Mentors are drawn from a wide range of business and professional backgrounds, assisting their mentee in career or business development through information & skills transfer, confidence building and sharing of networks.
The Mentor will be able to offer valuable knowledge, empathy and insight due to their own many years of experience. Mentors will be supported, through training and have the option to complete an ILM in Coaching.
THE mentors
Catherine Kane
Owner - Catherine Kane Associates
Catherine can provide support and advice as a mentor on; career development, business development, building networks, increasing career/business confidence, resilience, problem solving, managing relationships, organisation and planning.
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Claire Stewart
Partner - Cartmill Stewart & Co Chartered Accountants
Claire can provide support and advice as a mentor on; financial management, business start-up, organisation, planning and using cloud technology to advance your business.
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Heather Wells
Senior Business Marketing Manager - BT Ireland
Heather can provide support and advice as a mentor on; project management, problem solving, marketing and communications.
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Karen Blair
Managing Director - Cleaver Fulton Rankin
Karen can provide support and advice as a mentor on; career development, building networks, increasing career/business confidence and problem solving.
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Michelle Murtagh
Principal Consultant - Toward Ltd
Michelle can provide support and advice as a mentor on; leadership development, change management, organisation, design, restructuring, recruitment and selection.
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Nichola Robinson
Procurement Director - Bombardier Aerospace
Nichola can provide support and advice as a mentor on; project management, people management, problem solving, managing relationships, profile and visibility.
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Patricia Haron
Previously Operational Director - Voluntary Sector
Patricia can provide support and advice as a mentor on; career development, business development, building networks, recruitment, training, people management skills and resilience.
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Rosemary Morrison
Principal - Directus Training & Consultancy
Rosemary can provide support and advice as a mentor on; business development, business start-up, building networks, marketing, communications, organisation and planning.
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Sinead Dillon
Principal Consultant - Fujitsu
Sinead can provide support and advice as a mentor on; career development, business development, project management, increasing career/business confidence, organisation and planning.
Vicki Hassan
Senior Manager, Strategy & Corporate Development - Danske Bank
Vicki can provide support and advice as a mentor on; career development, people management skills, confidence, presentations, public speaking, profile and visibility.
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Jill Minne
Director of Organisational Development - Belfast City Council
Jill can provide support and advice as a mentor on; career development, recruitment & training, people management skills, resilience, problem solving, managing relationships, organisation & planning, profile & visibility and interviews.
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Roslyn Preen
Director - Preen People Solutions Ltd
Roslyn can provide support and advice as a mentor on; managing relationships, presentations, public speaking, profile and visibility.
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Anne Orr
Owner - Greenlight Consulting (NI) Ltd
Anne can provide support and advice as a mentor on; business start-ups, project management, problem solving, organisation and planning.
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Senior Consultant People Advisory Services - EY
Sophie can provide support and advice as a mentor on; people management, problem solving career development, learning and development (including facilitation), organisation and planning, managing relationships, as well as acting as a confidential sounding board.
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Mairead Mackle
CEO/Founder - Homecare Independent Living (HCIL)
Mairead can provide support and advice as a mentor on strategy, leadership & corporate social responsibility.
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Lynsay Spence
Head of Brand - Kaizen Brand Evolution
Lynsay can assist as a career progression sounding board, managing teams, branding and marketing, problem solving management and finance planning.
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Claire Loftus 
Director - Evolve
Claire can provide support and advice as a mentor on; people management, career development, confidence, management relationships, and business start-up/growth support.
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Founder/Owner - Hydro-ease & Wellness Consultant NI
Vivian can support and assist a mentor with; identifying and removing decisions and negative emotions that may be holding you back, business start up, resiliency and all aspects of becoming the very best version of you.
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Sinead Sharpe
HR Director - Robinson Services Group Limited
Sinead can provide support and advice as a mentor on coaching, leadership development, change and culture management, corporate performance management, interview skills and personal confidence enhancement.
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Senior HR Business Partner - NIE Networks
Paula can offer advice and support in a wide range of areas including career development, how to seek out opportunities to increase your profile, building & managing effective relationships, people management skills, building resilience & confidence.
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Helen Moody
Centre Manager - BT
Helen can provide advice and support on strategic thinking, team building, performance improvement, leadership, presentations and public speaking.
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Paula Kennedy Garcia
Vice Preseident - Concentrix
Paula can provide support and advice as a mentor on: leadership, international business, problem solving, solution design, digital transformation, relationship management, sales, social branding, profiling, networking.
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Brigid Duggan
Owner - BD Consultancy
Brigid can provide support and advice as a mentor on: taking your business to the next level and ensuring sustainability. Her key services include business planning, strategic development, Financial management and securing funding, b2b sales and marketing and business development.
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Jennifer McWilliams
Manager - Antrim Enterprise Agency
Jennifer can provide advice and guidance on: start up, marketing & public relations, business development and building networks.
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Linda Armstrong
Director - ENM Marketing Ltd
Linda can provide support and guidance as a mentor on: business development. Marketing and communications, customer relations, presentations and public speaking.
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Anne Dargan
Executive and Leadership Coach - Rapid Change Consultancy
Anne can provide support and advice as a mentor on: your leadership, your personal effectiveness & resilience, developing & engaging & motivating people, influencing stakeholders, relationship building, leading change.
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Sandra Lee
Learning & Development Consultant/Coach - Training & Learning Solutions
Sandra can provide support and advice as a mentor on career development, people management skills, presentations, interviews, pitches, resilience, business confidence etc and has delivered Women’s Leadership Programmes/initiatives on a global level.
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Ashleigh Watson
Marketing Consultant - Copper Square Communications
Ashleigh can provide support and advice as a mentor on: marketing strategy and planning, using social media to make an impact and how to raise your profile online.
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Louise O'Gara
HR Business Partner - Danske Bank
Louise can provide support and advice as a Mentor to individuals such as new entrepreneurs/ business start-ups with little HR experience or individuals new to large organisations. Areas of support include recruitment, disciplinary/grievance, attendance or performance management situations to handling difficult conversations and managing relationships.
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Louise McCartan
Managing Director - Search Scientist
Louise can provide support and advice as a mentor on Google ads, web presence, business start-up and can act as a confidential sounding board.
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Elaine Curry
Founder & Coach - Elite Living Academy
Elaine can provide support and advice as she has has two decades of experience in personal life coaching and successful business/ charity performance (project development and management). Elaine reconnects women to their powerful life force, helping heart centred business and charities be successful.