THE PEOPLE PENTLAND BRANDS JOIN
Pentland
Collective
POWERED BY THE PEOPLE
Pentland Collective
POWERED BY THE PEOPLE
WHY SHOULD I JOIN?
- Build your professional network
- Grow your understanding of different roles and sectors
- Develop your skills and confidence
Successful applicants will be matched with Mentors from Pentland Brands with experience in Marketing and Brand Building, Design, HR, Operations, Social Impact, Diversity and Inclusion, Legal and more.
The mentoring programme runs for 12-weeks and Mentors/Mentees will meet every 2-weeks. No previous experience or qualifications needed
JOIN NOW
Criteria
We are looking for mentees aged 18-30 years old who:
• Are Black or identify as an ethnic minority, working class, LGBTQIA+, living with a disability or neurodiverse.
• Want advice and support to achieve personal and professional goals.
Programme dates
Applications open: Mon 28th March
Applications close: Fri 8th April
Mentee Kick-Off Workshop: Mond 25th April
Mentoring Programme: Wed 4th May - Fri 22nd July
Meet your mentor: Wed 4th May
Celebration event: Week of 18th July
(dates TBC)
Mentees will need to be available on the 25th of April and at least 1x hour
every other week from May to July
About our Partnership
The People have carefully selected our partner organisation who are working towards positive business in the community and better representation in their business.
pentlandbrands.com
The People is a creative company powered by a global community of 150+ young diverse changemakers. We exist to amplify the voices of young people and help brands build a better world.
thepeople.work
Pentland Collective Mentoring Programme . Become a Mentee now .
Pentland
Collective
POWERED BY THE PEOPLE
Pentland Collective
POWERED BY THE PEOPLE
WHY SHOULD
YOU JOIN ?
- Build your professional network
- Grow your understanding of different roles/sectors
- Develop your skills and confidence
Successful applicants will be matched with Mentors from Pentland Brands with experience in Marketing and Brand Building, Design, HR, Operations, Social Impact, Diversity and Inclusion, Legal and more.
The mentoring programme runs for 12-weeks and Mentors/Mentees will meet every 2-weeks. No previous experience or qualifications needed.
click here to
JOIN NOW
Criteria
We are looking for mentees aged 18-30 years old who:
• Are Black or identify as an ethnic minority, working class, LGBTQIA+, living with a disability or neurodiverse.
• Want advice and support to achieve personal and professional goals
Programme dates
Applications open: Mon 28th March
Applications close: Fri 8th April
Mentee Kick-Off Workshop: Mond 25th April
Mentoring Programme: Wed 4th May - Fri 22nd July
Meet your mentor: Wed 4th May
Celebration event: Week of 18th July (date TBC)
Mentees will need to be available on the 25th of April and at least 1x hour
every other week from May to July
About us
We make brands that matter.
pentlandbrands.com
a global community of 150+ young diverse changemakers.
We exist to amplify the voices of young people and
help brands build a better world.
thepeople.work
Pentland Collective Mentoring Programme . Become a Mentee now .
Mark
Williams
VP Global Shipping
Global Vice President for Pentlands Brands Shipping Division
MOST PROUD OF: Working within the Supply Chain Industry which I have been passionate about since I was young and now being in a privileged position to support the next generation of talent. Pentland’s partnership with “The People” is the perfect platform for myself and a number of dedicated colleagues to do this. It’s an unbelievably exciting time to work for such a great company who own so many prestigious and world recognised brands.
IN MY FREE TIME: I love Sci-Fi particularly Star Wars and anything related to that universe. I am a keen
X-Box gamer and enjoy reading bookings from lots of genres.
Caroline Nankinga
Global Diversity and Inclusion Lead
Leads the diversity and inclusion commitments at
Pentland Brands
MOST PROUD OF: building a platform for passionate colleagues across the business to come together and drive meaningful action. From sharing their personal stories to educate others around racial equality, LGBTQ+ allyship, and neurodiversity, to forming 4 new employee networks focused on wellbeing, diversity and inclusion. Seeing the momentum of what can be achieved from their passion has been truly inspiring and spurs me on to push for more action.
IN MY FREE TIME: I channel my inner Aretha and love to sing in my local community gospel choir.
Kester
Mather
Legal Councellor (Lawyer)
Helps sell our global brands across the world (including Speedo and Mitre!)
IN MY FREE TIME: I enjoy watching football, talking about football, and playing football (to a poor standard!).
Kev
McFadyen
Global Brand Director for Speedo
Leads Speedo brand, helping the team to create brilliant products and impactful marketing.
That I've been a custodian of some of the greatest brands in the world, and hopefully I made a small positive contribution along the way.
IN MY FREE TIME:
Spending time with my favourite people and any outdoor activity, ideally both at once!
