Our employees enable BP to deliver our strategy and meet our commitments to investors, partners and the wider world. Our people are talented in a wide range of disciplines, from geoscience, mechanical engineering and research technology to government affairs, trading, marketing, legal and others. And our approach to professional development programmes and training helps build individual capabilities, reducing a potential skills gap. This is vital in a world where oil and gas companies face an increasing challenge to find and retain skilled and experienced people. We aim to achieve a balance between building internal expertise and recruiting external professionals and graduates. We have a strong, experienced leadership team and a pipeline of talent for the future