Mentoring for Diversity ‘Ask Me Anything’

Overview

The Institute of Directors’ Mentoring for Diversity programme supports the development of board-ready leaders by connecting emerging directors with experienced chairs and senior directors from large organisations and complex governance environments.

Established in 2011, the programme reflects a wide understanding of diversity and welcomes participants across ethnicity, culture, gender, age, disability, sector, lived experience and perspective. It recognises that strong governance is strengthened by diverse voices around the board table.

Successful participants are matched with a senior director for a structured, year-long mentoring relationship, typically involving six to eight one-to-one sessions focused on governance capability, confidence and progression.

The programme also includes four facilitated networking and knowledge-sharing events, providing opportunities to connect with peers, share experiences, and engage with governance experts on issues relevant to inclusive and effective leadership.

Join us to find out how you can apply.

Sponsored by:

Sanit Kumar

CMInstD

Sanit Kumar is an experienced director and senior technology leader with over two decades of governance and executive leadership across the public, tertiary, finance, telecommunications, and not-for-profit sectors. He brings a strong focus on risk, resilience, and long-term value creation.

As a Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors (CMInstD), Sanit is deeply committed to ethical and inclusive governance. With deep expertise in cybersecurity, AI, cloud, and digital transformation, he supports boards to strengthen oversight and ensure digital strategy is aligned with organisational purpose.

Liz Chin

Liz Chin is the Talent and Governance Lead at the Ministry for Ethnic Communities focusing on increasing the diversity of public sector boards and committees.

She works closely with people on the Nominations database to provide information and advice about the public sector governance landscape as well as the staff from appointing and population agencies.

Liz has held roles in many central government agencies/entities and worked many years in local government.

Contact

Litia Brighouse-Fuavao
Diversity Programmes Manager

+64 274 447 371
Litia.Brighouse-Fuavao@iod.org.nz

Our sponsors

The Institute of Directors acknowledges the generous support of national partners and sponsors