Charlie
Pym
Global Brand Director for Berghaus
Rebuilding one of
the world’s most iconic
outdoor brands
MOST PROUD OF: Launching a UCI WorldTour level cycling team while working at McLaren Racing –
a technology company obsessed with four wheels not two.
IN MY FREE TIME: Cycling. Travelling here there and everywhere. Exploring music. Spending time with my two girls. Mastering the pizza oven.
Ruth
Mann
Global Head of Brand for ellesse
looks after product and marketing for the ellesse brand
around the world
MOST PROUD OF: Returning to work full time after having two children. It’s not easy but I’m determined to show my daughters that you can have a career and a family and make it work. Luckily Pentland is really supportive with flexible working so it really helps with the juggle.
IN MY FREE TIME: Spending time as a family, travelling when we can. We’ve just got an allotment so I’m enjoying learning how to grow veg! I also love going out dancing but most likely it’ll be the kitchen disco for me with two young children at the moment.
Isabelle
Caesar
Product Compliance Manager
Helps manufacture
safe products for
everyone
MOST PROUD OF: Brexit is a minefield so I am proud to have gained swift understanding of what it meant for Pentland products and working with different teams to implement the changes.
IN MY FREE TIME: Going to the theatre and dancing to my daughters’ greatest despair.
Simon
Breckon
Global Brand Director for ellesse
Overseas the teams brand building approach on our Sport Fashion lifestyle brands of ellesse, Mitre and Kickers
MOST PROUD OF: Spotting and harnessing talent to empower and orchestrate the individual and specific teams to do the best work of their careers. From developing creative campaigns to disruptive brand building platforms and launching iconic product, it’s about putting the brand right into culture.
IN MY FREE TIME: I love anything sport related and pushing myself into the outdoors so whether that is cycling, sailing, surfing (now a bit old!) or skiing, its all good. Recently Covid-19 restrictions have limited this yet as restrictions lift, we can start to explore again!
Laura
Bromley
Creative Talent Manager
Promotes and brings together Pentland’s Creative Talent Community.
MOST PROUD OF: Selecting and nurturing some of the best junior designers to join our business. And providing an encouraging space for young designers to thrive so that they can build their confidence at the start of their careers in the design industry.
I am so passionate about supporting the next generation of creative talent. I believe in them and the great impact they will bring to our business and the world of design. They are the future!
IN MY FREE TIME: I love art, fashion and textiles, and creating my own artworks using my sewing machine
and a mix of media.
Kaiesha
Gibson
Corporate Responsibility Manager
Helping the business to protect the workers and deliver on its legal and moral responsibility to workers and the environment.
MOST PROUD OF: Getting over my voice-breaking, body trembling fear of public speaking. And Being a board member of ACT - I felt it was something that somebody else does and felt very official - and out of my reach but I volunteered. And yes it was learning but I was still myself, I didn't need to be another person to do it.
IN MY FREE TIME: I like my couch and TV - a lot! As I have got older I appreciate how restorative spending time in nature is. I used to love drama when I was in school and I wanted to do something for myself so I recently started attending amateur dramatic classes.
Damian
Graham
Graphic Designer for Speedo
Designs prints for sports garments
MOST PROUD OF: Designing prints for the most prestigious swim brand (Speedo) and having my printed
products worn by millions of swimmers around the world.
IN MY FREE TIME: I volunteer at my local parkrun in Nottingham,
occasionally appear on design podcasts and give away free content on Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop tutorials.
Vicci
Byrne
HR Services Manager
Supporting all managers and empoyees with the key milestones in an employee’s life cycle journey, using insight and technology to drive a customer centric approach
MOST PROUD OF: watching my team develop over the last few years. There is no greater feeling that seeing them reach their potential.
IN MY FREE TIME: I love travelling, music, amateur furniture upcycling and spending time with friends and family.
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Sara
Brennan
Positive Business Director
Helps the business give back to communities and think about our impact on the planet.
MOST PROUD OF: the work the entire team and other departments has done to pull together a really ambitious Positive Business strategy which sets out our long term goals of what we want to do by the time the company is 100 years old in 2032. On a more personal level I’m really proud to play a small part in the LGBTQ+ employee network. As a member of the LGBTQ+ community I have worked in companies where it didn’t feel safe to be out as queer or experience negative comments so to work somewhere where I feel I can be myself and we have a network of LGBTQ+ members and allies feels really good so I am really proud of that (no pride pun intended).
IN MY FREE TIME: I
There are lots of things I enjoy doing outside of work that have taken a little bit of a backseat recently as I have just become a mum for the first time so I am navigating that currently which is challenging but fun. I enjoy going out for drinks, seeing friends, walking round amazing London parks with my dog. I love travelling whether it being in the UK or outside.
I enjoy trying new things even if I’m not the best at it; before the pandemic I started fencing for the first time, which was fun, although a bit daunting turning up on my own to a class and being given a sword.
