Professionals

Looking to put your skills to good use?

Our global community of mentors volunteer their time to support students and social entrepreneurs. Professionals with relevant skillsets and a passion for making a difference in the world are encouraged to join as BfE mentors.

Interested in getting involved? We actively recruit professionals on a year-round, rolling basis for the following three opportunities.

As a BfE mentor, you will have the ability to:

Empower social entrepreneurs to solve business challenges and scale their venture
Generate locally-driven impact for the beneficiaries our clients serve
Develop your communication and coaching skills
Learn about and develop knowledge in-new business sectors in emerging economies
Provide guidance and advice to high-achieving students on their career development journey
Connect with like-minded professionals through our Members Portal platform (launching soon)

Empower entrepreneurs as a BfE mentor

Your assistance at BfE can help spur employment, increase business profitability, and enhance the skills of entrepreneurs tackling some of the world’s most pressing social issues — all while mentoring students who will form the next generation of passionate leaders. There are three broad pathways to serve as a BfE mentor:

Incubation: work with a startup and student team on a project basis

Thought Leadership: share your insights with our team and wider community

Capacity Building: be our subject matter expert in specific sectors, geographies, or business areas

When you apply, you may declare your interest in — and be accepted to — one, two or all three of these mentorship opportunities shown above.

Where Our Mentors Work

BfE mentors have worked at, and continue to work at, some of the world’s most respected companies.

Mentor Testimonials

“As a mentor, I’m able to marry my professional skills with my personal passions for making the world a better place. I can’t speak highly enough about BfE’s mission, it’s people, and it’s work. I’ve learned as much as the student teams and business leaders – if not more – in my 3 years with BfE.”

Dan Mathis

Consultant, New York

3 projects with BfE

“Serving as a BfE mentor has allowed me to utilise the skills that I have learnt and honed professionally to accelerate entrepreneurs’ social and environmental impact. It is also a great opportunity to guide and nurture students to empower them to become changemakers.”

Glen Lee

Finance Professional, Singapore

3 projects with BfE

Join BfE as a Mentor

Filling out the application is designed to take no more than 10 minutes.

Applications are reviewed by our global management team on a year-round basis. Our team will email you when your application has been approved. To be cognizant of working schedules, we don't currently conduct interviews. However, we encourage you to email mentor@bridgesforenterprise.com if you have any questions and someone from our team will be in touch with you.

Mentor application form

Volunteer at BfE Technology

BfE has a separate unit focused on developing software and algorithms to help scale our impact. If you have experience in software development, cloud infrastructure or algorithm design, we would welcome you to join us as a volunteer on BfE Tech instead. This is different from the mentorship roles described above and operate at an arms-length to our Incubation Programme.

Tech@BfE