Enhancing Top Talent Developing Future Leaders

Enhancing the diversity
of senior leadership
teams

Enhancing top talent

Developing future leaders

The Covid-19 pandemic has put into sharp relief the need for future focused leaders who are equipped to lead organisations through transformation, disruption, ambiguity and change.

With the ever-increasing diversity of customers, markets and stakeholders, we see the growing need for leaders to be inclusive and leadership teams that reflect their clients, customers and workforce will be best positioned for success in our post-pandemic world.

Successful talent development and considered investment to accelerate leadership development will generate a transformational impact on the performance of leaders, teams and ultimately the business.

Purposeful mentoring is an invaluable component of leadership development; enabling real-time learning from those who have themselves been leaders and have faced the reality of leading through a breadth of business situations

Mentore believes in purposeful mentoring programmes that are proven to accelerate development and progression of high performing, high potential leaders. Enabling a leader to access expert advice and insight into the challenges and success factors that drive business and personal performance. Our pragmatic, commercial solutions achieve embedded, sustainable change, enabling our clients to develop inclusive, future focused leaders.

Read more about our Mentoring and Consulting services.

"I was taken out of my comfort zone which made me think about things in a completely new way. Mentoring has been transformational for my executive development."

Managing Director, Global Telecoms Markets, BT

Our Mentors

Jan Babiak

Independent Non-Executive Director, Euromoney, Bank of Montreal, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc, (Chair, Audit Committee)

Inga Beale DBE

Former CEO of Lloyd's of London

Tim Bowen

Former worldwide COO of Sony Music overseeing all aspects of the music company’s operations.

Baroness Karren Brady CBE

Vice Chairwoman, West Ham FC, NED Arcadia, SyCo, Author and TV personality

Beth A. Brooke-Marciniak

Former Global Vice Chair, Public Policy, EY

Alain Brouhard

Founder & CEO of ABConvergence GmbH and also a Non-Executive Director, a Board Advisor & an Investor

David Buckley

Non-Executive Director, former European CFO for Morgan Stanley and International Treasurer for Goldman Sachs

Nick Candler

Chair, Cook and Chief Operating Officer, Pret a Manger

Sir Roger Carr

Chairman BAe Systems, Vice-Chairman of the BBC Trust, Senior Advisor to KKR, Visiting Fellow of Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Russell Chambers

Senior Advisor Credit Suisse, Bain Capital

Martin Clements CMG OBE

Michael Cole-Fontayn

Chairman, Association for Financial Markets in Europe
Simon Collins

Former UK Chairman and Senior Partner of KPMG

Denise Collis

Non-executive Director, Connect Group PLC

Jamie Cooper

Jamie Cooper is the founding Chairperson and President of the Big Win Philanthropies

John Cresswell

Lord Davies of Abersoch, CBE

Lord Davies is a Partner and the Chairman of Corsair Capital, a private equity firm specialising in financial services.

Rob Devey

Non-Executive Director of Resolution Life Group Holdings Ltd and Octopus Investments

Marisa Drew

Marisa Drew is the CEO of the Impact Advisory and Finance (IAF) Department of Credit Suisse based in London.

Sir Charles Dunstone

Chairman Dixons Carphone, Talk Talk, Interim Chairman YouView TV Ltd

Belinda Earl

Marks and Spencer

Carolann Edwards OBE

Stuart Fletcher

Stuart was Chief Executive Officer of Bupa until April 2016, a role he held from March 2012.
John Gildersleeve

Chairman, British Land, Deputy Chairman Carphone Warehouse, Talk Talk Telecom

Valerie Gooding CBE

Chairman, Premier Farnell, Non-Executive Director TUI Travel, Vodafone Group, Lead Non Exec Director for UK Home Office

Mirian Graddick-Weir

Former Executive Vice President, Human Resources at Merck

Philip N Green CBE

Non-Executive Chairman of Logicor, Carillion Plc, and BakerCorp Inc; Chairman designate Williams & Glyn; Senior Independent Director Saga Plc

David Gregson

Chairman of The Gregson Family Foundation, an Executive Committee Member of The Institute for Fiscal Studies, a Trustee of Pro Bono Economics and The Windsor Leadership Trust

David Guise

Former HR Director, Marks and Spencer

David Harris

Former Co-CEO and Managing Partner of Hogan Lovells

Fru Hazlitt

Non-Executive Director, Channel 4 and Merlin Entertainments

Hans-Kristian Hoejsgaard

Chairman, Non-Executive Director, CEO (Ret.) and Mentor

Rt Hon Baroness Margaret Jay Of Paddington

Privy Councillor, House of Lords

John Irving

Managing Director for Diageo Asia Venture markets

Ian Jenkins

Former Head of Business Finance and Group General Manager HSBC
David Leakey CMG CVO CBE MA(Cantab)

David Leakey has held a succession of posts at the very top level of military, commercial, national, multinational organisations, and in the political complex of Parliament, Westminster, Whitehall and Brussels.

Matthew Lester

NED at Barclays, Capita (Chair of Audit and Risk Committee) and Man Group

Pinky Lilani OBE DL

Leader Asian Women in Business, Inspiring Women’s Awards

Cathy Martine

Former AT&T President - National Business Services

Alison McGregor

Non-Executive Director CBI , Non-Executive Director Scottish Power Energy Networks

Ruby McGregor Smith CBE

Chief Executive Mitie Group, Senior Independent Non-Executive Director Michael Page International

Nicky Moffat CBE

Leadership Consultant and Speaker, ex Brigadier General British Army

Nick Montagu

Baroness Sally Morgan

Non-Executive Director Dixons Carphone, Chairman OFSTED, Advisor to the board of ARK (education charity)

Barry O'Brien

European Chairman of M&A, Corporate Finance for Jefferies

Nicole Paradise

Consultant Nabarro LLP

Mike Parker CBE

Chair to the Board of Governors Liverpool John Moores University Senior Independent Director, Crystalox Solar, Laird
Alison Platt

Board of Tesco (FTSE 50) and Dechra (FTSE150) and Chair of Legal & General’s newly established financial advisory business.

Robert Prevezer

Seasoned Entrepreneur and Business Leader

Martin Radvan

Current: Non-Executive Director, Chipita SA.

Sir Michael Rake, FCA, FCGI

Chairman of Great Ormond Street Hospital and Phoenix Global Resources

Dominic Reid OBE

Managing Director of the Invictus Games Foundation, Pageantmaster of the Lord Mayor’s Show. Member of the Board of Governors of the Museum of London.

Roland Rudd

Founder and Chairman Finsbury

Robin Saunders

Managing Partner Clearbrook Capital Partners

Ken Scott

Entrepreneur and Mentor

Gillian Sheldon

Managing Director Credit Suisse, Senior Independent Non-Executive Director Capita PLC

Richard Shoylekov

Former Group General Counsel and Company Secretary, Ferguson plc; Non-Executive Portfolio

Sir Robert Swannell CBE

Chairman of UK Government Investments

Bryan Thomson
Helen Weir

Helen has extensive FTSE100 Board experience, both as an executive and non-executive Director.

Sian Westerman

Managing Director Rothschild

Maggie Wilderotter

Gareth Williams

Non-Exec Director, Saga plc

Denise Wilson OBE

Non Executive Director at Ecclesiastical Insurance Group and Chair of Remuneration Committee, Chair of the Royal Academy of Arts Friends Board and Chief Executive of the Davies Review.