Oil’s Female Trading Trio Belies Industry’s Gender Gap
- Royal Dutch Shell names three women to key trading roles
- Trading houses lag behind majors with few women in top jobs
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As a trio of women is set to ascend to the top of one of the world’s most powerful oil-trading operations, the gender gap in the rest of the industry remains stark.
Royal Dutch Shell Plc has promoted Stacie Pitts, Carolyn Comer and Alice Acuna to lead three of the five biggest trading businesses in the company. It follows London-based rival BP Plc, which earlier this year appointed Carol Howle to lead its giant trading and shipping unit.