Graduate Profile – Charanvir Bhamra

Charanvir Bhamra

If you would like to meet Charanvir or have an informal chat about her suitability as a mentee please call us on 0845 505 1875.

“Aim for the moon and you`ll reach the stars!”

Maintaining motivation, momentum, drive, dedication and commitment are all qualities I aim to perfect. The world is an endless pot of knowledge, not to explore is to deprive one of skills, experience, diversity and value.

From a young age I have always had an academic mind, I craved and sort out knowledge, life and experience. Growing up I took the traditional route of school, college and university. I graduated with a 2.1 in law which I was very proud of however I still felt there was yet more to achieve.

It was time to put all my skills into practice and I began volunteering at the Citzens Advice Bureau. Here I advised on many different areas such as debts, employment, immigration, family and benefits. Exploring the clients issues, reflecting, planning and following through a case was merely the tip of the iceberg. The real reward came from the gratitude the client would express from just solving their problems. I am passionate about people being treated right and not being deprived or segregated for trivial reasons. I began to confirm that this I was in my element and wanted to become an individual that can use their knowledge to help safeguard and improve people’s lives.

I wanted to become a well rounded person and acquire further skills which would aid my progression in life. This is where I took the next step into the Birmingham Leadership Foundation. From this opportunity I met likeminded people who wanted to help create a better future for the youth of today. We all felt that we saw there was a great need and it could no longer be ignored hence our group, One Shot was formed. Our aim was to help young people to present their goals, aspirations, entrepreneurial ideas in front of a panel of experts, business professionals and community leaders. From this stage we aimed to secure training, work experience or advice and guidance for the young people. This platform was created as a spring board for any young person aiming to break down any boundaries!

I am know aiming to expand my knowledge into the realm of Governance. I want to be able to develop further so that I may make decisions, influence frameworks and learn more about myself and how to help others.

Focus Dedicate, Aim, Achieve Greatness!

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Graduate Profile – Anthony McCourt

Anthony McCourt

If you would like to meet Anthony or have an informal chat about his suitability as a mentee please call us on 0845 505 1875.

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Anthony read law at the University of Birmingham 2004. Upon Graduation, The University of Birmingham awarded Anthony the annual prize for ‘that student who, in the opinion of the University, has made an outstanding contribution to the life of the University’.

Anthony joined Wragge & Co as a trainee solicitor and then qualified as a commercial development solicitor in 2007 acting for development clients such as Salhia Kuwaiti Sovereign fund and CBRE and Jones Lang La Salle.

Anthony decided to leave the law in late 2008 to pursue an opportunity within the commercial development industry, joining a small company developing The Cube in Birmingham City Centre. Upon that company entering administration, Anthony was asked to stay on and, then as co-Director, help lead the multi-million pound mixed-use scheme, on behalf of Lloyds Banking Group, to completion in 2010. The Cube is now home to the City’s leading brands such as Marco Piere White, Hotel Indigo, The Club and Spa, The Highways Agency etc.

In 2008, Anthony was the youngest winner ever of the Birmingham Young Professional of the Year award and is the youngest placed person in the Birmingham Post’s Power 50. Anthony is the youngest Chairman of a Career Academy in the UK chairing the City’s Enterprise Academy after founding it in 2009. In 2011, Anthony was placed in the Midlands Insiders list of ’42 under 42’ entrepreneurs to watch. In December 2011, Birmingham Metropolitan College awarded Anthony a Fellowship to the College for his services to Birmingham.

Anthony has since helped set up a commercial telephony vehicle in the Jewellery Quarter and in addition, a property specialist consultancy outfit too.

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Graduate Profile – Andrea Smithen

Andrea Smithen

If you would like to meet Andrea or have an informal chat about her suitability as a mentee please call us on 0845 505 1875.

She is passionate about working with young people in particular, knowing from personal experience that obtaining exposure from an early age will equip them with necessary life skills.

Andrea graduated with LLB (Hons) First Class and an LLM in Commercial Law (with Merit) from Birmingham City University and Birmingham University respectively in 2003 and 2004. She then completed the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law, Birmingham.

From 2006, Andrea trained at Cobbetts LLP, an international full service law firm. She qualified as a Solicitor into the Commercial Litigation Team in 2008. Her practice encompasses varying aspects of commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution work. She is involved in numerous contractual claims, property disputes as well as injunctive and enforcement proceedings. She has a strong specialism in professional negligence claims and is heavily involved in contentious probate cases, trust disputes and charity litigation/regulatory matters.

Andrea is greatly involved in mentoring college and university students where she assists with CV drafting, profile building and self-development. She is also an active member of her Church’s young adult’s group where organises and co-ordinates outreach programmes, social events and fundraisers.

Andrea is a founding and steering group member of Birmingham Black Lawyers, a non-profit organisation launched in April 2011 with a key aim of encouraging integration within the Birmingham legal profession and the wider community.

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Graduate Profile – Adnan Rashid

Adnan Rashid

Age: 26

If you would like to meet Adnan or have an informal chat about his suitability as a mentee please call us on 0845 505 1875.

“I have actively contributed within my local community by volunteering in and attending youth advancement programs”

For the last decade, I have actively contributed within my local community by volunteering in and attending youth advancement programs, by teaching disadvantaged children, organising local sports events and CV clinics; local government studies and NGO’s, such as green paper consultations and conferences. During this period of austerity where under-represented communities are being disproportionally affected I wish to increase my participation and make a greater difference.

Currently, I serve as a Governor at my local comprehensive school. I have worked with the school to get integrated with the local community, serve on the Finance and Staffing committees and have worked in collaboration to get the School out of special measures. As a former Assistant Teacher working with Dudley Council I came to understand that the need for leadership, which I then applied as a mentor at Mosaic, and as a local community volunteer within Brierley Hill.

I graduated from the University of Birmingham having read law and had the opportunity to work as an intern within Corporate Policy and the Legal Department at Birmingham City Council. Due to the recession I established my own property management company. For the last decade, I have actively contributed within my local community by volunteering in and attending youth advancement programs, by teaching disadvantaged children, organising local sports events and CV clinics; local government studies and NGO’s, such as green paper consultations and conferences. During this period of austerity where under-represented communities are being disproportionally affected I wish to increase my participation and make a greater difference.

Currently, I serve as a Governor at my local comprehensive school. I have worked with the school to get integrated with the local community, serve on the Finance and Staffing committees and have worked in collaboration to get the School out of special measures. As a former Assistant Teacher working with Dudley Council I came to understand that the need for leadership, which I then applied as a mentor at Mosaic, and as a local community volunteer within Brierley Hill.

I graduated from the University of Birmingham having read law and had the opportunity to work as an intern within Corporate Policy and the Legal Department at Birmingham City Council. Due to the recession I established my own property management company.

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