Barnaud joins Gazprom Marketing & Trading to head LNG business

Frederic Barnaud has joined Gazprom Marketing and Trading (GM&T) as liquefied natural gas (LNG) director, reporting to chief executive Vitaly Vasiliev.

Barnaud joins from Total Gas & Power, where he held a number of positions, including, most recently, head of LNG trading.

GM&T's LNG business was previously run by John Hattenberger, who also runs its wider Houston-based US business.

"We felt that as both LNG and our US businesses will play increasingly important parts in our portfolio in the years