People: Cheniere Energy Partners LP (CQP)

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17 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Charif Souki

60 2007 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of the General Partner

R. Keith Teague

48 2008 President, Chief Operating Officer, Director of the General Partner

Meg Gentle

38 2009 Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Director of the General Partner

David Foley

45 2012 Director of the General Partner

Sean Klimczak

36 2012 Director of the General Partner

H. Davis Thames

45 2012 Director of the General Partner

James Ball

62 2012 Independent Director of the General Partner

Ellis McCain

65 2007 Independent Director of the General Partner

Vincent Pagano

62 2012 Independent Director of the General Partner

Oliver Richard

60 2012 Independent Director of the General Partner

Biographies

Name Description

Charif Souki

Mr. Charif Souki serves as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Cheniere Energy Partners GP, LLC., the general partner of Cheniere Energy Partners L.P. He has held that officer position since January 2007. Mr. Souki, a co-founder of Cheniere, is Chairman of Cheniere's board of directors and Chief Executive Officer and President of Cheniere. Since December 2002, Mr. Souki has been the Chief Executive Officer of Cheniere, and he was also President of Cheniere from that time until April 2005. He was re-elected as President in April 2008. From June 1999 to December 2002, he was Chairman of the board of directors of Cheniere and an independent investment banker. From September 1997 until June 1999, he was co-chairman of the board of directors of Cheniere, and he served as Secretary of Cheniere from July 1996 until September 1997. Mr. Souki has over 20 years of independent investment banking experience in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Souki received a Bachelor of Arts from Colgate University and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Columbia University. Mr. Souki is also a director and Chief Executive Officer of the general partner of Sabine Pass LNG, L.P. He serves as a Director of General Partner and he is the Chief Executive Officer of Cheniere, Cheniere GP and the general partner of Sabine Pass LNG, L.P.

R. Keith Teague

Mr. R. Keith Teague serves as President, Chief Operating Officer, Director of Cheniere Energy Partners GP, LLC, the general partner of Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. He has held those officer positions since June 2008. He has served as Senior Vice President-Asset Group of Cheniere since April 2008. Prior to that time, he served as Vice President-Pipeline Operations of Cheniere beginning in May 2006. He has also served as President of Cheniere Pipeline Company, since January 2005. Mr. Teague began his career with Cheniere in February 2004 as Director of Facility Planning. Prior to joining Cheniere, Mr. Teague served as the Director of Strategic Planning for the CMS Panhandle Companies from December 2001 until September 2003. Mr. Teague is also President of the general partner of Sabine Pass LNG, L.P. and is responsible for the development, construction and operation of Cheniere's LNG terminal and pipeline assets. Mr. Teague received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Louisiana Tech University and a Master of Business Administration from Louisiana State University.

Meg Gentle

Ms. Meg A. Gentle serves as Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and Director of the General Partner at Cheniere Energy Partners GP, LLC, the general partner of Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. She has held that officer position since March 2009. She served as Senior Vice President of general partner from June 2008 to March 2009. She has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cheniere since March 2009. She served as Senior Vice President Strategic Planning and Finance from February 2008 to March 2009. Prior to that time, she served as Vice President of Strategic Planning since September 2005 and Manager of Strategic Planning since June 2004. Prior to joining Cheniere, Ms. Gentle spent eight years in energy market development, economic evaluation and long-range planning. She conducted international business development and strategic planning for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, an oil and gas exploration and production company, for six years and energy market analysis for Pace Global Energy Services, an energy management and consulting firm, for two years. Ms. Gentle received her B.A. in economics and international affairs from James Madison University and a Master of Business Administration from Rice University. Ms. Gentle is also Chief Financial Officer of the general partner of Sabine Pass LNG, L.P.

David Foley

Mr. David I. Foley serves as Director of Cheniere Energy Partners GP, LLC., the general partner of Cheniere Energy Partners LP. Mr. Foley is a Senior Managing Director in the Private Equity Group of The Blackstone Group L.P., an investment and advisory firm (“Blackstone”). Prior to joining Blackstone in 1995, Mr. Foley was an employee of AEA Investors Inc., a private equity investment firm, from 1991 to 1993 and a consultant with The Monitor Company, a business management consulting firm, from 1989 to 1991. Mr. Foley currently serves as a director of Kosmos Energy Ltd. Mr. Foley received a B.A. and a Master of Arts in economics from Northwestern University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

