Inspire supports the Board Apprentice scheme
The Harvey Nash Inspire network, which has been connecting senior businesswomen to improve representation at Board level, is supporting the rollout of Board Apprentice worldwide. Created by fellow Inspire member Charlotte Valeur, Board Apprentice aims to increase the number and diversity of Board ready candidates. Through a 12-month placement shadowing the boardroom activities, individuals are able to gain the experience and knowledge required for the boardroom and overcome the "Catch-22" of not being able to get on a board without prior boardroom experience.
The launch event held at the House of Lords on Thursday 2nd July 2015, hosted by Baroness Sandip Verma, was attended by over a hundred Inspire members and corporates. Guests heard from Andrew Sutch, Chair of the J P Morgan Investment Trust, one of the first companies to take up a boardroom apprentice, and from Professor Sharon Mavin of the University of Roehampton Business School who recently became their apprentice.
About Board Apprentice
Board Apprentice widens the pool of board-ready candidates, giving boards worldwide the opportunity to increase diversity - of ethnicity, gender, culture, age, disability and skillset. It mentors rising stars and develops future board members, finding companies to take on a board apprentice. To date it has placed 30 candidates onto various boards.
For further information visit http://boardapprentice.com/
