End of Series 8 Message from your Host, James Mitra

Series 8 of 40 Minute Mentor has officially come to a close. It’s been 12 weeks of brilliant mentorship from some of the best in the industry, including: ➡️ Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Britain's greatest Paralympian and Crossbench Peer in the House of Lords ➡️ Graham Hobson, Founder of Photobox ➡️ Molly Johnson-Jones, Co-Founder and CEO of Flexa ➡️ Sho Sugihara, Founder and CEO of Pave ➡️ Amali de Alwis, CEO of Subak ➡️ Ian Hogarth, Co-Founder of Plural Platform ➡️ Emma Steele, Partner at Ascension ➡️ Nikki Wicks, CEO of The Body Coach ➡️ Job van der Voort, Co-Founder and CEO of Remote ➡️ Simone Maini, CEO of Elliptic ➡️ James Lo, Co-Founder and CEO of Mana ➡️ Elizabeth Uviebinené, Award-winning author and Founder of Storia ➡️ Joe Robinson, CEO of Improbable Defence ➡️ Eleanor Kaye, Executive Director at Newton Venture Program ➡️ Ellie Mckay, property entrepreneur and host of the 'On a Mission' Podcast Thanks so much to all of you for your support throughout this Series. If you’re not all caught up yet, make sure you have a look through the archives and stay tuned for some special feature episodes dropping soon. And if you have any recommendations or feedback for Series 9 launching next year, please feel free to contact our producer Hannah at hannah@jbmc.co.uk 💙A big thank you to our Sponsors: Alchemist - an industry leading learning and development company, whose learning journeys and experiences help organisations who want to grow, change or transform by putting the learner first to optimise organisational performance. To learn more about Alchemist and see how they work with some of the most innovative companies in the world, head over to https://thisisalchemist.com/40minutementor/ to find out more. 🤝Explore Hidden Pages: For this year’s Black History Month, we’ve had the great pleasure of partnering with Samuel Tholley and Hidden Pages - a zine discovering hidden Melanated history & lists of sources exploring the Melanated/"Black" experience. We talked about his motivation behind Hidden Pages, why it's so important to normalise black history and he shares some amazing historic figures we can all learn from. This is only the beginning of this partnership, so make sure you check out our initial conversation with Samuel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF_-blY_kUQ ⭐Enjoyed this episode?⭐️ Keep up to date with all our latest episodes, by hitting the subscribe button on your favourite podcast platform. And for any feedback on what you enjoy the most and ideas on what we can do to make 40 Minute Mentor even better, please leave us a review on https://ratethispodcast.com/40mm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices