New mentoring programme for women working in the AV industry to provide dedicated one-to-one support, driving diversity and elevating careers
Women in AV has revealed the names of its mentees and mentors for the first mentoring scheme for women in the AV industry.
Launched in July 2018 at London 1 Wimpole Street, the new programme has been created to help support women working in the AV industry on both a collective and individual basis to help them achieve their career ambitions and to become role models for other aspiring generations of women to choose a career in AV.
Those on the programme, which is free to join and backed by AVTE, will see experienced leaders from the industry guide 19 women at varying levels of seniority, offering their expertise, knowledge and support. There will also be regular group meetings and events.
The six-month programme has three main strands: a monthly session with a mentor; a monthly meet up with fellow mentees where they present on their part of the AV sector and thirdly additional networking events and workshops with guest speakers.
“The WAVE mentoring scheme is a step change in encouraging individuals to strive to become better at what they do but also supporting them in promoting diversity in their workplace,” comments Abigail Brown, who has led the WAVE UK group since 2014, alongside running her own recruitment business, Openingz.com. “We are so pleased with the number of people who applied for the scheme and are thrilled to be able to offer our mentees the experts that have signed up. We know that this is going to be a great programme and look forward to supporting the AV sector.”
The mentees are as follows:
Anne Howard, Client Support Manager at CSL Integration
Barbora Kocurekova, Marketing Manager at ISE
Becky Pasifull, Purchasing and Sales Admin Manager at CDEC
Beth Glennister, Supplier, Quality and Management Coordinator at Pacific
Cassie Stuckey, Head of Sales at Solutions AV
Christina Zamora Tellez, Supply Chain Leader at Lutron
Emma Bigg, Director and Project Management Consultant at Octaviusre
Esther Grove, Managing Director at BrightSys
Faye Patterson, Audio Visual Coordinator at Kaleidovision
Honey Tavakoli, Reseller Account Manager at LG Electronics
Hannah Davies, Business Development Account Executive at Inspire AV
Jemma Zlydneva, European Technical Support Specialist at Biamp Systems
Jessica Archibald, Business Development Account Executive at Damson Global
Liz Barnes, Channel Manager at Promethean
Louise Walmsley, Internal Account Manager at Promethean
Natalie Barnett, FEHE Sales Support at CDEC
Sammi Bews, Sales Manager at Pacific
Sally Castro, Project & Support Engineer at Engage Works
Stephanie Bagbila, Distribution Account Executive at Sharp
The mentors are as follows:
Ann Pickard, Group Service Director at Visavvi
Adam Harvey, Solution Architect for AV & Digital Media at University of Hertfordshire
Amy Cronshaw, Senior Consultant at MACOM GMBH (UK)
Angela Townsend, Director of Channel Sales at SMART Technologies
Birgit Jackson, Commercial Director at Sharp Visual Solutions Europe
Caroline Britt, Managing Director at RGB Communications
Caroline Carter, AV Manager at Imperial College London
Daniel Lee, Managing Director at Hewshott International
Denise O’Keeffe, Director at Woopjobs
Helen Sheldrake, Channel Sales Manager at NEC Display Solutions Europe
Hilary Harris, Founder at Hilary Harris (Talent Management Consulting)
Lesley Da Costa, Chief Operating Officer at infiLED EM International
Louise Mahhra, Senior Marketing Communications Manager at Microsoft
Martine Dodwell-Bennett, Director of Sales Operations at Lutron Electronics
Naina Taylor, Sales Manager at Midwich
Nicki Fisher, Director of EMEA Sales at Clear-Com
Sadie Groom, Managing Director at Bubble Agency
Sid Stanely, General Manager at Calrec Audio
Toni Moss, Managing Director at CDEC
Membership to WAVE is free and details are available here: http://womeninavuk.com/
