Level the playing field
Every person should have access to a professional network that helps them.
The 1 Hour Project is a not for profit organisation designed to match students, who are first in their family to go to University (excluding siblings), from low income backgrounds with industry experts providing invaluable career insights.
Meet the 1 Hour Project Team
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Claire Mason
Claire is an experienced Executive Assistant and Events Manager with over 8 years’ experience in the Higher Education and Early Careers field. Claire has worn many different hats within her career in sectors including; health and social care, hospitality and finance achieving a number of professional qualifications along the way.
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Manny Contomanolis PhD
High energy, enthusiastic and creative professional who loves solving problems and helping individuals and organizations achieve their goals. Manny loves to write and speak and engage with people to understand and help address their career related challenges.
Consulting is a passion as it allows Manny to apply my analytical and people skills with the ultimate goal of making things better.
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Terence Perrin
Terence is an experienced HR professional with a focus on Executive Coaching, Talent Management & Development and Recruitment. He has contributed to various media – radio, press, conference speaker, television – as a subject matter expert in talent management and development issues.
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Matthew Molina-Pethers
Matt is commercially driven and digitally led, and has a strong track record in stakeholder alignment, people leadership and change management in both Retail and HR. He has multi award-winning expertise in talent acquisition, management, development and data driven HR within NA and EMEA. Matt’s focus with Talent Acquisition lies within both early careers and experienced hire.
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Fiona Belk
Experienced Human Resources Professional with an academic background and qualifications in Coach Mentoring, Counselling and Psychology. Specialist in Talent Development and Business Partnering with a demonstrated history of working across a variety of industries including investment banking, energy and telecoms industry.
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Bob Athwal
Bob has a unique background and perspective, he had been an employer, a vendor and a University. Bob is a regular International conference speaker, specialising in Early Careers, Student Experience and Student Outcomes. Bob has been the recipient of several industry awards relating to graduate recruitment and development as well as careers preparation within Universities.
