Adri
en Bonnici is an independent consultant on maritime education and training, oil pollution prevention & response and quality auditing. For some years Adrien was the Chairman and Commercial Director for OSRA International Ltd and AOST Group, companies with diverse interests in the oil and gas industry in the Mediterranean region. He was instrumental in the development of the AOST Academy and OSRA – the Spill Response network in Greece, Italy, Malta, Gibraltar, Libya and Tunisia.
Adrien started his career at sea as a deck officer, furthered his studies overseas taking command of vessels for various companies, and later read for Business Management and Administration, and Maritime Port Operations. He was the senior ship / terminal planner for the container terminal in Malta and had the opportunity to train for some time at Jebel Ali Port in Dubai. In the late 1990’s he was the operations manager in Malta for OOCL Agency (Malta) Ltd. In 2002 Adrien moved on to maritime training and for seven years he was the Deputy Director of the local Maritime Institute, where he conducted training and was responsible for programme accreditation and quality management systems. Adrien was also an independent consultant on maritime affairs and was for some years, part of the Malta delegation at IMO on maritime education and training for the Maltese Maritime Authority.
Key Experiences
Adrien has always held senior management positions. His main tasks were always related to business and training development. He is also an operational and hands-on person with more than 30 years of experience in the maritime oil & gas industry and shipping.