Mentees and Mentors Get Together for Tea

Recently the 30% Club Malaysia Board Mentoring organised a tea get-together with the mentees and mentors in Kuala Lumpur.

At the session the mentors – Renzo Viegas and Alan Hamzah Sendut shared their experiences and journey as board members in their respective companies. It was also a good platform for the eleven mentees to network, exchange information and share their know-hows and experiences between them.

Also present at the event was Dato’ Ami Moris, the chair of 30% Club Malaysia.  
At the event, the key-takeaways’ that were shared were board-ready candidates with domain knowledge tend to have more focused skills than those with more general knowledge, board-ready candidates need to share their point of views and need not worry about speaking-up at the board. To have a well-functioning Board that works together, chemistry amongst the board members is critical.

The other pointers that were shared in the session were:
–       Do your due intelligence
–       Do your “homework” to understand matters 

         related to management rather than drilling down 

         on details at the board meetings
–       Do know the differences between Executive and 

         Board roles
–       Do update your CVs
–       Do work with channels that increases your 

         visibility such as Institute of Corporate Directors 

         Malaysia (ICDM)

–       Do build your network