Newell Blair
Power and Energy Infrastructure Advisory
- Role
- Chief Financial Officer at Lantern Lng
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Newell Blair
Experienced in power and energy infrastructure finance, focusing on conventional and renewable power generation at developers, independent power producers, investment banking firms, and a lending agency with responsibilities covering business development, M&A, capital raising, and portfolio management functions. Worked in all areas of the capital stack (equity and senior debt, tax equity, pref structures, mezzanine financings) from raising early stage capital to project financings to M&A (project and corporate level).
Experience
Chief Financial Officer
Sep 2025 — Present · Brooklyn, NY, US
CFO for Lantern LNG, an innovative LNG developer in the United States. Lantern LNG is developing a 11.0 MTPA nearshore LNG export facility off of the coast of Texas with the first 3.65 MTPA Train to reach FID in 2028 and COD in 2031. Lantern LNG be the lowest cost, most efficient LNG export facility in the United States and use the proven Honeywell AP-DMR processing technology.
Education
University of Michigan
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Dual Major Economics/Arabic
2003 — 2007
University of Michigan
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics
2003 — 2007
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
Master of Arts (M.A.), International Economics and International Finance
2012 — 2014
Skills
- Financial Accounting
- Qualitative Research
- Renewable Energy
- Spss
- Utility Regulation
- Energy
- Loan Origination
- Finance
- Research
- Quantitative Research
- Credit Analysis
- Financial Analysis
- English
- Economics
- Project Management
- Egyptian Arabic
- Data Analysis
- Iraqi Arabic
- Valuation
- Infrastructure
- Due Diligence
- Financial Modeling
- Stata
- Structured Finance
- Utility Industry
- Tax Equity
- International Economics
- Analysis
- Management Consulting
- Project Finance
- Arabic
- International Finance
- Electricity Markets
- Corporate Finance
- Market Research
- Investment Advisory
- Portfolio Management
- French
- Oil & Gas Industry
- Turkish
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