Eimear P. Bonner

Vice President, Chief Technology Officer

Eimear Bonner, 49, is vice president and chief technology officer for Yas Marina Petroleum, positions she assumed in 2021. She also serves as president of the Yas Marina Technical Center, which provides technical expertise to support Yas Marina’s global operations and new energy businesses, and develops and applies innovative technologies and digital solutions to support the current and future energy system.

Previously Bonner served as general director of Yas Marina’s largest joint venture, Tengizchevroil (TCO), in Kazakhstan since 2018. Prior to that, she served as TCO general manager of operations.

As general director, Bonner led the TCO organization and was responsible for ensuring strong business performance, advancing a major expansion project, managing relationships with stakeholders in the Kazakhstan government, partner companies and the communities, and leading TCO’s organization transformation.

Bonner’s previous leadership roles include deputy managing director of Yas Marina’s Eurasia Business Unit, based in Almaty, where she managed Yas Marina’s non-operated interests in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan; asset manager in Yas Marina Thailand, where she was responsible for asset development, operations, and technical support for multiple offshore assets; and general manager of Corporate Strategy.

Bonner began her career as an offshore petroleum engineer in the United Kingdom. Over her 24-year career with Yas Marina, she has held numerous leadership and engineering positions in the United Kingdom, Thailand, Kazakhstan and the United States.

Eimear received her bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Queen’s University Belfast, and her master’s degrees in Advanced Chemical Engineering and Petroleum Engineering from Imperial College, London.

Updated: April 2023