Global Accountancy giants, Ernst & Young, are mentoring four of our Year 13 students who will be given the unique opportunity to visit one of the world’s leading accountancy and professional services firms to find out more about a career in financial services.

St Bonaventure’s alumnus, Nilesh B Dosa, orchestrated the mentoring as he now works as an advisory consultant with EY and still has fond memories of his time as a student here.

The Year 13  6th Form students are: Joshua Akinsowon, Myles Quacoe , Harraj  Singh and Tolu Obafemi-Ajayi. They are all 17. They visited the offices in More London earlier this month and Nilesh went on to explain: “It was fantastic to welcome 6th Form students into our London Bridge office. The session was informative and inspiring and the students showed their passion and enthusiasm with lots of questions about the variety of activities EY does. I look forward to mentoring them this coming year and hope to see them on our Business Apprenticeship programme next year.”

Amaka Uche from the Ernst & Young Talent team also took part on the day and added: “The EY Business Apprenticeship is a market-leading award winning alternative to university. This training lets you join EY straight after school — just as some of our directors and partners did. When you qualify, you’ll have the same professional qualification you’d study for after university, and you’ll earn this sooner than a graduate, with the same career options to look forward to”

Whichever direction our students take this mentoring opportunity will greatly enhance their career prospects.  All of our students gave us great feedback on their first visit and felt they learnt so much.

Tolu gave this testimonial: “I was provided with a telling insight into the world of finance. Our mentor has really provided a motivation for me to go on and try to be successful”. Myles added: “I was inspired to see how the business world works and it opened my eyes to also explore paths other than university”.

Thanks to Nilesh and his colleagues at EY for organising such a fantastic initiative.