and Chief Executive Officer from the merger of Holly Corporation and Frontier Oil Corporation in July 2011 until January 2016. He served as Chairman of the Board of HF Sinclair from January 2017 to February 2019 and from January 2013 to January 2016. Mr. Jennings also served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Holly Logistics Services, L.L.C., the general partner of Holly Energy Partners, an affiliated master limited partnership of HF Sinclair, from January 2020 through November 2023. Most recently, Mr. Jennings served on the board of Parkland Corporation, an international fuel distributor, marketer, and convenience retailer, from February 2024 until October 2025. During his tenure, he served as Non-Executive Chairman from July 2024 to April 2025 and as Executive Chairman from April 2025 until the company's acquisition by Sunoco LP in October 2025. Following the transaction, he joined the board of Sunoco LP in November 2025. Mr. Jennings received a B.A. in Economics and Government from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from The University of Chicago.

Lon McCain

Mr. McCain was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ellora Energy Inc., a private, independent exploration and production company from July 2009 to August 2010. Prior to that, he was Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Westport Resources Corporation, a publicly traded exploration and production company, from 2001 until the sale of that company to Kerr-McGee Corporation in 2004. From 1992 until joining Westport, Mr. McCain was Senior Vice President and Principal of Petrie Parkman & Co., an investment banking firm specializing in the oil and gas industry. From 1978 until joining Petrie Parkman, Mr. McCain held senior financial management positions with Presidio Oil Company, Petro-Lewis Corporation and Ceres Capital. He is currently on the board of directors of Crescent Energy Company, a publicly traded energy investment company. Mr. McCain previously served on the board of directors of Continental Resources, Inc., a publicly traded oil and natural gas exploration and production company, from 2006 through its private acquisition in 2022. He also previously served on the board of directors of Contango Oil and Gas Company, which combined with Independence Energy, LLC to form Crescent Energy Company in December 2021. Mr. McCain received a B.S. in Business Administration and an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Denver. Mr. McCain was also an Adjunct Professor of Finance at the University of Denver from 1982 to 2005.

Zamir Rauf

Mr. Rauf served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Calpine Corporation, a major U.S. power generation company, from December 2008 until the company was acquired by Constellation Energy in January 2026. Mr. Rauf previously was interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from June 2008 to December 2008. Prior to his role as Interim CFO, Mr. Rauf was Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer at Calpine. In that position, he was responsible for Calpine’s corporate and project finance, treasury and debt compliance functions and managed the corporate banking, investment banking, and rating agency relationships. Prior to Calpine, Mr. Rauf held various accounting and finance roles with Enron North America and Dynegy Inc., as well as Comerica Bank in both credit and lending roles. He received a B.A. in Business and Commerce and an M.B.A. from the University of Houston.

Zamir Rauf

Mr. Rauf served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Calpine Corporation, a major U.S. power generation company, from December 2008 until the company was acquired by Constellation Energy in January 2026. Mr. Rauf previously was interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from June 2008 to December 2008. Prior to his role as Interim CFO, Mr. Rauf was Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer at Calpine. In that position, he was responsible for Calpine’s corporate and project finance, treasury and debt compliance functions and managed the corporate banking, investment banking, and rating agency relationships. Prior to Calpine, Mr. Rauf held various accounting and finance roles with Enron North America and Dynegy Inc., as well as Comerica Bank in both credit and lending roles. He received a B.A. in Business and Commerce and an M.B.A. from the University of Houston.

Zach Davis

Zach Davis has served as Chief Financial Officer of Cheniere Energy, Inc. (NYSE: LNG) since August 2020. Mr. Davis also serves as a board director and Chief Financial Officer of Cheniere Partners GP, the general partner of Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: CQP). Institutional Investor / Extel has recognized Mr. Davis as the All-America Executive Team Overall #1 ranked CFO in Energy - Natural Gas & Master Limited Partnership Sector in for 2022 through 2025 by the buy-side and sell-side investor community.

Mr. Davis joined Cheniere in November 2013. He previously served as Senior Vice President, Finance from February 2020 to August 2020 and as Vice President, Finance and Planning from October 2016 to February 2020. Mr. Davis has over 18 years of finance experience, primarily in the LNG, power, renewable energy, midstream and infrastructure sectors. Prior to joining Cheniere, Mr. Davis held energy investment banking and project finance roles at Credit Suisse, Marathon Capital and HSH Nordbank. Mr. Davis received a B.S. in Economics from Duke University.

Christopher Dell’Amore

Mr. Dell’Amore is a Managing Director in the Infrastructure Group for Blackstone Inc. Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Dell’Amore worked at Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP) and Fortress Investment Group, focusing on private equity investments in the energy, power and transportation sectors. Prior to that, Mr. Dell’Amore was an Analyst at Société Générale in the Energy group. Mr. Dell’Amore previously served as a director of Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd., a leading owner and operator of floating storage and regasification units and LNG carriers, as a Board Alternate/Observer from May 2021 to September 2021. Mr. Dell’Amore received a B.A. in Economics and Spanish Language & Literature from Colgate University, where he graduated magna cum laude and with honors, an M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an M.A. in International Studies (Latin America) from The Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania.

Matthew Hutton

Mr. Hutton is a Managing Director and Head of Energy Infrastructure investments for Brookfield’s Infrastructure Group. In this role, he is responsible for oversight and leading investment sector activities in the Americas and is involved in the screening and evaluation of global investment initiatives.  Prior to joining Brookfield in September 2016, Mr. Hutton was a manager of corporate development with Koch Industries, where he focused on the energy, petrochemical, and fertilizer sectors.  Previously, Mr. Hutton worked in the investment banking group at Macquarie Group Ltd., where he focused on investment opportunities in the infrastructure sector.  Mr. Hutton holds a Bachelor of Science degree, with a concentration in Finance, from Ithaca College.

Matthew Runkle

Matthew Runkle is a Senior Managing Director for Blackstone Inc., an alternative asset management firm, where he serves as Head of Power and Midstream within the Infrastructure Group and President and Head of Acquisitions for Blackstone Infrastructure Strategies (BXINFRA). Since joining Blackstone in October 2017, Mr. Runkle has been involved in the execution of Blackstone investments, including Invenergy Renewables, a partnership with NextEra Energy, Cheniere Partners and Tallgrass Energy. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Runkle spent 15 years at ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC, a private equity firm focused on energy infrastructure investments. While at ArcLight, Mr. Runkle sourced, executed, and actively managed investments in assets and companies across the power and midstream sectors. Prior to that, Mr. Runkle began his career at The NorthBridge Group as an analyst, where he focused on corporate strategy for vertically integrated utilities. Mr. Runkle has served as a director of Tallgrass Energy Partners GP, L.P., a midstream energy infrastructure company since March 2019. Mr. Runkle previously served as a director of Cheniere from April 2023 to April 2024 and April 2025 to April 2026, and Cheniere Partners GP from July 2021 to April 2023 and April 2024 to April 2025. Mr. Runkle holds a Bachelor's degree in Geology and Geophysics from Yale University.