City Hive calls for applications for cross-company mentor scheme to help women progress

New drive launched to help women progress

City Hive is welcoming applications from potential mentors and mentees from across the investment industry for its new cross-company mentoring scheme.

It hopes to enable both large and small firms to participate in an industry-wide collaboration and help to correct years of collective under investment and achieve gender balance by maximising the potential of women. In light of the Covid-19 crisis, the application period for mentors and mentees has now been extended until 12 June.  Scheme matching will now take place in late June with the scheme commencing in early July for nine months. Mentors and mentees are paired up based on skills, experience and programme goals. Men or women can apply to be mentors for the scheme, but only w...