oil and gas gender diversity survey results

Oil and gas gender diversity survey

The results

April 2016

Survey demographics overview

Oil and gas gender diversity study

Overview

236 responses from 35 countries

Men: 41%Women: 59%

Regions

Americas: 50.8%EMEIA: 40.7%

Asia-Pacific: 8.5%

Company size

$1bn-5b: 18.2%$5b-10b: 10.2% $10b+: 33.5%

N/A: 9.7%

Age

25-43: 12.5%35-44: 32.6%45-54: 35.2%55+: 19.9%

RoleGlobal board executive:

3.4% Senior management: 25.8%

Head of business unit: 18.6%

Senior director: 8.1% Senior manager: 32.2%

Manager: 11.9%

Career path

Worked in sector whole career: 48.4%

vs.Moved to sector from

another industry: 51.7%

Background

Finance: 46%Engineering: 13.1Legal, policy: 8.1%

General manager: 4.7%Technology: 3.4%

Sales: 6.4%Other: 17.8%

Time in sector

0-5 years: 16%6-10 years: 23%

11-20 years: 30%21-30 years: 22%31-40 years: 9%

Figures may not add up to 100% because of rounding

64%believe their business model needs to fundamentally change in order to survive and thrive.

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94%73%

55%believe diversity of thought and experience will be key to helping navigate change.

say their leadership teams do not have enough diversity of thought and experience

believe they will need to dramatically change the way they attract, retain and promote talent


► Less than a quarter (16%) say their organization is very effective at retaining women.

► 15% say they are very effective at promoting women into leadership positions.

► Only one in ten say their organization is very effective at identifying future female leaders.

62%believe the sector is facing a looming talent crisis


Which of the following will be the most important to get or maintain the right skills and expertise within your leadership team?


41%67%24%

recruitment from within the sector

recruitment from outside the sector

training and development

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1 January 2014 Presentation title

63% of the respondents say women remain the biggest underutilized talent resource in the sector.


Overall, how effective do you think your organization has been at the following over the past five years?


76%

51%

75%think their company has been effective at attracting women to the organization

think their company has been effective at retaining women in the organization

think their company has been effective at promoting women into leadership

47%think their company has been effective at identifying future female leaders

1 January 2014 Presentation title

► Our research suggests that oil and gas companies have not yet taken the action required to address the gender diversity gap.

►78% agree that they need to be doing more as an organization to attract, retain and promote women into leadership positions.


Skills within organization

Considerable expertise currently exists within the organization


0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

Technical expertise in theexploration and production in

the oil and gas value chain

Customer experience andrelationship management

Knowledge of policy andregulatory agenda

Innovation capitalmanagement skills to replace

or build new infrastructure

Managing big data andanalytics

Knowledge and insight fromother sectors

Strategic innovation and newbusiness model development

Oil and gas companies lack a structured approach to developing female leaders; only 12% have a formal program to identify and develop women’s leadership careers, while 50% have no program and do not intend to change.


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