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Celebrating our Programme Partners
Last week we were delighted to hold our 2024 Programme Partner Conference at the vibrant offices of Gerald Eve in London.
We convened for a time of reflection, learning and celebration, acknowledging the generosity of our Programme Partners who are a vital link between Moving Ahead, mentors and mentees and the wider organisations that they are a part of.
“We see mentoring as a peer relationship where both parties learn and grow in different ways”
Executive Coach Patrick McMaster describes his richly rewarding work as a facilitator on the 30% Club programme
“It’s an inspiring and rewarding programme”
Emily Whitnall says ‘I’d certainly recommend Mission Gender Equity to other organisations as part of investing and growing their female talent’
“A mentor from another walk of life or industry can look at things more holistically”
Kevin Lennon learned there’s an art to knowing how to listen – and when to talk, on the 30% Club Cross-Company Mentor programme
“I wanted to break the glass ceiling – Moving Ahead helped me get my first leadership role”
Former mentee Pushpita Mukherjee explains how Moving Ahead’s 30% Club Cross Company mentoring programme changed her life
“I’m a white middle-class, middle-aged straight guy – and that means I don't know how most people experience the world”
Kent Valentine, Oliver Wyman consultancy partner, explains why Moving Ahead’s mentoring programme was a great learning opportunity
“I'm learning something new every day”
Mamtha Ethiraj, a senior business analyst at T. Rowe Price, shares her experience as a mentee on the 30% Club programme
“As a mentor, it feels great knowing I'm helping to bring about change”
Ben Reeve, a partner in Oliver Wyman financial services practice, discusses what he had learned from mentoring someone in a completely different sector.
Male allies: their role in gender diversity
After Aviva CEO Amanda Blanc was subjected to sexist comments at its AGM, Liz Dimmock calls on more men to speak up like its chair George Culmer did at the meeting