Mentoring for Diversity

• Do you have what it takes to be on an NZX-listed or large commercial board?
• Can you bring fresh perspectives to the board table – but need help defining your value?
• Do you want to improve your governance capability with mentoring from one of New Zealand’s top directors?

The Mentoring for Diversity programme is for experienced directors who have the goal of achieving a non-executive board appointment to a NZX-listed or large company board.

Since the programme launched in 2012, 74% of our past mentees have secured a role on a large board.

Mentoring

Successful applicants are matched with a senior director or board chair for a year-long programme of one-to-one mentoring (usually 6-8 sessions).

The coaching and advice will help you:

• build a deeper understanding of governance practices and expectations on a large or NZX-listed board
• help identify where you may have skill gaps
• can help improve your chances of future board selection.

Cohort workshops and networking

During the year-long programme we hold four networking and knowledge-sharing events. This is a opportunity to connect with other mentees and hear from governance experts.

Application information

Applications for the 2021/22 Mentoring for Diversity programme close on 22 April 2021.

We invite applications based on diversity under the areas of:  disability, gender, orientation, ethnicity, culture, age, skill, thinking or experience.

Successful applicants should also:

• have at least three years' experience on a board that has a significant separation between governance and management
• have at least five years’ experience with boards in a senior role 
• able to meet the mentee and event obligations of the programme including meeting travel and/or accommodation costs of mentoring sessions and the cohort workshops
• be a member of the IoD.

For full eligibility criteria, see the application website.

Hear from past participants

Our mentees

Congratulations to our 2020 mentees:

Jacqui Apiata-Coyne
Brent Carey
Tania Dickie
Analisa Elstob
Venus Guy
Jerry He
Laura Humphreys
Tina Jennen
Paula Kearns
Ben Kepes
Sarah Meikle
Jennifer Moxon
Rachel Ritchie
Kennie Tsui
Kate Vennell
Kate Yang

See a list of all past mentees on the Mentoring for Diversity programme