Sean Klimczak

Mr. Sean T. Klimczak serves as Director of Cheniere Energy Partners GP, LLC., the general partner of Cheniere Energy Partners LP. Mr. Klimczak is a Managing Director in the Private Equity Group of The Blackstone Group L.P., an investment and advisory firm. Prior to joining Blackstone in 2005, Mr. Klimczak was an Associate at Madison Dearborn Partners, a private equity investment firm, from 2001 to 2003 and an employee in the Mergers and Acquisitions department of the Investment Banking division of Morgan Stanley, a financial services firm, from 1998 to 2001. Mr. Klimczak received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and Business Economics from Notre Dame and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

H. Davis Thames

Mr. H. Davis Thames serves as Director of Cheniere Energy Partners GP, LLC, the General Partner of Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P., since September 7, 2012. Mr. Thames has served as senior Vice President, Marketing since December 2007 and President of Cheniere Marketing, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, since November 2007. Prior to that time, he was Vice President Marketing, Strategy & Analysis since December 2006 and Executive Vice President of Cheniere Marketing, LLC since February 2007. Prior to joining the Company as Vice President Marketing & Analysis in July 2005, Mr. Thames worked for several years at Cross Country Energy, LLC, serving as Director of Finance, Risk Management and Credit for Transwestern Pipeline, Florida Gas Transmission, and Northern Border Partners, before being promoted to Senior Director of Special Projects at the time of Cross Country’s acquisition by Southern Union and General Electric. Mr. Thames also served as President of Citrus Trading Corp. Previously, Mr. Thames worked in several structured commodity derivative and project finance teams for Enron Corp. Prior to joining Enron, Mr. Thames managed one of Flowserve Corp.’s engineering groups, designing rotating equipment for the energy industry. Mr. Thames earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin, a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University, and an Master of Business Administration from the University of California, Los Angeles Anderson School of Management.

James Ball

Mr. James Robert Ball serves as an Independent Director of Cheniere Energy Partners GP, LLC., the general partner of Cheniere Energy Partners LP. Mr. Ball has served as a non-executive director of Gas Strategies Group, Ltd., since September 2011. From 1998 until August 2011, he also served as an executive director of GSG. Since 2011, Mr. Ball has served as a senior advisor to Tachebois Limited, an energy and equities advisory firm. Mr. Ball is a Fellow of the Energy Institute and Companion of the Institute of Gas Engineers and Managers. Mr. Ball received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Colorado and a Master of Science from City University Business School (now Cass Business School).

Ellis McCain

Mr. Lon McCain serves as an Independent Director of Cheniere Energy Partners GP, LLC., the general partner of Cheniere Energy Partners, LP. He serves as the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Conflicts Committee. He was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ellora Energy Inc. from July 2009 to August 2010. Prior to that, he was Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Westport Resources Corporation 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 & Company. From 1978 until joining Petrie Parkman, he held senior financial management positions with Presidio Oil Company, Petro-Lewis Corporation and Ceres Capital. He is currently on the board of directors of Crimson Exploration, Inc., a publicly traded oil and natural gas exploration and production company, and Continental Resources, Inc. During the past five years, he served as a Director of Transzap, Inc., a privately held provider of digital data and electronic payment solutions. Mr. McCain received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Master's of Business Administration/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

Mr. Vincent Pagano, Jr., serves as an Independent Director of Cheniere Energy Partners GP, LLC, the general partner of Cheniere Energy Partners, LP., since December 7, 2012. He serves as Chairman of the Conflicts Committee and as a member of the Audit Committee. 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 his law degree, cum laude, from Harvard Law School and his B.S. in Engineering, summa cum laude, from Lehigh University and an M.S. in Engineering from the University of California Berkley. Mr. Pagano has not held any other directorship positions in the past five years.

Oliver Richard

Mr. Oliver G. Richard, III, serves as an Independent Director of Cheniere Energy Partners GP, LLC., the general partner of Cheniere Energy Partners LP. Mr. Richard has served as Chairman of Cleanfuel USA, an alternative vehicular fuel company, since September 2007 and, for the past five years, he has been the owner and president of Empire of the Seed LLC, a private consulting firm in the energy and management industries. Mr. Richard served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Columbia Energy Group, a natural gas company, from 1995 until 2000. Mr. Richard was a Commissioner on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from 1982 until 1985. Mr. Richard currently serves as a director of Buckeye Partners, L.P. Mr. Richard received a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and a Juris Doctor from Louisiana State University and a Master of Law in Taxation from Georgetown University.

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