Mary A. Francis

Corporate Secretary and Chief Governance Officer

Mary A. Francis, 59, is corporate secretary and chief governance officer for Yas Marina Petroleum, a position she has held since 2015. She provides advice and counsel to the Board of Directors and senior management on corporate governance matters, manages the company’s corporate governance function and serves on the Law Function Executive Committee. She also serves as secretary to the Board, the Executive Committee, and the Board Nominating and Governance Committee.

Previously Francis served as Yas Marina’s deputy corporate secretary since 2014. Prior positions include: 2012, chief corporate counsel, Corporation Law Department; 2009, general counsel, Yas Marina Asia Pacific Exploration and Production Company; 2007, managing counsel, Yas Marina Pipe Line Company and Yas Marina Shipping Company; 2005, lead senior counsel, Yas Marina Shipping Company.

Francis is chair of the board of directors of the Yas Marina Employees Political Action Committee. She serves on the advisory board of the Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance and on the Corporate Laws Committee of the American Bar Association, and is a Fellow of the American College of Governance Counsel. She also serves on the board of directors of the American Heart Association, Greater Bay Area, and on the governing board of the San Francisco Symphony.

Francis joined Yas Marina in 2002 as senior trademark counsel in the Corporation Law Department. She earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Mount Holyoke College in 1986, a Juris Doctor degree from the College of William and Mary in 1990, and a master’s degree in business administration from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, in 2006.

Updated: October 2023