Bentley Motors Launches Its 2023 Global Extraordinary Women Initiative

The Extraordinary Women initiative is a global mentoring programme that is committed to inspiring and developing the next generation of young female leaders. Students from partner universities in the UK and Saudi Arabia will take part in the mentoring programs by Extraordinary Women Pioneers and Bentley experts.

March 13, 2023
Following its successful launch in the UK and the United Arab Emirates last year, the 2023 programme is being expanded in the UK as well as being rolled out for the first time in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Part of Bentley’s wider Diversity and Inclusion commitment under its Beyond100 strategy, the Extraordinary Women programme is designed to encourage women to consider careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and automotive.
Bentley is partnering with a number of leading UK universities to deliver the programme, including Loughborough, Bath, Warwick and Manchester Metropolitan University, as well as a partner university in Saudi Arabia, Dar Al Hekma University.
Bentley will now work with the universities to identify the students who will be selected to take part in the programme, with one place available per university. Successful applicants will enjoy one-to-one mentoring with experienced Bentley staff and the extraordinary Pioneers, ahead of attending a one-week programme at Bentley headquarters in Crewe this June, where they will work with Bentley teams on live projects to put the learnings from their mentoring experience to good use.