William G. Gurrola

About William G. Gurrola

I am a global leader and mission-focused change agent with more than 20 years of diverse and progressive experience in the energy markets, including LNG, Natural Gas, and Power. Passionate about working and living in pursuit of the greater purpose of enabling a global energy transition to a low carbon future and helping end energy poverty around the world by bringing cleaner and more reliable sources of energy to places where it is needed most to both displace high carbon fuels and complement renewables. I offer deep knowledge in global energy market dynamics and vital contributions to the deployment of new energy technologies across the energy value chain. Throughout my career I have accumulated a strong track record in multibillion-dollar project development and management, origination and marketing, commercial structuring, negotiations, risk management, and project finance—including the unique career achievement of having led a large-scale liquefaction project to final investment decision. A trusted and dedicated business partner, I have repeatedly served as a liaison between internal executive teams/boards and external partners to gain buy-in; drive consensus; and garner support, resources, and funding. I have also been consistently successful building effective project teams and driving collaboration across functional SMEs, external affairs, and stakeholder groups. Transformation leadership is at the core of my career story, and I pride myself in the ability to anticipate evolving situations and implement a project management mentality to strategize through change, build ground-up solutions, optimize resources, and manage risk. As a leader, I aim to be empowering and highly communicative, as I believe information sharing is a catalyst for alignment, cohesiveness, and productivity even in the most ambiguous and uncertain circumstances. I attribute much of my open mindedness and adaptability to more than 20 years of working in a highly global marketplace and building new business across Asia, Europe, South America, and North America. As a dual citizen of Mexico and the U.S, I bring an inherent and enthusiastic global mindset to comfortably integrate into various cultures and international environments while effectively navigating varying business and market nuances. I look forward to connecting with other forward thinkers here on LinkedIn.

Experience

1. Vice President Sempra Infrastrucure & General Manager - Port Arthur Lng

   Sempra Infrastructure

   May 2023 — Present

   Overall leadership for the safe, efficient, and profitable execution and long-term operation of the Port Arthur LNG enterprise.The Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 project is under construction after taking FID in March 2023. The $13 billion liquefaction project is designed to include two natural gas liquefaction trains, two LNG storage tanks and associated facilities with a nameplate capacity of approximately 13 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa). PALNG Phase 2 is currently under development and will add another 13 Mtpa of liquefaction capacity.

Education

• Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business

  MBA, Finance & Strategy

• Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México

  Licenciatura (Bachelor's degree), Economics

Skills

• Corporate Finance
• Forecasting
• Management
• Derivatives
• Financial Analysis
• Lng
• Capital Markets
• Natural Gas
• Commodity Markets
• Trading
• Commodity
• Mergers
• Financial Structuring
• Structured Finance
• Project Management
• Energy Industry
• Asset Management
• Energy
• Project Finance
• Analysis
• Joint Ventures
• Financial Modeling
• Renewable Energy
• Risk Management
• Pipelines
• Valuation
• Gas
• Venture Capital
• Energy Markets
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Hedging
• Finance
• Economics
• Business Strategy
• Due Diligence
• Commodity Risk Management
• Private Equity
• Negotiation
• Strategy