Female founders to discuss peer mentorship at Cambridge Judge Business School event
An all-star panel of female founders and mentors share their experiences at an event for which more than 100 people have already registered. The event is being held at Lecture Theatre 2, Cambridge Judge Business School.
A panel discussion on peer mentoring at the Female Founders Day will address a range of topics. They include:-
• The power of representation in female-led mentoring
• Success stories and measurable impact
• Overcoming barriers in entrepreneurship
• Building scalable mentorship ecosystems
• Inclusive mentoring and intersectionality
• Effective mentorship practices
• The mutual value of the mentor-mentee relationship
• Strategy, funding, and team-building insights
Accomplished female entrepreneurs, will share their experiences, insights and challenges they tackle in the world of business. It is part of an event series, run by Accelerate Cambridge alumni and local entrepreneurs, and promises to help strengthen and consolidate the female founder community in Cambridge.
Peer mentoring highlights the significance of female-led mentoring to support entrepreneurs and the impactful results it can achieve. Guests can join a panel discussion exploring the challenges and issues raised during mentoring.
The event also offers the opportunity to book 1:1 mentoring sessions with accomplished female founders who have reached key milestones and are eager to share their insights. Additionally, participants can connect with experienced female mentors from diverse backgrounds, specialising in areas such as strategy, leadership, funding and team building.
The first mentoring session runs from 9.15 until 10 o'clock. It will be followed by another until 11 a.m. following which a panel discussion will run from 11.15 until 12.45. Following lunch and starting at 2pm and 3pm, respectively, there will be two more mentoring sessions. A highlight of the day will be the Pitch & Judge #4 segment ahead of networking & drinks.
The mentors sharing their experiences are Amelia Armour (Amadeus Capital Partners), Claire Gilvray (founder, Gilvray Health), Liz Zijing Li, founder of Mimicrete, Dr Jennifer Martin (EMBA Executive Director, Cambridge Judge Business School) and Liz Marston (Founder of Sotera).
Amelia joined Amadeus Capital Partners in 2009 and is a Partner in the Early Stage Fund. Her current investment focus is on AI & Cybersecurity, Photonics & Quantum, Digital Health & MedTech and Novel Materials.
She is a Director on several boards including Xampla, which has developed novel plant-based materials to replace single-use plastics; iPronics which is building lossless optical switches for AI networking at the speed of light; Riverlane a developer of the operating system for error corrected quantum computers; sprout.ai a provider of fast and accurate insurance claims automation and SLAMcore, a spin-out from Imperial College, developing spatial intelligence for autonomous robotics and drones.
Amelia is also an active board observer at Paragraf, the first company to mass produce graphene-based electronic devices. She joined the UK Government’s Semiconductor Advisory Panel in August 2023, established to deliver the National Semiconductor Strategy.
Liz Marston is the founder of Sotera, an InsurTech business hat uses AI and a proprietary risk algorithm to provide detailed risk analysis and price-checking for complex policies by introducing item level risk analysis for the first time in Fine Art & Specie and High Net Worth Home Contents.
Sotera was founded at Accelerate Cambridge, accelerated at Lloyd’s Lab, and now based at Lloyd’s of London. Sotera has received investment from Lloyd’s of London, Tokio Marine Future Fund, Ninety, StoryHouse and leading angels.
Dr Martin is the Executive Director for the Executive MBA programme at the University of Cambridge’s, Judge Business School (CJBS), where she leads the programme from both a programme delivery side as well as an admissions and marketing perspective.
She is also teaching Diversity, Equity and Inclusion this year at CJBS. In addition, Dr Martin is a Professorial Lecturer at Hult International Business School, where she teaches across the management, leadership and the global marketing sphere and is extremely passionate about delivering courses on the ‘costs of doing business poorly’ normally around Human Resource Management, Marketing, Leadership and Diversity.
Gillvray Health is the brainchild of Dr. Gillvray, a medical doctor with over 25 years experience with expertise in psychiatry, general practice, nutrition and sports medicine, and Lucy Hibben, a renowned breath coach, meditation teacher, and senior yoga instructor. Together, they are committed to guiding you towards optimal health and well-being.
Zijing Li is co-founder and COO of Mimicrete Ltd, a company that is developing sustainable and resilient construction materials for the future. With a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Cambridge, Liz’s passion for sustainability led her from academic research to entrepreneurship. Her research in biomimetic materials and vascular self-healing concrete forms the core technology of Mimicrete Ltd.
Working in the male-dominant construction industry as a female scientist, engineer and entrepreneur, Zijing has overcome pervasive stereotypes and is motivated to inspire the next generation of women leaders.