ABOUT — THE STORY

Depth is earned.
Vision is built.

My career began where most strategies end: in the field. As one of the first Emirati women to serve as a Drilling Operations Supervisor, I led a 66-person crew in the Al Dhafra desert — 21-day rotations, 12-hour shifts, and full accountability for safety, cost and delivery.

The results set records: the best rate of penetration across ADNOC Onshore in every well section, the longest well ever drilled in ADNOC Onshore — DY-342 — delivered safely, and pioneering batch-drilling PAD designs for unconventional reservoirs.

Then I made a deliberate move most technical leaders never make: into the CEO office. Today, as a Corporate Excellence Specialist, I translate field truth into enterprise strategy — excellence frameworks, KPI architecture, 100-day transformation plans and executive narratives that hold up because I have lived the operations behind them.

The rare dual capability — hands-on field leadership and corporate strategy execution — is my entire value proposition.

AlUnood AlNuaimi
CREDENTIALS
MSc, Quality & Business Excellence — ADSM
CMI Level 7 — Strategic Management & Leadership
B.Eng — Applied Petroleum Engineering
Drilling Well Control Level 4
THE TRAJECTORY — SURFACE TO STRATEGY
2025 —
CORPORATE EXCELLENCE SPECIALIST — CEO OFFICE ALIGNMENT
ADNOC GROUP
2023
UNCONVENTIONAL SENIOR DRILLING ENGINEER
ADNOC GROUP
2021
DRILLING SUPERVISOR — UAE PIONEER
ADNOC ONSHORE
2020
WORKOVER DRILLING ENGINEER
ADNOC
2019
MWD FIELD ENGINEER
SCHLUMBERGER
WHAT I STAND FOR
Field truth first

Strategy that ignores operational reality is theatre. Every framework I build is stress-tested against how work actually happens.

Excellence as culture

Not compliance checklists — living systems of performance, governance and continuous improvement that leadership actually uses.

Lift as you climb

Pioneering means leaving the door open: mentoring the next generation of female engineers and leaders across the energy sector.