---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-032489"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NEXT"
cik: "0001612720"
company_name: "NextDecade Corp"
filed_at: "2024-07-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T18:33:09.942721+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NextDecade appoints Tarik Skeik as COO, effective July 24, 2024

## Summary
- Skeik was a global project executive at ExxonMobil; led completion of six greenfield assets exceeding $50B in investments.
- Compensation: $450k base salary, 90% target annual bonus, $1M annual long-term incentive award.
- Focus on delivering Rio Grande LNG Phase 1 safely, on schedule, and within budget; advance Trains 4 and 5 decisions.
- Reports to CEO Matt Schatzman; will help transition company from development to world-class operator.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-032489
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NEXT
- cik: 0001612720
- company_name: NextDecade Corp
- filed_at: 2024-07-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000162828024032489/0001628280-24-032489-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000162828024032489/next-20240722.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-032489
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-032489.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-032489.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Tarik Skeik was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at NextDecade Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On July 22, 2024, NextDecade Corporation (the “ Company ”) announced the appointment of Tarik Skeik as the Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective July 24, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000162828024032489/0001628280-24-032489-index.htm

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