Chris
Warn
Global Logistics Director
Leads and develops Pentland’s global logistics and customer operations functions
MOST PROUD OF: The part I played in keeping my teams safe and secure during the pandemic. It was a privilege to support them in ensuring the business kept moving, but that the health and safety of the team and their families remained the number one priority.
IN MY FREE TIME: I am still playing competitive 11-a-side football at the age of 42, which my body doesn’t appreciate anymore. Football is a big part of my life, if I’m not playing then I am either running my son’s U9s team or watching my beloved Tottenham Hotspur. As a family we are trying, and spectacularly failing to train our French Bulldog puppy.
Isabelle
Synesius
Finance Analyst
Crunches numbers supporting the business into its
financial analysis
MOST PROUD OF: Having been able to travel to South America for my professional development – It was a fantastic experience to work along people with different cultures and languages.
IN MY FREE TIME: You will probably find me exploring a new city, reading a new book or lost in a natural park.
.
5 reasons to Apply
Mentoring is a learning relationship and our programme has many benefits:
1.
Direct, regular access to an experienced professional for
over 3 months!
Direct, regular access to an experienced professional for
over 3 months!
2.
Support with your personal and professional goals
Support with your personal and professional goals
3.
Insider perspective on a
massive brand
Insider perspective on a
massive brand
4.
Practical workshops & resources to build key skills and
your confidence
Practical workshops & resources to build key skills and
your confidence
5.
Ongoing support from a dedicated Programme Manager
Ongoing support from a dedicated Programme Manager
Mark Williams
VP Global shipping
Global Vice President for Pentlands Brands Shipping Division
MOST PROUD OF: Working within the Supply Chain Industry which I have been passionate about since I was young and now being in a privileged position to support the next generation of talent. Pentland’s partnership with “The People” is the perfect platform for myself and a number of dedicated colleagues to do this. It’s an unbelievably exciting time to work for such a great company who own so many prestigious and world recognised brands.
IN MY FREE TIME: I love Sci-Fi particularly Star Wars and anything related to that universe. I am a keen
X-Box gamer and enjoy reading bookings from lots of genres.
Caroline Nankinga
Global Diversity and Inclusion Lead
Leads the diversity and inclusion commitments at
Pentland Brands
MOST PROUD OF: building a platform for passionate colleagues across the business to come together and drive meaningful action. From sharing their personal stories to educate others around racial equality, LGBTQ+ allyship, and neurodiversity, to forming 4 new employee networks focused on wellbeing, diversity and inclusion. Seeing the momentum of what can be achieved from their passion has been truly inspiring and spurs me on to push for more action.
IN MY FREE TIME: I channel my inner Aretha and love to sing in my local community gospel choir.
Kester Mathers
Legal Councellor (Lawyer)
Helps sell our global brands across the world (including Speedo and Mitre!)
IN MY FREE TIME: I enjoy watching football, talking about football, and playing football (to a poor standard!).
Kev McFadyen
Global Brand Director for Speedo
Leads Speedo brand, helping the team to create brilliant products and impactful marketing.
That I've been a custodian of some of the greatest brands in the world, and hopefully I made a small positive contribution along the way.
IN MY FREE TIME:
Spending time with my favourite people and any outdoor activity, ideally both at once!
Charlie Pym
Global Brand Director (Berghaus)
Rebuilding one of
the world’s most iconic
outdoor brands
MOST PROUD OF: Launching a UCI WorldTour level cycling team while working at McLaren Racing –
a technology company obsessed with four wheels not two.
IN MY FREE TIME: Cycling. Travelling here there and everywhere. Exploring music. Spending time with my two girls. Mastering the pizza oven.
Ruth Mann
Global Head of Brand for ellesse
Looks after product and marketing for the ellesse brand
around the world
MOST PROUD OF: Returning to work full time after having two children. It’s not easy but I’m determined to show my daughters that you can have a career and a family and make it work. Luckily Pentland is really supportive with flexible working so it really helps with the juggle.
IN MY FREE TIME: Spending time as a family, travelling when we can. We’ve just got an allotment so I’m enjoying learning how to grow veg! I also love going out dancing but most likely it’ll be the kitchen disco for me with two young children at the moment.
Isabelle
Caesar
Product Compliance Manager
Helps manufacture
safe products for
everyone
MOST PROUD OF: Brexit is a minefield so I am proud to have gained swift understanding of what it meant for Pentland products and working with different teams to implement the changes.
IN MY FREE TIME: Going to the theatre and dancing to my daughters’ greatest despair.
Simon Breckon
Global Brand Director for ellesse
Overseas the teams brand building approach on our Sport Fashion lifestyle brands of ellesse, Mitre and Kickers
MOST PROUD OF: Spotting and harnessing talent to empower and orchestrate the individual and specific teams to do the best work of their careers. From developing creative campaigns to disruptive brand building platforms and launching iconic product, it’s about putting the brand right into culture.
