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Employment contract and type by gender and region

All counts are based on headcount unless stated otherwise as at 30 June

FY24	Women	Men	Undisclosed	North Island	South Island	Undisclosed	Total
Permanent employees	564	630	18	972	226	14	1212
Fixed-term employees	8	10	0	14	4	0	18
Casual	1	3	0	3	1	0	4
Total	573	643	18	989	231	14	1234
Full-time employees	490	608	16	910	190	14	1114
Part-time employees	82	32	2	76	40	0	116
Non-guaranteed	1	3	0	3	1	0	4
Total	573	643	18	989	231	14	1234

FY23	Women	Men	Undisclosed	North Island	South Island	Undisclosed	Total
Permanent employees	516	582	14	885	218	9	1112
Fixed-term employees	11	13	0	20	2	2	24
Casual	1	3	0	4	0	0	4
Total	528	598	14	909	220	11	1140
Full-time employees	435	571	12	825	183	10	1018
Part-time employees	92	24	2	80	37	1	118
Non-guaranteed	1	3	0	4	0	0	4
Total	528	598	14	909	220	11	1140

FY22	Women	Men	Undisclosed	North Island	South Island	Undisclosed	Total
Permanent employees	470	538	15	813	206	4	1023
Fixed-term employees	30	23	0	46	7	0	53
Casual	2	4	0	5	1	0	6
Total	502	565	15	864	214	4	1082
Full-time employees	401	528	15	777	163	4	944
Part-time employees	99	33	0	82	50	0	132
Non-guaranteed	2	4	0	5	1	0	6
Total	502	565	15	864	214	4	1082

FY21	Women	Men	Undisclosed	Total
Permanent employees	405	497	1	903
Fixed-term employees	21	21	0	42
Total	426	518	1	945
Full-time employees	339	494	1	834
Part-time employees	87	24	0	111
Total	426	518	1	945

FY20	Women	Men	Total
Permanent employees	417	476	893
Fixed-term employees	22	19	41
Total	439	495	934
Full-time employees	352	469	821
Part-time employees	87	26	113
Total	439	495	934

Board gender diversity

Board of Directors	Women	Men	30-50	Over 50	European/Pākehā	Māori	Pasifika	Total
Board of directors FY24	3	4	1	6	6	1	1	7
Board of directors FY23	4	3	3	4	6	1	1	7
Board of directors FY22	4	3	4	3	6	1	1	7
Board of directors FY21	4	3	4	3	6	1	1	7
Board of directors FY20	3	4	3	4	6	1	1	7

_{Note: Individuals may choose multiple ethnicities}

Employee diversity at 30 June, by business unit

Western Energy does not currently track ethnicity

FY24	Women	Men	Undisclosed	Under 30	30-50	Over 50	Undisclosed	Total
Officers	2	8	0	0	3	7	0	10
Corporate	86	52	2	13	81	45	1	140
Retail	308	113	10	129	191	107	4	431
Development	37	58	0	10	55	29	1	95
Generation and trading	78	301	4	43	175	163	2	383
ICT	29	65	1	9	54	32	0	95
Digital	33	46	1	11	56	13	0	80
Total	573	643	18	215	615	396	8	1234
Western Energy	4	35	0	9	27	3	0	39
Total	577	678	18	224	642	399	8	1273

FY24	European/Pākehā	Māori	Pasifika	Asian	Other	AMELA	Undisclosed	North Island	South Island	Undisclosed
Officers	5	0	0	0	4	1	1	10	0	0
Corporate	59	15	3	18	38	0	28	132	8	0
Retail	188	72	20	33	91	5	96	291	138	2
Development	40	5	2	10	17	3	29	78	8	9
Generation and trading	167	25	4	33	104	7	79	312	71	0
ICT	37	7	0	18	17	2	24	89	4	2
Digital	26	2	0	30	13	3	14	77	2	1
Total	522	126	29	142	284	21	271	989	231	14
Western Energy								37	0	2
Total	522	126	29	142	284	21	271	1026	231	16

_{Note: Simply Energy was amalgamated into the Development business unit in April 2024.}

