Carolyn Benton Aiman
Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
Sempra Infrastructure
Carolyn Benton Aiman is senior vice president and chief legal officer for Sempra Infrastructure. She was recently vice president and general counsel for Sempra LNG. She is responsible for all of Sempra Infrastructure's legal affairs, including matters related to legal strategy, LNG development, operations, regulatory, governance and compliance.
Benton Aiman has more than 20 years of in-house legal and private law firm experience. She has worked in energy for most of her career and has supported different lines of business across the energy value chain. Most recently, Benton Aiman was managing counsel – capital projects and global supply chain for Shell, where she provided legal support for Shell’s major capital projects and was also responsible for overseeing legal aspects relating to the global supply chain function for capital projects. Benton Aiman has significant experience in the delivery of major projects across the U.S and global oil and gas, LNG, chemicals and renewables projects and operations.
Prior to that role, Benton Aiman served as senior legal counsel in various of Shell’s business areas, including upstream & wind, alternative fuels, downstream manufacturing & commercial, and regulatory & employment, including managing pre-litigation disputes.
In addition, Benton Aiman served as executive sponsor of Shell Legal’s U.S Diversity Council as well as Shell’s woman focused employee resource group, and related key initiatives. She was also named to the Top 50 Women in the Law 2019 by the National Diversity Council and named Houston Magazine’s Woman of Influence in 2017.
Benton Aiman serves on the boards of Lead Inc. and the Spouses of Barristers.
Benton Aiman has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Texas and received a law degree with honors from the University of Missouri.
