Executive Management

Esa Ikaheimonen joined ADNOC Drilling as Chief Financial Officer in 2022. Over the past 30 years, Esa has held senior leadership positions at a number of the world’s leading operators including Shell, Transocean, Genel Energy, and Seadrill.

Fahed Alameri has 20 years of drilling experience in both international oil companies and ADNOC. Since 2010, he held many key leadership roles across ADNOC Group of Companies – most recently as Senior Vice President, Drilling & Logistics of ADNOC Offshore.

Emri Zeineldin joined ADNOC Drilling in December 2018 as Senior Vice President, Oil Field Services (OFS). Over the course of his career, Emri has held various senior positions within the Baker Hughes oil field services division, including Director and General Manager (then, BHGE) in the UAE and Yemen from 2017 to 2018.

Ali Al Mahri currently has oversight and responsibility over our offshore jackup, island rig and marine service divisions. He joined the company in 2018 as Senior Vice President, Technical, with responsibility over Engineering, Projects, Maintenance, Business Development and Asset Integrity Departments. Prior to that, he served as Vice President, Drilling, in ADNOC Offshore with responsibility over their offshore and islands drilling activities in their various field concessions.

Sultan Al Mansoori has over 20 years of drilling experience at ADNOC. He has held many leadership roles across ADNOC upstream group of companies (Offshore and Onshore). As Senior Vice President – Onshore, he is responsible for the Company’s Land Rig Operations Function that includes Land Rigs, Water Well Rigs, Rig Moves, Operations Support and Base Support.

Shaikha Ali Al Dhaheri joined ADNOC Drilling in 2022 as Senior Vice President, Human Capital and Shared Services. She has overall responsibility for leading the company's workforce strategies, talent development and organization development. Shaikha has been associated with ADNOC since 2004, and most recently served as Senior Vice President, Human Capital and Administration at ADNOC Offshore.

Alexander Urquhart joined ADNOC Drilling in 2018 as Deputy Chief Financial Officer and held the role of Chief Financial Officer from 2020, until his appointment as SVP of Finance and Control in 2022. Prior to joining ADNOC Drilling, he worked with BP for 23 years.

Iain Cracknell joined ADNOC Drilling as Vice President Communications and CSR in September 2021. Iain has almost 25 years' experience in the oil and gas industry. Iain previously worked at Seadrill for eight years, and prior to that spent 15 years at Total SA.

Ayman Bahnasawy has more than 22 years of experience working with multinational oil and gas operating, services and drilling organizations across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with his most recent appointment being in 2019, as our VP, HSE.

Dr. Eisa Al Hammadi has been associated with ADNOC since 2013, and currently leads the Audit & Assurance Division within ADNOC Drilling as Vice President. With a doctorate in Corporate Governance, his professional experience encompasses key public and private entities along with financial institutions.

Nicolas Robert joined ADNOC Drilling in 2022 as Vice President, Investor Relations, with responsibility for managing communication between the company’s corporate management and its investors. Over the course of the last 20 years, Nicolas has held senior positions in the global oil and gas industry including Head of Investor Relations at SBM Offshore.