FY23	Women	Men	Undisclosed	Under 30	30-50	Over 50	Undisclosed	Total
Officers	2	8	0	0	4	6	0	10
Corporate	74	52	2	15	77	35	1	128
Retail	310	115	7	129	197	102	4	432
Development	10	24	0	2	16	16	0	34
Generation and trading	69	291	2	39	163	157	3	362
ICT	33	63	2	13	54	31	0	98
Digital	30	45	1	13	51	12	0	76
Total	528	598	14	211	562	359	8	1140
Simply Energy	31	34	0	8	47	7	3	65
Western Energy	5	32	0	7	27	3	0	37
Total	564	664	14	226	636	369	11	1242

FY23	European/Pākehā	Māori	Pasifika	Asian	Other	AMELA	Undisclosed	North Island	South Island	Undisclosed
Officers	4	0	0	0	4	1	1	10	0	0
Corporate	49	11	4	16	39	1	27	119	9	0
Retail	186	70	20	38	97	4	97	288	141	3
Development	17	0	0	2	9	1	7	33	0	1
Generation and trading	160	21	4	27	106	7	74	297	64	1
ICT	37	7	1	19	18	2	25	90	3	5
Digital	24	1	0	28	14	3	15	72	3	1
Total	477	110	29	130	287	19	246	909	220	11
Simply Energy								51	12	2
Western Energy								35	0	2
Total	477	110	29	130	287	19	246	995	232	15

FY22	Women	Men	Undisclosed	Under 30	30-50	Over 50	Undisclosed	Total
Officers	2	8	0	0	5	5	0	10
Corporate	54	32	0	13	55	17	1	86
Retail	329	127	9	153	206	102	4	465
Development	12	22	0	3	18	13	0	34
Generation and trading	65	285	1	36	154	158	3	351
ICT	28	63	3	13	55	26	0	94
Digital	12	28	2	6	30	6	0	42
Total	502	565	15	224	523	327	8	1082
Simply Energy	30	33	1	6	42	9	7	64
Western Energy	6	27	0	7	23	3	0	33
Total	538	625	16	237	588	339	15	1179

FY22	European/Pākehā	Māori	Pasifika	Asian	Other	AMELA	Undisclosed	North Island	South Island	Undisclosed
Officers	4	0	0	0	4	1	1	10	0	0
Corporate	34	6	3	8	24	0	24	83	3	0
Retail	189	69	21	42	107	3	120	321	143	1
Development	18	0	0	2	7	1	6	34	0	0
Generation and trading	143	22	3	25	120	5	71	288	63	0
ICT	33	8	1	19	18	1	26	88	3	3
Digital	17	1	0	11	9	3	8	40	2	0
Total	438	106	28	107	289	14	256	864	214	4
Simply Energy								53	10	1
Western Energy								32	0	1
Total	438	106	28	107	289	14	256	949	224	6

FY21	Women	Men	Undisclosed	Under 30	30-50	Over 50	Undisclosed	Total
Officers	3	6	0	0	3	6	0	9
Corporate	47	26	0	9	48	15	1	73
Customer	309	197	1	138	248	117	4	507
Development	8	18	0	2	10	14	0	26
Generation and trading	51	257	0	31	122	152	3	308
Total	418	504	1	180	431	304	8	923
Simply Energy	24	25	0	4	32	7	6	49
Western Energy	7	22	0	8	20	1	0	29
Total	449	551	1	192	483	312	14	1001

FY21	European/ Pākehā	Māori	Pasifika	Asian	Other	AMELA	Undisclosed
Officers	4	0	0	0	3	1	1
Corporate	26	5	0	7	19	0	23
Customer	196	57	15	53	124	6	140
Development	12	0	0	1	7	1	5
Generation and trading	121	18	2	17	108	4	71
Total	359	80	17	78	261	12	240
Simply Energy
Western Energy
Total	359	80	17	78	261	12	240

