In 2002, Bryan Bonaventure Nicholas Naun was your typical 18-year-old avid computer gamer shooting out a round of Call of Duty in a cyber cafe, when he noticed an advertisement pop up on screen.
“It was for the Petronas Education Sponsorship Programme (PESP),” Bryan, from Penampang, Sabah, recalled.
As he just completed his matriculation, he thought he’d just apply – and promptly continued with his gaming. Soon, his life was about to change.
A year later, he successfully secured an education sponsorship to pursue Chemical Engineering at Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) in Tronoh, Perak, where he graduated four years later.
Source: TheStar.com
His call of duty saw him stationed at different Petronas operating units within the first 10 years of his career – starting as a shift supervisor at Petronas Gas Bhd in Terengganu in 2007.
During those years, he spent most of his time working hands-on in the field.
By 2009, he was posted to Labuan Gas Terminal and was sent for an attachment at Shell-operated Labuan Crude Oil Terminal, after that, as a maintenance supervisor at Sabah Oil & Gas Terminal in Kimanis, Sabah.
Bryan’s dedication did not go unnoticed – by July 2017, he was appointed executive assistant to the head of Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd (Sabah Assets) at Menara Petronas in Sembulan.
He was appointed the operation readiness manager last October, transitioning from fieldwork to an indoor office environment.
“It was a major transition for me,” he said.
“I was exposed to new experiences beyond field operations involving various business operations and finance units, business planning, corporate planning and law.”
In looking back, Bryan is grateful for the opportunity to develop himself beyond his expertise and background as a chemical engineer.
“It’s definitely stepping out of my comfort zone and doing other things beyond operations,” he said.
Bryan also gets to travel to Australia, Spain, Singapore, South Korea and the United Kingdom on assignments.
Making good use of opportunities.
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