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Every year, the 20-first Global Gender Balance Scorecard looks at a single measure ofprogress: the gender balance of the Executive Committee of the TOP 100 companies inthree key regions of the globe (see www.genderbalancescorecard.com for globalstatistics). This companion survey focuses in on the gender balance of 20 topcompanies in Germany.
Whereas much attention has been paid to the gender balance of Boards, we argue thatthe Executive Committee is a much better indicator of corporate progress in managingand developing talent in a truly meritocratic and gender “bilingual” way.
Today, more and more companies are waking up to the 21st century reality, where mostof the educated talent in the world and a majority of the consumer market is female.Many have begun to make gender balance in leadership a strategic priority. Let’s take alook at what the top companies in Germany have achieved to date.
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In our sample of Top 20 companies in Germany, there are a total of 135 Executive Committee members. We define the Executive Committee as the group of executives who report directly to the CEO.
93% of these Executive Committee members are men (125); 7 % are women (10).
Of these 10 women, most (6, 60% of female Executive Committee members) are in staff or support roles. Only 4 women (or 40%) are in line or operational roles.
Lufthansa stands out from the group, with its balanced team of 60% M and 40% F. No other company in this sample has more than 17% women on its top team, and in fact a number of companies have lost female talent since last year’s report (Continental, Deutsche Telekom, E.ON, and Siemens).
A majority (55%) of Germany’s Top 20 companies however still do not have a single woman on their Executive Committee.
It’s always hard inthis business todecide if a year-on-year change innumbersrepresents atrend, and so wetreat each year’sresults more as ageneral snapshotthan a definitivesign of change.We look forward to
announcing that a clear shift towardsbetter gender balance at the top hastaken hold in a particular country; sofar, we are a long way from that.Germany is a good example. In our2013 report, we noted a slightincrease in female executives from 6%to 9% (while emphasizing how far thecountry has to go). This year Germanyhas dropped back down to 7% - or just10 women out of 135 ExecutiveCommittee members. Over half ofGermany’s top companies still don’thave a single woman in their topteams – and many of those that didare losing them. Since last year,Continental, Deutsche Telekom, E.ONand Siemens all lost women –Siemens lost two (N.B. as we go toprint, we hear they are headhunting awoman to head their energy business).Lufthansa is the only company in thisgroup to now have 2 women on its 5-person ExCom, making theirs the onlygender balanced leadership team.Startling for a country led by AngelaMerkel, whose cabinet is 35% female,to see so little progress on gender inthe private sector. It’s time for Germanbusiness to recognize the world haschanged.
GLOBAL GENDER BALANCE SCORECARDFocus on Germany
JUNE 2014
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2014
RUNNING ON HALF-EMPTY
KEY FINDINGS Executive Committee
= line = staff
93% 3% 4%
* 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.
THE SIX PHASES OF THE GENDER JOURNEYThe Top 20 companies on the following pages are segmented into one of the followingsix phases:
Asleep. Exclusively male team. 100% M / 0% F
Token. One (or two) women in staff or support function. < 15% F
Starting Smart. One (or two) women in central core or operational role. <15% F
Progressing. M/F ratio between 85 % M / 15% F and 76% M / 24% F.
Critical Mass. M/F ratio of at least 75% M / 25% F.
Balanced. Minimum of 40% of either gender.
The data for this survey is based on publically available information provided by the Top20 companies on their websites as of June 2014. The list of companies was drawn fromthe Fortune 500 Global rankings published in July 2013.
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Executive CommitteeAllianzMichael Diekmann
Starting Smart
= line = staff
17
Executive CommitteeBASFDr. Kurt Bock
Token
= line = staff
04
Executive CommitteeBayerMarijn Dekkers
Asleep
= line = staff
17
Executive CommitteeBMW Norbert Reithofer
Token
= line = staff
08
Executive CommitteeContinentalDr. Elmar Degenhart
Asleep
= line = staff
16
Executive CommitteeDaimlerDieter Zetsche
Token
= line = staff
15
Executive CommitteeDeutsche BahnDr. Rüdiger Grube
Progressing
= line = staff
07
Executive CommitteeDeutsche BankAnshu Jain, JuergenFitschen
Asleep
= line = staff
16
Executive CommitteeDeutsche PostDr. Frank Appel
Token
= line = staff
15
Executive CommitteeDeutsche TelekomTimotheus Höttges
Progressing
= 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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Executive CommitteeE.ON Johannes Teyssen
Asleep
= line = staff
06
Executive CommitteeLandesbank Baden-WürttembergHans-Jörg Vetter
Asleep
= line = staff
23
Executive CommitteeLufthansa GroupCarsten Spohr
Balanced
= line = staff
04
Executive CommitteeMetroOlaf Koch
Asleep
= line = staff
18
Executive CommitteeMunich Re GroupNikolaus von Bomhard
Starting Smart
= line = staff
010
Executive CommitteeRobert Bosch Volkmar Denner
Asleep
= line = staff
04
Executive CommitteeRwe Peter Terium
Asleep
= line = staff
06
Executive CommitteeSIEMENSJoe Kaeser
Asleep
= line = staff
04
Executive CommitteeThyssenKruppHeinrich Hiesinger
Asleep
= line = staff
09
Executive CommitteeVOLKSWAGENMartin Winterkorn
Asleep
= 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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• The business Imperative:We help companies to unlock 21st century Market and Talent opportunities
• Focus on leaders, not onwomen: We equip leaders witha strategic understanding andmanagement competenciesto work across genders
• Global perspectives:We are experienced working with global companies across all regions and cultures ofthe world
20-first is one of the world’sleading global consultanciesfocused on gender balance as a business and economicopportunity.
We work with many of the bestknown global companies that seekto move from 20th centurymindsets, management styles andmarketing approaches into moreprogressive 21st century forms –and to stay first at the game.
Hence our name. It underlies ourpurpose, and those of the clientswe serve.
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