FY20	Women	Men	Under 30	30-50	Over 50	Undisclosed	Total
Officers	2	4	0	2	4	0	6
Corporate	42	27	8	43	16	2	69
Customer	324	192	147	244	121	4	516
Generation	71	272	28	152	160	3	343
Total	439	495	183	441	301	9	934

FY20	European/ Pākehā	Māori	Pasifika	Asian	Other	AMELA	Undisclosed
Officers	3	0	1	0	2	0	1
Corporate	24	5	0	5	23	0	20
Customer	183	47	13	45	129	8	168
Generation	135	20	2	18	119	3	86
Total	345	72	16	68	273	11	275
Total	345	72	16	68	273	11	275

Employee diversity at 30 June, by employee category

FY24	Women	Men	Undisclosed	Under 30	30-50	Over 50	Undisclosed	Total
KMP	2	8	0	0	3	7	0	10
Other Execs/GMs	8	5	0	0	6	7	0	13
Senior Management	14	31	0	0	25	20	0	45
Other Managers	59	97	2	6	87	64	1	158
Non-Managers	490	502	16	209	494	298	7	1008
Total	573	643	18	215	615	396	8	1234
STEM	162	431	6	68	317	211	3	599
Sales	308	113	10	129	191	107	4	431

FY24	European/Pākehā	Māori	Pasifika	Asian	Other	AMELA	Undisclosed
KMP	5	0	0	0	4	1	1
Other Execs/GMs	6	2	0	0	4	0	2
Senior Management	20	3	0	2	16	0	9
Other Managers	75	15	3	11	38	2	36
Non-Managers	416	106	26	129	222	18	223
Total	522	126	29	142	284	21	271
STEM	241	33	6	88	139	15	138
Sales	188	72	20	33	91	5	96

FY23	Women	Men	Undisclosed	Under 30	30-50	Over 50	Undisclosed	Total
KMP	2	8	0	0	4	6	0	10
Other Execs/GMs	8	6	0	1	8	5	0	14
Senior Management	9	26	0	0	19	16	0	35
Other Managers	44	92	2	6	73	58	1	138
Non-Managers	465	466	12	204	458	274	7	943
Total	528	598	14	211	562	359	8	1140
STEM	128	391	5	62	265	194	3	524
Sales	310	115	7	129	197	102	4	432

FY23	European/Pākehā	Māori	Pasifika	Asian	Other	AMELA	Undisclosed
KMP	4	0	0	0	4	1	1
Other Execs/GMs	6	1	0	1	4	0	3
Senior Management	19	1	0	0	13	0	6
Other Managers	68	12	1	11	34	0	32
Non-Managers	380	96	28	118	232	18	204
Total	477	110	29	130	287	19	246
STEM	212	24	5	73	139	13	114
Sales	186	70	20	38	97	4	97

FY22	Women	Men	Undisclosed	Under 30	30-50	Over 50	Undisclosed	Total
KMP	2	8	0	0	5	5	0	10
Other Execs/GMs	2	4	0	0	5	1	0	6
Senior Management	11	23	0	0	21	13	0	34
Other Managers	48	84	0	4	69	58	1	132
Non-Managers	439	446	15	220	423	250	7	900
Total	502	565	15	224	523	327	8	1082
STEM	112	380	6	56	251	188	3	498
Sales*	329	127	9	153	206	102	4	465

_{* 69% of people in management roles were women}

FY22	European/Pākehā	Māori	Pasifika	Asian	Other	AMELA	Undisclosed
KMP	4	0	0	0	4	1	1
Other Execs/GMs	1	0	0	0	2	0	3
Senior Management	16	2	0	1	15	0	6
Other Managers	60	8	1	8	35	2	30
Non-Managers	357	96	27	98	233	11	216
Total	438	106	28	107	289	14	256
STEM	202	28	4	56	145	10	107
Sales	189	69	21	42	107	3	120

FY21	Women	Men	Undisclosed	Under 30	30-50	Over 50	Undisclosed	Total
KMP	3	5	0	0	3	5	0	8
Other Execs/GMs	3	5	0	0	7	1	0	8
Senior Management	13	18	0	0	21	10	0	31
Other Managers	34	73	0	2	49	55	1	107
Non-Managers	365	403	1	178	351	233	7	769
Total	418	504	1	180	431	304	8	923
Total	418	504	1	180	431	304	8	923

