Migrant Leaders is thrilled to announce a partnership with Pfizer, offering mentees an exclusive, full-day experience at Pfizer’s UK commercial headquarters in Walton Oaks, Tadworth, Surrey. This immersive conference and workshop will provide unparalleled access to career stories and insights from Pfizer leaders across multiple business functions. Participants will engage directly with professionals, ask questions, and build valuable connections. The event also includes an interactive workshop where mentees will present their findings to Pfizer representatives.

In partnership with Ciena, Migrant Leaders presented a career stories webinar, offering mentees valuable insights into various professional journeys. The session featured speakers from Ciena who shared their experiences and career paths, providing inspiration and guidance to participants. This collaboration underscores the commitment of both organisations to support the development of young talent.

Video here: Ciena

Congratulations to all Migrant Leaders mentees who joined bp for this paid work experience week. Thank you everyone at bp for partnering with Migrant Leaders once again on this pioneering scheme!

We have had such success since our first Migrant Leaders collaboration with bp. See video here: BP

As part of our continuing Migrant Leaders partnership with Clifford Chance, our students enjoyed our insight day. This included an introduction to Clifford Chance, an insight into the different practices and their values and culture. They heard inspirational career stories as part of a Career Carousel and had the opportunity to network and ask questions. The community outreach team were on hand to talk our students through the pathways into Clifford Chance and give advice on the application process

We are very pleased to share that Migrant Leaders is collaborating with Barclays Investment Bank.

This first collaboration with Barclays was a half-day conference with Barclays Investment Bank which offers advisory, finance, and risk management services to clients.

Over 80 Migrant Leaders students heard career stories from Barclays Investment Bank professionals and had the opportunity to meet them, ask questions and network. They also took part in a Barclays Life Skills workshop designed to give our students essential skills.

See video here: Barclays

We are very pleased to share that Migrant Leaders is continuing to collaborate with Verian Group.

This latest collaboration was a one week internship in April for our Migrant Leaders university students. They found out about all the different parts of social research, and also had the opportunity to develop new skills by getting involved in practical research tasks. They met senior leaders (including the Verian CEO) who shared their experiences of social research, and others who will offer insight into public policy, communities and behaviour change.

See video here: Verian

Migrant Leaders was invited by The Bicester Collection to attend their hashtag#IWD event at the Bicester Village on 28th March. We took Migrant Leaders students to this event at the prestigious The Apartment:https://lnkd.in/eRGvkbiH
There was a panel discussion about unlocking the futures of women survivors of war. An opportunity to ask questions and network, followed by lunch and shopping.

Migrant Leaders students continue to benefit from our collaborations with Kingfisher plc through their continuing support of our charity by delivering this quality work experience week for Migrant Leaders mentees.

We have come a long way together since our first Migrant Leaders collaboration with Kingfisher plc. See video here: Kingfisher

Our partnership with BP continues to go from strength to strength, following the company’s work with Migrant Leaders over the last two years.

BP launched its global Work Experience programme in July. As a partner organisation, 10 of our young people attended a five-day paid Work Experience programme; and in October, BP hosted a one-day Insights event for a further 110 young people from the Migrant Leaders programme.

BP UK Skills Partnerships Manager, Tom Thayer explained:“Our aim is to bridge the gap between education and employment, by helping young people to develop the key skills and confidence they need for a future in the workplace. We know we’ve been successful if a young person leaves our programme feeling more confident, able to articulate their individual strengths and have a better understanding of the working world.”

Elham Fardad, Founder and CEO of Migrant Leaders expressed:

 “We are so pleased to have BP as a Migrant Leaders corporate partner. Large companies such as B...

We were delighted to be able to invite many Migrant Leaders mentees interested in law, business and commercial functions at Ciena. The EMEA legal and commercial leaders gathered in London at this event and networked with our students.

Mark Burton, Managing Director UK & Western Europe at Ciena expressed: “Great afternoon with Ciena hosting Migrant Leaders at The Bard and good to catch up with Elham Fardad. Today was hosted by our legal team Mary Gatehouse with video intro fromSheela Kosaraju and a panel session with Catherine Polley Raffi Varoujian, Ali COULIBALY Mercedes, Doumanian, and Tiziana Monnis. I’m always humbled and inspired to meet the leaders of the future - thank you all for spending the afternoon with us.”

See the video of our first collaboration with Ciena: Ciena