---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001749723-24-000100"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NFE"
cik: "0001749723"
company_name: "New Fortress Energy Inc."
filed_at: "2024-10-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T10:34:59.278957+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# New Fortress Energy appoints Andrew Dete as President effective October 18, 2024

## Summary
- Andrew Dete, previously Managing Director of New Business, appointed President, joining senior management team.
- Dete over 12 years experience; led NFE's expansion into Brazil and natural gas terminal growth.
- Prior to NFE, Dete was VP in Project & Infrastructure Finance at Goldman Sachs and worked at SunPower.
- No family relationships or related-party transactions with any director or executive officer.
- Dete entered into a standard indemnification agreement with the Company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001749723-24-000100
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NFE
- cik: 0001749723
- company_name: New Fortress Energy Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-10-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1749723/000174972324000100/0001749723-24-000100-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1749723/000174972324000100/nfe-20241018.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001749723-24-000100
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001749723-24-000100.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001749723-24-000100.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Andrew Dete was appointed as President at New Fortress Energy Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: On October 18, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of New Fortress Energy Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Andrew Dete as the Company’s President, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1749723/000174972324000100/0001749723-24-000100-index.htm

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