FY21	European/Pākehā	Māori	Pasifika	Asian	Other	AMELA	Undisclosed
KMP	3	0	0	0	3	1	1
Other Execs/GMs	1	0	0	0	3	0	4
Senior Management	16	1	0	1	14	0	5
Other Managers	49	7	1	6	33	0	23
Non-Managers	290	72	16	71	208	11	207
Total	359	80	17	78	261	12	240

Employee diversity at 30 June, by employee category as percentage

FY24	Women	Men	Undisclosed	Under 30	30-50	Over 50	Undisclosed	Total
KMP	20%	80%	0%	0%	30%	70%	0%	10
Other Execs/GMs	62%	38%	0%	0%	46%	54%	0%	13
Senior Management	31%	69%	0%	0%	56%	44%	0%	45
Other Managers	37%	61%	1%	4%	55%	41%	1%	158
Non-Managers	49%	50%	2%	21%	49%	30%	1%	1008
Total	46%	52%	1%	17%	50%	32%	1%	1234
STEM	27%	72%	1%	11%	53%	35%	1%	599
Sales	71%	26%	2%	30%	44%	25%	1%	431

FY23	Women	Men	Undisclosed	Under 30	30-50	Over 50	Undisclosed	Total
KMP	20%	80%	0%	0%	40%	60%	0%	10
Other Execs/GMs	57%	43%	0%	7%	57%	36%	0%	14
Senior Management	26%	74%	0%	0%	54%	46%	0%	35
Other Managers	32%	67%	1%	4%	53%	42%	1%	138
Non-Managers	49%	49%	1%	22%	49%	29%	1%	943
Total	46%	52%	1%	19%	49%	31%	1%	1140
STEM	24%	75%	1%	12%	51%	37%	1%	524
Sales	72%	27%	2%	30%	46%	24%	1%	432

FY22	Women	Men	Undisclosed	Under 30	30-50	Over 50	Undisclosed	Total
KMP	20%	80%	0%	0%	50%	50%	0%	10
Other Execs/GMs	33%	67%	0%	0%	83%	17%	0%	6
Senior Management	32%	68%	0%	0%	62%	38%	0%	34
Other Managers	36%	64%	0%	3%	52%	44%	1%	132
Non-Managers	49%	50%	2%	24%	47%	28%	1%	900
Total	46%	52%	1%	21%	48%	30%	1%	1082
STEM	22%	76%	1%	11%	50%	38%	1%	498
Sales*	71%	27%	2%	33%	44%	22%	1%	465

_{* 69% of people in management roles were women}

FY21	Women	Men	Undisclosed	Under 30	30-50	Over 50	Undisclosed	Total
KMP	38%	63%	0%	0%	38%	63%	0%	8
Other Execs/GMs	38%	63%	0%	0%	88%	13%	0%	8
Senior Management	42%	58%	0%	0%	68%	32%	0%	31
Other Managers	32%	68%	0%	2%	46%	51%	1%	107
Non-Managers	47%	52%	0%	23%	46%	30%	1%	769
Total	46%	55%	0%	20%	47%	33%	1%	923
Total	46%	55%	0%	20%	47%	33%	1%	923

Board of Directors	Women	Men	Under 30	30-50	Over 50	European/ Pākehā	Māori	Pasifika	Total
Board of directors FY24	43%	57%	0%	14%	86%	86%	14%	14%	7
Board of directors FY23	57%	43%	0%	43%	57%	86%	14%	14%	7
Board of directors FY22	57%	43%	0%	57%	43%	86%	14%	14%	7
Board of directors FY21	57%	43%	0%	57%	43%	86%	14%	14%	7
Board of directors FY20	43%	57%	0%	43%	57%	86%	14%	14%	7

Diversity

Employment contract and type by gender and region

Board gender diversity

Employee diversity at 30 June, by business unit

Employee diversity at 30 June, by employee category

Employee diversity at 30 June, by employee category as percentage

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