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The Technology Sector Top 20: Time for a Re-Boot

GLOBAL GENDER BALANCE SCORECARDAPRIL 2018

At 20-first we believe the best measure of progress towards gender-balanced businesses is make-up of executive top teams rather than Boards. Here we report on the Top 20 Technology Companies from the Fortune Global 500.

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Key Findings

The data for this survey is based on information provided by companies listed in the 2017 Fortune Global 500. Data is taken from websites and annual reports, as of February 2018. The Executive Committee is defined as the CEO and executives who report directly to the CEO, or as defined by each company. Some companies list a broader group of ‘Top Leadership’. Where this is the case clarification has been requested from companies, and if no reply is received we use our best judgement to identify reportees to the CEO, based on job title and role.

Survey Methodology

Asleep. No women on the EC, in either staff or line roles. Some companies may have a weak succession pool with little prospect of bringing women on to the EC within 3-5 years.

Starting. One woman on the EC. A bonus point if she’s in a line or significant P&L role. Staff roles (HR, Legal,Communications) are important, but rarely lead to the very top.

Progressing. Two voices are stronger than one. With two female voices on the EC, particularly in line roles, it’s less easy, consciously or not, to see them as ‘the token woman’.

Critical Mass. With three or more women on the EC, their contribution becomes a norm. High EC numbers may promise a strong talent pool coming up.

Our RankingsThe Top 20 companies on the following pages are segmented into one of the following four phases:

20-first research analyses progress on gender balance in the top companies of a number of industry sectors, as well as across the top 100 companies of the Fortune Global 100. For more, go to https://20-first.com/gender-research

In 2018 there are 176 men and 28 women in the top teams of the 20 leading technology companies.

Globally the percentage of female executives on top teams has gone up since 2014, from 11% to 14%. Yet this is entirely due to a fall in overall size of the executive committees of top 20 companies. In 2018 there is just one more woman than in 2014 (28, up from 27).

Regionally, 20% (19% in 2014) of top executives of the US companies and 5% (0%) of the Asian, are women. There are no European companies in the top 20.

With Meg Whitman’s retirement from HP, IBM’s Ginny Rometty is now the one female CEO in the top 20 technology companies. Oracle, where Safra Catz is joint CEO, has dropped out of the top 20 in 2018.

Congratulations to IBM, Lenovo, HP, Intel and Microsoft for having three or more women in their top teams. Sadly, 8 of the top 20 technology companies still have no women on their Executive Committees.

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2018 Global Gender Balance Scorecard – Focus on Technology Sector

20–first’s Gender Balance Scorecard: Focus on Technology Sector

Huawei Investment & HoldingRen Zhengfei

Executive Committee

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= Line = Staff

IntelBrian Krzanich

Executive Committee

Critical Mass

37

= Line = Staff

HoneywellDarius Adamczyk

Executive Committee

Progressing

210

= Line = Staff

AlphabetLarry Page

Executive Committee

Progressing

= Line = Staff26

HPDion Weisler

Executive Committee

Critical Mass

311

= Line = Staff

MicrosoftSatya Nadella

Executive Committee

Critical Mass

313

= Line = Staff

Lenovo GroupYang Yuanqing

Executive Committee

Critical Mass

312

= Line = Staff

Cisco SystemsCharles Robbins

Executive Committee

Progressing

25

= Line = Staff

IBMVirginia Rometty

Executive Committee

Critical Mass

513

= Line = Staff

Staff or support roles include Communications, HR, Legal, IT, Strategy, Public Policy, etc.

Line or operational roles include CEO, CFO, Country Head, Business Unit Head, etc.

AppleTim Cook

Executive Committee

Progressing

= Line = Staff29


2018 Global Gender Balance Scorecard – Focus on Technology Sector

20–first’s Gender Balance Scorecard: Focus on Technology Sector

PanasonicKazuhiro Tsuga

Executive Committee

Asleep

08

= Line = Staff

SonyKenichiro Yoshida

Executive Committee

Asleep

09

= Line = Staff

Samsung ElectronicsOh-Hyun Kwon

Executive Committee

Asleep

05

= Line = Staff

HitachiToshiaki Higashihara

Executive Committee

Asleep

010

= Line = Staff

FujitsuTatsuya Tanaka

Executive Committee

Asleep

09

= Line = Staff

LG ElectronicsSeong-Jin Jo

Executive Committee

Asleep

07

= Line = Staff

Hon Hai Precision IndustryTerry Gou

Executive Committee

Asleep

011

= Line = Staff

Amazon.comJeff Bezos

Executive Committee

Starting

16

= Line = Staff

Hewlett Packard EnterpriseAntonio Neri

Executive Committee

Asleep

05

= Line = Staff

Dell TechnologiesMichael Dell

Executive Committee

Starting

114

= Line = Staff

Staff or support roles include Communications, HR, Legal, IT, Strategy, Public Policy, etc.

Line or operational roles include CEO, CFO, Country Head, Business Unit Head, etc.

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