NextDecade Corporation announced that it has appointed Erik Ludtke as Chief Commercial Officer effective November 1, 2018. In this role, Mr. Ludtke will be responsible for developing and managing the natural gas supply portfolio, the midstream assets, and the commercial operations required to provide NextDecade’s customers with reliable liquefied natural gas from NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG and Galveston Bay LNG projects. Mr. Ludtke will report to Matt Schatzman, NextDecade’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Ludtke has nearly 25 years of experience in the energy industry. Prior to joining NextDecade, Mr. Ludtke led commercial and business development activities at NorthStar Midstream, a portfolio company of Oaktree Capital. From 2006 until 2011, Mr. Ludtke led Apache Corporation’s oil and gas marketing and trading group in the U.S. and Latin America. Prior to 2006, Mr. Ludtke spent six years with Duke Energy, including three years as President of the company’s South America (Southern Cone) business unit, and he worked at BG Group where he managed projects and regional business units, including assignments and leadership roles in Argentina, India, Israel, and the United Kingdom.