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Prysmian Group – 2015 Sustainability Report
Prysmian’s People
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INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY
As of 31 December 2015, the Prysmian Group's expat population counts about 215 employees with 27
different nationalities (slightly over 38% are Italians) allocated to 29 different destination countries. 66% are
at a non-executive level and 14% are women. There were 68 new relocations in 2015.
These statistics evidence the importance of the international mobility programme within the Prysmian Group.
International mobility is an integral part of the Group's policies for the growth and development of talent.
On the one hand, it spreads the culture and values of Prysmian to all countries and Group affiliates, which is
a need that became central following the acquisition of the Draka Group in 2011. On the other hand,
international mobility helps to meet local organisational requirements, via the transfer of managerial and
technical know-how from one country to another.
During 2015 the Group reviewed the mobilisation policy and processes, which became operational on 1
January 2016. The purpose of this review was to align Prysmian's policy with the most advanced market
practices to facilitate expatriates even outside of the head office, to standardise their treatment and to
segment the various types of assignment.
International experience is also central to the professional and managerial growth of the young talents
participating in the Graduate programme.
During 2015, 39 new graduates from 18 different countries of origin commenced an international experience
due to last two years in 16 destination countries.
Despite this great attention to internationalism and the cross-country development of resources, the
Prysmian Group also dedicates much energy to appreciation of the cultural diversity that exists within each
country where the Group is present. About 54% of the Group's senior executives work in their country of
origin.
International mobility during 2016 will focus on guaranteeing the success of the international assignment, as
measured in terms of its effectiveness in transferring know-how and developing the local team. Efforts will
also be made to improve the career planning for expatriates on completion of their international assignment.
The success of the international mobility policy very much depends on expatriates sharing Prysmian's
identity, culture and values with local teams, thus strengthening cohesion, while also drawing on the diversity
of talent available across borders in order to obtain superior results for the organisation.
EXPERIENCE COUNTS
As in all companies where technology is one of the main resources, critical know-how within the Prysmian
Group is often concentrated in the hands of a few. Facilitating exchanges of knowledge and best practices is
therefore a key aspect and expert workers are a fundamental component of this process: keeping senior
workers fully on-board is necessary for the creation and spread of the Prysmian Group's management
culture.