Mentoring is important for individuals aiming for career excellence. Access to industry mentors is vital on the trajectory to the top.

All our mentors are trained individuals who can assist and support you on making decisions, reviewing your CV in advance of an application, helping you prepare for an interview, informal support towards your chartership application or even progessing to a different role within or outside your organisation. We can connect you with dicipline specific mentors who can provide you with invaluable advice and connections. If you like to become a mentor please contact us.

Roundtable is a new AFBE-UK programme launched in 2018. It enables cross industry knowledge and experience sharing for career progression amongst engineers within industry.

The Roundtable events are ideally aimed at professionals but may also be useful for new graduates or students undertaking an internship or placement.

These events have an objective to allow people to share their experiences and concerns about a chosen topic in a safe, confidential setting. The aim is to facilitate progression and personal career goals achievement. The Roundtable will enable members to build a network and allow cross industry knowledge sharing as well as experiences from different career levels. in becoming industry mentor please Contact us.

Chess Club launched in 2019 to develop strategic thinking for AFBE-UK professionals on their next career move, and the event was open to anyone interested in taking the next step in their career.

Typically four dynamic speakers are lined up, who each gave their own unique perspective on the main factors we all need to be considering now to aid in the strategic development of both our professional and academic lives.

Other networking activities include:

• Annual Seminars
• Conferences Gala Events Dinners/ BBQs
• Gala Events
• Dinners/ BBQs

During all events AFBE-UK enrolment is available. Informal career planning discussion between attendees is always encouraged.

AFBE-UK have organised a number of successful events in aid of the BME community attracting high profile industry leaders and media attention.

If you are interested in sponsoring a networking event or would like further details about the sponsorship packages available, contact us at info@afbe.org.uk

We inspire effective leadership and encourage individuals to transition into corporate management and executive positions in their career.

The leadership series which began in the summer of 2020 seeks to provide the training that experienced engineering professionals need in order to progress to positions of leadership.

Visit the Transcend programme website.