Early Careers Network: Mapping your Career Path with Izzy Obeng, CEO of Foundervine
Author WIG Date 18 May 2023
We are delighted to welcome Izzy Obeng, to share some insights from her dynamic career journey with you.
WIG’s Early Career Network brings together future leaders who are graduates, apprentices and high potential individuals with up to ten years of work experience, from a range of WIG member organisations. The network helps build connections within peer groups and develop the skills and knowledge to further career progression. We are delighted to welcome Izzy Obeng, to share some insights from her dynamic career journey with you.
Join us for your opportunity to:
- Discuss non-linear approaches to forging your own unique career path
- Explore the benefits of gaining a breadth of experience across sectors, including the valuable opportunities offered by trustee and voluntary roles
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Speakers at the Event
Izzy Obeng is an entrepreneur and business coach. She is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Foundervine and sits as a Non-Executive Director for Capital Enterprise. At Foundervine, Izzy leads a consultancy for creating systemic change in entrepreneurship. Foundervine has launched accelerators in the UK that support early stage companies, providing entrepreneurs from under-represented communities with mentorship, training and financial support. By 2022, Foundervine had helped over 5,000 leaders build new skills, supported over 330 entrepreneurs start and scale new businesses and raise capital.
Izzy is a Member of the Investment Advisory Committee for the £25m Growth Impact Fund launched in 2022 by Big Issue Invest and a scout for Ada Ventures. In 2021, Izzy joined the Hamilton Commission, a commission appointed by seven-time world champion Sir Lewis Hamilton to increase the representation of Black people in U.K. motorsport. She currently acts as an Advisor to Lloyds Banking Group and is a member of the Race Equality Commission. Izzy has been featured in the BBC, The Telegraph, The Times, and The Guardian and in 2022, Izzy was listed in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Social Impact.