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Oil and gas gender
diversity survey
The results
April 2016

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Survey demographics overview
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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%
Role
Global 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: 13.1
Legal, 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

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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
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► 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
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Which of the following will be the most
important to get or maintain the right skills
and expertise within your leadership team?
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41%
67%
24%recruitment
from within the
sector
recruitment
from outside the
sector
training and
development
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63% of the respondents say
women remain the biggest
underutilized talent resource in
the sector.
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Overall, how effective do you think your organization has
been at the following over the past five years?
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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

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► 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.
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Skills within organization
Considerable expertise currently exists within the organization
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0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Technical expertise in the
exploration and production in
the oil and gas value chain
Customer experience and
relationship management
Knowledge of policy and
regulatory agenda
Innovation capital
management skills to replace
or build new infrastructure
Managing big data and
analytics
Knowledge and insight from
other sectors
Strategic innovation and new
business model development

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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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For the full survey results and actions you
can take to develop gender diversity, visit
ey.com/oilandgas/women
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