Yasser Omer is a geologist at 2B Petroleum Operating Company.  He is interested and active in peace and the process of peace-building and managing conflicts. He is also interested in environmental issues and climate change.

Yasser has more than 12 years of work experience in the nonprofit sector. He started his volunteer work in the Alsufur Charitable Society in north Sudan. He has an active membership in many organizations and societies such as International Peace Bureau (IPB), Impact Youth Sustainability (IYS), and the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Network.

He is a member of the events department in the European Young Engineers (EYE). He is also a member of the international relations committee in Global Peace Chain-North Sudan, so he is one of the peace ambassadors in his country.

Yasser is the founder and president of the PetroNile Academy-(www.pn-academy.org), a nonprofit training platform in the oil and gas industry and the first-ever e-learning platform in Sudan. Through the academy, he helped to increase awareness about the sustainable development goals among students in Sudan.

Yasser believes that oil and gas contribute to sustainable development by providing energy, overcoming poverty, and managing the impacts of its operations by emphasizing environmental protection, health and safety, and human rights. He would like to continue with his volunteer-based organization to help equip students with technical knowledge, sharing networks, and volunteer opportunities to help them improve their professional and personal skills.