Daniel Belhumeur

Daniel Belhumeur

President, Tellurian Inc.

Daniel joined Tellurian in October 2016 and assumed the role of President in December 2023. Before taking on the presidency, he served as General Counsel. Prior to his tenure at Tellurian, Daniel held various positions at Cheniere Energy, Inc., including Vice President, Tax and General Tax Counsel, Tax Director, and Domestic Tax Counsel.

Daniel's professional journey commenced in public accounting after earning his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Accounting from Texas A&M University. He furthered his education by obtaining a law degree from the University of Kansas School of Law and an LL.M. from the Georgetown University Law Center.

In addition to his extensive professional background, Daniel is actively engaged in professional associations, including the American Bar Association and the Houston Bar Association. Moreover, he contributes to the academic community by serving on the Board of Governors at the University of Kansas School of Law.

Samik Mukherjee

Samik Mukherjee

President, Tellurian Investments

Samik Mukherjee joined Tellurian in May 2022 as EVP and President Driftwood Assets including pipelines, LNG production and export terminal. With over thirty years of energy industry experience, most recently serving as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer of McDermott International, Ltd. where he was responsible for global operations, assets management, commercial, digital and energy transition. Samik brings many years of proven experience and leadership in LNG, Petrochemicals and Offshore projects and operations. During his time at McDermott, Samik was responsible for the project execution of five LNG projects with over 60 MTPA of LNG liquefaction capacity.

Samik holds a master’s degree in business administration from the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) at Erasmus University in the Netherlands and a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur. He completed the Harvard Business School Executive Program on Aligning and Executing Strategy and is currently an Advisory Panel Member at the University of Houston’s Bauer College of Business.

Simon Oxley

Simon Oxley

EVP and Chief Financial Officer

Simon Oxley joined Tellurian in June 2023 as EVP and Chief Financial Officer, with responsibility for accounting, finance, risk, and investor relations functions.

With over 20 years of oil and gas investment banking experience, Simon has experience of large oil and gas related M&A across the globe, debt and equity related financing and broader corporate finance related activity and advised on a number of recent LNG related transactions. Simon was formerly a Managing Director and Co-Head of Oil & Gas Investment Banking for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) with Barclays Investment Bank in London.

Simon holds a Chemical Engineering degree from The University of Edinburgh and spent a year at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a Master of Science in Corporate and International Finance from Durham University Business School.

Meredith Mouer

Meredith Mouer

General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer

Meredith Mouer, currently the General Counsel at Tellurian Inc., joined the company in February 2017. Before assuming her current role, she held the position of Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel within Tellurian Inc. Prior to her tenure at Tellurian, Ms. Mouer served as a Partner in the corporate securities section at Andrews Kurth LLP from 2003. During her time at Andrews Kurth, her practice encompassed providing guidance to clients on various aspects, including public and private equity offerings, mergers and acquisitions, joint venture transactions, special committees, and general corporate and securities matters. Ms. Mouer's expertise extended to advising public companies on matters such as periodic reporting, corporate governance, proxy solicitation, and compliance with federal securities laws and stock exchanges. She has notable experience in the energy industry, particularly with master limited partnerships.

Beyond her professional achievements, Ms. Mouer has demonstrated a longstanding commitment to advancing women lawyers. She is a Founding Member of the UT Center for Women in Law and, alongside the Managing Partner of Andrews Kurth, served as Co-Chair of Andrews Kurth’s Women’s Initiative Team for over a decade. Since 2015, she has served as a member of the Board of Directors of SEARCH Homeless Services. Ms. Mouer earned her B.A. from Vanderbilt University in 1991 and her J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 1995.

John Howie

John Howie

EVP of Upstream and President of Tellurian Production Company

John Howie has over three decades of experience managing and investing in upstream energy assets, deploying ~$2 Bn in equity and debt across 80 + companies and projects. He was most recently president of Impact Natural Resources, a private upstream company with production in the Gulf Coast and Permian Basin and evaluations in select North American basins. He was a Founder of Parallel Resource Partners and a member of Board of Managers and the Investment committee of the $700 million private equity fund. He led Goldman Sachs E&P Capital, a staff of technical and financial professionals, investing over $1 Billion in upstream opportunities. He served as a Managing Director at EnCap Investments and held engineering, finance and management positions with Range Resources, Apache, and Amoco. John has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from New Mexico State and is a Professional Engineer in the state of Texas, member of Society of Petroleum Engineers, The Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers and the Houston Producers Forum.

Tarek Souki

Tarek Souki

EVP of LNG Marketing and Trading

Tarek Souki joined Tellurian as Senior Vice President - LNG Marketing and Trading in August 2016. Since joining, he has created the marketing team tasked with commercializing the Driftwood Project.  Additionally, Tarek has overseen the build out of Tellurian’s LNG trading group. Prior to Tellurian, Tarek was VP of Finance and Business Development at Cheniere Marketing in charge of finance for the marketing and trading group.  He also led the build out of the middle and back office functions for Cheniere’s trading desk.  Before Cheniere, Tarek spent 14 years working in the banking industry, including most recently at Credit Suisse in New York and London. There he specialized in corporate and project finance for the resources sector.  He holds an MBA from the University of Southern California and a BA in Economics from the University of California, Irvine.

Joi A. Lecznar

Joi A. Lecznar

EVP of Public and Government Affairs

Joi joined Tellurian in 2016 and serves as Executive Vice President – Public and Government Affairs. In this capacity, she is responsible for communication, including public relations and media, as well as federal and state government affairs. Joi brings 35 years of communication experience in several industries, including oil and gas, banking and consulting, and has conducted business in 19 countries on six continents. Previous employers include Mercer, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and BG Group plc. Before joining Tellurian, she was the Owner, Founder and President of TopDog Communication and Development, L.L.C. She graduated With Distinction from the University of Nebraska, majoring in Journalism and Communication.

Margery M. Harris

Margery M. Harris

EVP and Chief Human Resources Officer

Margery (Margie) Harris is an accomplished leader, having worked in both industry and consulting leading Human Resource change initiatives. Ms. Harris joined Tellurian in 2017 to establish and lead the human resources function. She has held leadership positions at several large Fortune 500 companies including Apache Corporation where she held the position of Executive Vice President of Human Resources of Apache Corporation, Texas Genco, a wholesale electrical power generation company where she established the human resources group. She also headed the human resources groups at Integrated Electrical Services, a national electrical contracting company and Santa Fe Snyder, an independent exploration and production company. 

She serves on the alumni board and the Dean’s advisory council of the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University and serves as a Board of Director of the alumni board of The Ohio State University. Local Houston outreach includes her service on the Boards of the University of St. Thomas and the Sam Houston Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. She was recently appointed as an adjunct faculty member of the Mays School, at the University of Texas A&M.

Ms. Harris holds a bachelor's degree with honors in finance from The Ohio State University. She also earned an MBA from the University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas.