Gentle also made a $10 million investment in Tellurian, which was co-founded earlier this year by former Cheniere chief executive Charif Souki and onetime BG Group chief operating officer Martin Houston.

Gentle joined Cheniere in 2004 as an analyst and was appointed chief financial officer in 2009.

"In very difficult circumstances, she managed Cheniere’s liquidity and arranged financings which bought the company time to recover and adapt," Souki said in a statement,

"When we developed our new strategy, she went on to negotiate $25 billion of debt and equity financings which turned Cheniere into a spectacular success."

Gentle