Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship Caribbean is seeking mentors, strategic and financial coaches, and professional service providers to support its pool of entrepreneurs.

The centre, which was established in 2011 as a partnership between Virgin Unite — the not-for-profit foundation of the Virgin Group — and Virgin Holidays, the UK’s leading long-haul tour company to the Caribbean, assists entrepreneurs to launch or scale their businesses for long-term growth.

“We’re constantly on the lookout for highly experienced business people to help us nurture the next generation of talented Caribbean entrepreneurs. We are looking for people who have held senior management positions or have significant entrepreneurial experience with a desire to make a difference in business,” the centre said.

Specifically, that includes people who are:

• Committed and available to meet virtually or in person on a regular basis;

• Patient and responsive;

• Attentive to detail;

• Able to explain difficult concepts in simple terms; and

• Able to communicate honest feedback tactfully.

As mentor, one will have to commit a minimum of two hours per month for 12 months.

A strategic coach — who will assist Branson Centre Caribbean entrepreneurs to create strategic objectives and goals to drive the overall performance of their business — will need to commit a minimum of three hours per month for 12 months.

Finance coaches will be required to dedicate a minimum of two hours per month to advising entrepreneurs who have either already received funding through the Branson Centre Caribbean, or those seeking funding for the first time, on areas such as bookkeeping, cash flow management, budgeting, and projections.

Professional service providers, meanwhile, who are defined as having expertise in a specific area of business, such as accounting, marketing, commercial law or other, are urged to donate 1-2 pro bono hours per month to help guide the budding entrepreneurs.

Volunteers can register on the Branson Centre’s website —

bransoncentre.co/caribbean.

“Branson Centre Caribbean is on a mission to change the prospects of entrepreneurship for good and we need your help to do it,” the centre states on its website.