Dr. Akinyemi “Yemi” Okeremi is a dynamic and seasoned Project Management Professional with 25 years of progressive work experience mainly in upstream oil and gas industry. He has an excellent track record as individual performer and leader of high performing teams. Intuitively solves problems and puts structure/process in place, passionate about improving productivity and efficiency. These attributes have significantly helped his organizational leadership. He is self-motivated and result oriented with sound technical background.

On the technical side, he is a Subject Matter Expert in Materials and Corrosion with in-depth knowledge in Asset Integrity Process Safety Management (AIPSM), Materials Selection for sweet and sour service, Quality Control and Quality Assurance, Root Cause/Failure Mode and Effect Analyses (FMEA), Fitness for purpose material evaluations, welding qualifications (including cladding and welding of exotic materials), material qualification for sweet/sour service, novel/cutting edge applications, erosion and vibration assessment using CFD Model and Cathodic Protection design. He has several publications in the field of Metallurgy, Materials and Corrosion Engineering.

In the course of his career, Dr. Okeremi has worked in Deepwater Subsea and Topsides/Facilities. He is currently Vice President (Engineering) for Yyconnect Consulting Inc. in Houston Texas USA. He was the Materials and Corrosion Lead for Shell Prelude Project in Australia, Subsea Hardware Lead/Contract Manager for Shell Bonga Southwest Aparo Project in Nigeria. He is endowed with excellent communication, interpersonal and leadership skills with diverse multicultural/multinational experience.

Dr. Okeremi has a bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University Nigeria, Master’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Columbia University New York USA, Masters and Ph.D. in Corrosion Science and Engineering from University of Manchester, Manchester UK. He is also an alumnus of the Harvard Business School, Boston Massachusetts USA.

Engineer Tunde Okeremi is a highly dynamic and result oriented professional with over 23years of progressive management experience mainly in the oil and gas and IT industry. She has effectively led and managed multi-discipline teams to deliver projects on time and within budget in the America, Asia, Europe and Africa. She continuously utilizes her leadership and communication skills to make sure that the goals and objective of the projects are well understood by all stakeholders and the executive management/client is carried along.

Client satisfaction is of topmost priority, so short and long- term analytical projections and a bird’s eye-view for a successful completion is a must for all her projects.

Engineer Tunde has extensive work experience in Deepwater Subsea, Topsides and drilling controls. She worked in engineering and project management roles in Subsea controls, intervention, surveillance for Shell USA and Nigeria; and as Drilling Controls Consultant for Exxon Mobil and Total in Offshore Norway, North Sea; Singapore and Offshore Brunei where she managed pre-commissioning, commissioning, system integration, startup for new and overhauled drilling rigs.

Engineer Tunde Okeremi has a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ilorin Nigeria, Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Houston Baptist University, Texas US and Masters of Science (M.Sc.) in Electronics Communication and Computer Engineering from Nottingham University UK. She is a seasoned administrator and innovative leader.

Engineer Tunde Okeremi is a Member of the Institute of Electrical Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Professional Member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Registered Member Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Member Society of Women Engineers (SWE), Member Women in Energy Network (WEN).