Newell Blair

Power and Energy Infrastructure Advisory

Role
Chief Financial Officer at Lantern Lng
Location
Brooklyn, NY, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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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

  1. Chief Financial Officer

    Lantern Lng

    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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