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Titans of the oil and gas world like Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell, and BP have successfully adapted to countless societal changes over the past century \u2013 war, nationalisations, even the climate movement.<\/p>\n
But a major hurdle remains: Big oil has yet to appoint its first female chief executive \u2013 something BP could soon change.<\/p>\n
This week, the 114-year old British oil company parted ways with its charismatic chief executive Bernard Looney after investigations found he failed to disclose several workplace relationships. What the board knew and when remains unclear.<\/p>\n
BP\u2019s interim leader, Murray Auchincloss, is also in a relationship with a BP employee, though the company says it was fully disclosed when he became chief financial officer.<\/p>\n
Appointing a female chief executive would send a clear message that the clubby era of petro-masculinity could finally be coming to an end.<\/p>\n
But doing so will require bucking more than a century of precedent: Only two women \u2013 Vicki Hollub at Occidental Petroleum and Meg O\u2019Neill at Woodside Energy Group \u2013 currently lead large international oil companies.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a very tough culture,\u201d Jane Stevenson, global leader for chief executive succession at executive search company Korn Ferry, said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn some companies, not all, everything is set up for male norms \u2013 and it makes it difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the US, women represent just 13 per cent of the oil and gas C-suite, the lowest of any professional industry, according to McKinsey & Co.<\/p>\n
Worldwide, women occupy just 22 per cent of jobs in oil and gas, making it the third-most gender unbalanced industry, according to a 2021 study by Boston Consulting Group and the World Petroleum Council.<\/p>\n
Despite the industry\u2019s embrace of diversity and inclusion policies, that percentage was unchanged from four years earlier.<\/p>\n
To explain the disparity, industry executives often point to the dearth of women studying science, technology, engineering and maths.<\/p>\n