---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001749723-26-000088"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NFE"
cik: "0001749723"
company_name: "New Fortress Energy Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-05T20:25:20+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T20:34:07.329946+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# New Fortress Energy CAO Michael Lowe resigns; Fred Hundt appointed effective July 1

## Summary
- Michael Lowe will resign as Chief Accounting Officer effective July 1, 2026; he had served since 2019.
- Frederick 'Fred' Hundt, age 48, appointed as new CAO effective July 1, 2026.
- Hundt joined NFE in June 2025 as Global Controller; prior roles include Corporate Controller at GXO Logistics and Assistant Corporate Controller at Mastercard.
- Hundt has over 25 years of accounting and public company experience, including 11 years in PwC audit practice.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001749723-26-000088
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NFE
- cik: 0001749723
- company_name: New Fortress Energy Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-05T20:25:20+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1749723/000174972326000088/0001749723-26-000088-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1749723/000174972326000088/nfe-20260601.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael Lowe departed as Chief Accounting Officer at New Fortress Energy Inc..
  - Action: resign
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On June 1, 2026, Michael Lowe announced to New Fortress Energy Inc. (the “Company”) that he will resign from his role as Chief Accounting Officer effective July 1, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1749723/000174972326000088/0001749723-26-000088-index.htm
- Executive change
  Frederick Hundt was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at New Fortress Energy Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Effective July 1, 2026, Frederick (“Fred”) Hundt will begin serving as Chief Accounting Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1749723/000174972326000088/0001749723-26-000088-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.