Beatrice Bienvenu has been appointed to lead Chevron’s exploration activities in Namibia and West Africa as country manager. 

She recently visited Windhoek in her new capacity and met with the leadership from the Upstream Petroleum Unit in the Office of the Presidency, the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor), the Petroleum Training and Education Fund (PetroFund), and the United States Embassy.

“It was a privilege to travel to Namibia as Chevron’s new country manager to meet our key stakeholders,” said Bienvenu. 

“It was an honour for me to share our positive experience in Namibia and highlight some of the factors that make the country attractive for investment. We see exploration and future development of energy resources as a pathway for prosperity for Namibia. I’m excited to continue our partnership for many years to come,” she added. 

In her previous role, Bienvenu was the manager for Chevron’s Pipeline & Power Control Centre in Houston. She was responsible for overseeing the safe and reliable remote operations of the company’s US federally regulated pipelines. 

Bienvenu has also served as an advisor for Chevron’s international exploration division, supporting exploration strategy, portfolio optimisation, business planning, activity execution tracking and financial reporting. 

She served as chief of staff for the government affairs office in Washington, DC, for almost three years.

Since joining Chevron in 2010, Bienvenu has worked in several roles, including as a seismic specialist, drilling offshore exploration wells and appraising discovered resources to assess commerciality. 

Bienvenu graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a BS in Electrical Engineering and a minor in Management Science.

She also holds an MS in Geophysics. 

Chevron is one of the world’s leading integrated energy companies.

It produces crude oil and natural gas. 

In addition, it manufactures transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals and additives. 

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