Some of the most successful female role models gathered at the InterContinental hotel in Park Lane, central London, last week to inspire a generation of young women to aim high in their careers.
Classical singing star Hayley Westenra, 22, who is also Unicef’s youngest-ever ambassador, joined other stars lending their support to the conference. The event aimed to broaden the career horizons of young women, encouraging them to consider non-traditional jobs.
Model-turned-entrepreneur Caprice Bourret also spoke to the audience of 350, while stars of BBC TV’s The Apprentice judged the final of Financial Mail’s MoneySense Apprentice Challenge.
The Breaking the Mould conference gained the support of some of Britain’s top employers, with NatWest, the Serious Fraud Office, O2, IBM, the Food and Drink Federation, the InterContinental Hotel Group, British Gas and B&Q all sponsoring the event.
It is the third time that Financial Mail has staged the careers conference and it was the first occasion at which students, as well as teachers, were offered the chance to listen to women in a range of unconventional and sometimes surprising careers.
With today’s youngsters likely to be in full-time work until they hit 70, it is more important than ever that those years are spent in a rewarding and fulfilling way.
Charlotte Parker, a sixth-form student from Leicester High School for Girls, said: ‘It was such a stimulating conference I feel I’m quite inspired. Companies rarely come to our schools to talk to us about their programmes, so it was a very good chance for us to broaden our minds.’
ALL Breaking the Mould pictures are being added to the FMWF Facebook group – FMWF: Women in Business (click here).
Click here for the brochure: Breaking the Mould 2010 brochure.
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March 7th, 2010 at 12:48 pmeastenra says:
Thanks for introduce those lovely and respectful women in the brochure of Financial Mail!