More women becoming part of Saudi Aramco workforce: Nasser

State-oil giant Saudi Aramco has increased female recruitment to more than 20 percent of all new hires and doubled the number of women working in the organization over the past 10 years, company CEO Amin Nasser said at forum on Monday.

“In April, we appointed our first female board member,” he added.

Highlighting the industries and sectors where females can play a leading role, the CEO said that Saudi Aramco is hiring more qualified females and developing talent to take on diverse roles and responsibilities across its business segments.

The company has entered into partnerships across the Kingdom with national training institutes which will improve the quality of professional and vocational training in the Kingdom, such as the first all-female business process services center in Riyadh, led by Gulf Region Organization for Women (GROW), he added.