The Mentoring Foundation owns and operates the leading, internationally recognised, FTSE 100® Cross-Company Mentoring Executive Programme.
Our work is at the heart of activity in the UK to help more women reach the very top of large organisations and has a strong history of success. Many of our Mentees go on to be appointed to the Executive Committee of their companies, to be Non-Executive Directors on the Boards of other companies, or otherwise to progress their careers.
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We are the foremost provider of bespoke mentoring services to help senior women achieve even greater success, at top executive level and in the Boardroom. See what our Mentees say. |
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The FTSE Executive Programme is unique in its longevity, with a 21-year track record and proven success. Since its creation, more than 100 Chairs, Chief Executives and other senior leaders have acted pro bono as Mentors. |
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In addition to this ground-breaking Programme, we enable Mentees to learn from each other as well as from their Mentors. |
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The Chief Executive of the Foundation, Peninah Thomson OBE, is the author of original research into women’s leadership, including publication of five high-reputation books. |
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The not-for-profit status of the Foundation ensures that all revenues are reinvested in our work. |
"More women on the Boards of our large companies in the UK isn’t going to solve global problems at a stroke, but it will contribute to their solution, by increasing the reservoirs of human ingenuity, imagination, insight and will available to address them."
A Woman’s Place is in the Boardroom: The Roadmap (2008)