Eman-Al-Yami

Eman Al-Yami

Head of HR & Development, Northern Area Oil Operations

Eman Al-Yami is the Head of Human Resources of Saudi Aramco Exploration Organization since 2016 addressing development, recruitments, and outreach programs such as gifted program and sponsorship of all events and conferences both nationally and internationally. She was the Technical Training and Development Group Leader (2013-2016) where she managed to centralize all training programs that to increasing the transparency among all Exploration’s department. She was the Program Leader of the Exploration Specialist Development (2011-2012) responsible for managing all activities to develop subject matter experts in all Exploration expertise areas. Before joining Saudi Aramco Exploration, Eman participated in King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) establishment project management team where she was involved in establishing the medical services at KAUST and recruitment of Saudi staff. Prior KAUST, she worked as a medical technologist & microbiologist at Saudi Aramco Medical Center working in diverse high technologies with a recognized contribution of lab accreditation.

Eman has completed her BS in Applied Science, King Faisal University, Dammam, and Post Graduate Certificate in Business Administration, University of Leicester, England 2014. She has completed Saudi Aramco Finance and Strategy Executive Program with London Business School, 2019-2020. She was also certified as a professional in Human resources from SHRM since 2016.

Eman Received the Talent and Capability Development award given by the Middle East Oil & Gas Show and Conference in 2019, and the Training Initiative of the Year award for establishing “Exploration Geoscience Program” at the Oil & Gas Middle East and Refining & Petrochemicals Middle East in 2018. In 2020, Eman got awarded the GEO Distinguished Service Award sponsored jointly by AAPG, SEG, and EAGE.