Voices of Biotech Episode 5: Lara Silverman Talks Mentorship

Episode 5 of Voices of Biotech has launched! This month’s episode of Informa Connect’s latest podcast, brought to you by the BioProcess Insider Expression Platform, features Lara Silverman who sheds some light on career paths, mentorship, and taking ownership of your own development.  

Hear Lara discuss DE&I in the cell and gene therapy space, emphasising the goal to get to a place where diversity is naturally embedded into company culture without the need for continuous conversation.

She shares her experience and advice on mentoring, highlighting the benefits to be gained from both sides of the relationship, “mentorship is our key to digging ourselves out of this hole of not having women in leadership,” she says. When selecting a mentor, Silverman emphasises the importance to find someone outside of your organisation for an unbiased perspective and with a shared experience or history to you; “the challenges you are facing have been faced before.”