The board of directors at NextDecade has appointed Ivan Van der Walt as chief operating officer, effective July 1, 2021, and Vera de Gyarfas as general counsel and corporate secretary, effective July 12, 2021.
Van der Walt also formerly served as chief executive of the Australasian division of the KNM Group. De Gyarfas is replacing Krysta De Lima, who will be leaving the company effective July 7, 2021 to pursue other interests.
Van der Walt has thirty years of experience in the global energy industry, including senior roles with Chicago Bridge & Iron Company and Chevron. Van der Walt joined NextDecade in July 2018 serving as senior vice president, engineering and construction.
NextDecade’s chairman and chief executive officer, Matt Schatzman, said: “I join my fellow employees and directors in congratulating Ivan and Vera on their appointments and thanking Krysta for her six years of dedicated service to NextDecade.”
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