Mentoring is a confidential relationship, where the Mentee can access a Mentor's wisdom and guidance to navigate obstacles in achieving career objectives.

In October 2018, the IACT committee launched its first ever Mentoring programme. The pilot programme consisted of 6 mentoring relationships and was an outstanding success leading to a new programme running each year.

The following are some of the positive comments received from our past Mentees & Mentors:

• “I got a lot out of it and I think that it adds to the IACT. I would recommend to my colleagues”
• “I am very grateful to have been involved with this programme”·    
•  “I greatly appreciated the time, thought and effort that my mentor put into the programme”
•  “Would I recommend? YES!”
• “Playing the role of mentor has been both a challenging and rewarding experience, and one I really value.  It allows you to develop your own leadership skills, can give you a different perspective on things, and also promotes self-reflection. I have thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to participate in the IACT programme.”

We are now taking applications for Mentees to join the 2023 programme. The programme will provide Mentees with a unique opportunity to connect and learn from the experience of some of Ireland’s most senior treasury professionals.

What’s involved

We ask that Mentors and Mentees: 

•       Commit to working together for a minimum of one hour per quarter for a period of 12 months
•     Hold at least one face to face meeting in this period
•      Agree a target objective for the mentoring relationship
•     Provide feedback to the IACT Committee after the 12-month period has elapsed

How a mentoring relationship can benefit Mentees:

• Independent advice about your career expectations and gain insight into the different routes you could take to     achieve your career goals
• Help with developing capabilities and skills needed to succeed in a dynamic global economy
• Overcome challenges with the support of a mentor

Mentee Benefits:

• Being able to discuss and gain greater clarity, in an open and off-line environment, about career and development issues
• Proving encouragement to set more ambitious career goals, reinforcing belief in their own potential
• Having practical advice and help on organisational politics and behaviour
• The opportunity to be challenged constructively
• Transfer of knowledge
• Improved professional and personal networking
• Development of communication skills

• The opportunity to practice good developmental behaviours and additional skills outside their direct line responsibilities
• Development of their own self awareness
• Greater understanding of other areas within the treasury and banking sphere
• Opportunities to capture and reflect on their own development
• Enhanced satisfaction - stimulating and rewarding fresh challenge, sense of pride in the Mentee's achievements
• Consolidating and extending professional and personal networks