IN MY FREE TIME: I love anything sport related and pushing myself into the outdoors so whether that is cycling, sailing, surfing (now a bit old!) or skiing, its all good. Recently Covid-19 restrictions have limited this yet as restrictions lift, we can start to explore again!
Laura Bromley
Creative Talent Manager
Promotes and brings together Pentland’s Creative Talent Community.
MOST PROUD OF: Selecting and nurturing some of the best junior designers to join our business. And providing an encouraging space for young designers to thrive so that they can build their confidence at the start of their careers in the design industry.
I am so passionate about supporting the next generation of creative talent. I believe in them and the great impact they will bring to our business and the world of design. They are the future!
IN MY FREE TIME: I love art, fashion and textiles, and creating my own artworks using my sewing machine
and a mix of media.
Kaiesha Gibson
Corporate Responsibility Manager
Helping the business to protect the workers and deliver on its legal and moral responsibility to workers and the environment.
MOST PROUD OF: Getting over my voice-breaking, body trembling fear of public speaking. And Being a board member of ACT - I felt it was something that somebody else does and felt very official - and out of my reach but I volunteered. And yes it was learning but I was still myself, I didn't need to be another person to do it.
IN MY FREE TIME: I like my couch and TV - a lot! As I have got older I appreciate how restorative spending time in nature is. I used to love drama when I was in school and I wanted to do something for myself so I recently started attending amateur dramatic classes.
Damian Graham
Graphic Designer for Speedo
Designs prints for sports garments
MOST PROUD OF: Designing prints for the most prestigious swim brand (Speedo) and having my printed
products worn by millions of swimmers around the world.
IN MY FREE TIME: I volunteer at my local parkrun in Nottingham,
occasionally appear on design podcasts and give away free content on Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop tutorials.
Vicci Byrne
HR Services Manager
Supporting all managers and empoyees with the key milestones in an employee’s life cycle journey, using insight and technology to drive a customer centric approach
MOST PROUD OF: watching my team develop over the last few years. There is no greater feeling that seeing them reach their potential.
IN MY FREE TIME: I love travelling, music, amateur furniture upcycling and spending time with friends and family.
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Sara Brennan
Positive Business Director
Helping the business give back to communities and think about our impact on the planet.
MOST PROUD OF: the work the entire team and other departments has done to pull together a really ambitious Positive Business strategy which sets out our long term goals of what we want to do by the time the company is 100 years old in 2032. On a more personal level I’m really proud to play a small part in the LGBTQ+ employee network. As a member of the LGBTQ+ community I have worked in companies where it didn’t feel safe to be out as queer or experience negative comments so to work somewhere where I feel I can be myself and we have a network of LGBTQ+ members and allies feels really good so I am really proud of that (no pride pun intended).
IN MY FREE TIME: I
There are lots of things I enjoy doing outside of work that have taken a little bit of a backseat recently as I have just become a mum for the first time so I am navigating that currently which is challenging but fun. I enjoy going out for drinks, seeing friends, walking round amazing London parks with my dog. I also love travelling whether it being in the UK or outside. I enjoy trying new things even if I’m not the best at it; before the pandemic I started fencing which was fun and something I hadn’t done before although it was a bit daunting turning up on my own to a class and being given a sword for the first time.
Chris Warn
Global Logistics Director
Leads and develops Pentland’s global logistics and customer operations functions
MOST PROUD OF: The part I played in keeping my teams safe and secure during the pandemic. It was a privilege to support them in ensuring the business kept moving, but that the health and safety of the team and their families remained the number one priority.
IN MY FREE TIME: I am still playing competitive 11-a-side football at the age of 42, which my body doesn’t appreciate anymore. Football is a big part of my life, if I’m not playing then I am either running my son’s U9s team or watching my beloved Tottenham Hotspur. As a family we are trying, and spectacularly failing to train our French Bulldog puppy.
Isabelle Synesius
Finance Analyst
Crunches numbers supporting the business into
its financial analysis
MOST PROUD OF: Having been able to travel to South America for my professional development – It was a fantastic experience to work along people with different cultures and languages.
IN MY FREE TIME: You will probably find me exploring a new city, reading a new book or lost in a natural park.
5 reasons to Apply
Mentoring is a learning relationship and our programme has many benefits:
1.
Direct, regular access to an experienced professional for over 3 months!
Direct, regular access to an experienced professional for over 3 months!
2.
Support with your personal and
professional goals
Support with your personal and
professional goals
3.
Insider perspective on a massive brand
Insider perspective on a massive brand
4.
Practical workshops & resources to build key
skills and your confidence
Practical workshops & resources to build key
skills and your confidence
5.
Ongoing support from a dedicated
Programme Manager
Ongoing support from a dedicated
Programme Manager