---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000003570-25-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LNG"
cik: "0000003570"
company_name: "Cheniere Energy, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-01-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T22:37:28.225774+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cheniere Energy appoints W. Benjamin Moreland to its Board of Directors

## Summary
- W. Benjamin Moreland appointed to Cheniere's Board effective January 21, 2025.
- Moreland is an independent director and will serve on the Audit and Compensation Committees.
- He is the retired CEO of Crown Castle Inc., with prior leadership roles at Chase Manhattan Bank.
- Compensation will be the same as other non-employee directors, pro-rated from appointment date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000003570-25-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LNG
- cik: 0000003570
- company_name: Cheniere Energy, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-01-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3570/000000357025000004/0000003570-25-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3570/000000357025000004/lng-20250121.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000003570-25-000004
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000003570-25-000004.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000003570-25-000004.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  W. Benjamin Moreland was appointed as member of the Board at Cheniere Energy, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: member of the Board
  source text: On January 21, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Cheniere Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board to ten members and appointed Mr. W. Benjamin Moreland to serve as a member of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3570/000000357025000004/0000003570-25-000004-index.htm

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