On the evening of 6th February, Freeman Paddy Willis was invited to address the 3rd year students from Paris’s prestigious Dauphine University who are spending a year studying here in London.

The theme was “Why Mentoring?” Having mentored well over 100 start-up founders and building a mentor programme for Bathtub 2 Boardroom’s not for profit incubator, Paddy was happy to share a wealth of experience on the value to be had from having access to a mentor during one’s working career. The seventeen students in the audience were just embarking on their first experience of working with a mentor, in this case drawn from the London-based alumni of the University (and several of whom were in the room).

Hopefully they now have some insights to work with and the confidence to approach the programme as a helpful step towards joining the workforce.