The Travel Industry Mentor Experience (TIME) is a not-for-profit company established in 2009 to help ambitious and aspiring leaders of the Travel and Tourism industries accelerate their careers through mentoring. The program operates within a structured mentoring and peer collaboration framework to deliver agreed outcomes for each participant. The Mentor’s role is to hold his or her Mentee accountable, to offer challenging ideas, new ways of thinking and to inspire, as well as building Mentee self-confidence through encouragement and constructive feedback. TIME’s Board comprises Penny Spencer (Chair), Angela Middleton, Trish Shepherd, Timo Lorenzen, Jo O'Brien and Dan Russell, with Marie Allom - a respected industry figure, appointed to the position of Program Manager. The Board is supported by a committee of dedicated, passionate travel and tourism industry representatives. Since inception, the Travel Industry Mentor Experience has seen over 350 mentees graduate the program and continues to the the travel, tourism and hospitality industries premier career accelerator.