Structured cross-industry mentoring for expert-led industries — building confidence, clarity and connections that last.
Structured cross-industry mentoring for expert-led industries — building confidence, clarity and connections that last.
Over 300 professionals have already joined TwoCan — proof that structured, cross-industry mentoring works.
We’re now expanding that model across six sectors. Because the challenges facing a vet practice owner, a dental principal, a farm business leader or a growing SME are not as different as you’d think. You’re the expert in your field. You’re also the manager, the leader, the strategist — expected to stay current, make good decisions, and develop others, often without a moment to pause. TwoCan Mentor exists for that person.
Our programme is grounded in Nuffield Farming Scholarship research and built on a whole-person matching process, developed with academics and data scientists, that connects people across sectors — not just within your current circle. The outsider perspective is often the most valuable one.
We match people across sectors, not just within them. The perspective you can’t get from your own sector is often the one that changes everything.
We look at values, goals, communication style and lived experience — not job title. Developed with academics and data scientists, it is what makes our matches work.
Every relationship has a clear framework, regular check-ins, and a dedicated support contact. Nothing is left to chance.
CPD webinars, peer groups, and community events. The programme is the beginning, not the whole thing.
Discover how mentoring is supporting people across different industries and professional journeys
Watch short conversations with our founder, Helen Wyman and programme participants as they share their experiences, challenges and reasons for joining Twocan Mentor.
Watch more stories and insights on our Twocan Mentor YouTube channel.
Whether you own a practice, work within one, or lead a franchise network — TwoCan has a structured mentoring programme for your sector. Select yours below.
Our next mentoring cohort starts 7th October 2026
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You know mentoring works when it’s done well. The challenge is making it happen consistently across a network.
TwoCan becomes your dedicated mentoring partner — designing, running, and managing structured programmes across your organisation, so you don’t have to build the capability from scratch.
We work with franchise networks, group practices, membership bodies, and employer organisations across veterinary, dental, optometry, pharmaceutical, food and farming, and SME sectors.
We are actively working to qualify the programme as verifiable non-technical CPD across our regulated sectors — a tangible benefit we will confirm as soon as accreditation is in place.
We do the heavy lifting. You take the credit.
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As a Nuffield Farming Scholar, Helen’s research focused on how mentorship transforms confidence, leadership, and career paths. With a career spanning food, farming, environment, and energy, she’s seen the impact that the right conversation at the right time can have.
That’s why she built this business—to create structured mentoring opportunities that don’t just exist in one industry but work across them all.
Now, TwoCan Mentor is bringing that vision to life, ensuring that mentors and mentees get the support, training, and connections they need to thrive.
Whether you’re looking for guidance or ready to give it, there’s a place for you in the TwoCan community.
6 mentoring sessions, structured support, training, and access to the TwoCan community.
Training, purposeful matching, CPD contribution, and access to a cross-industry community.
We ask only that you show up, engage fully, and bring your experience honestly. Everything else, we handle.
Imagine placing a white carnation in split-coloured water. Over time, the petals absorb the colours, transforming into something entirely new.
That’s mentorship. By engaging with people outside of your usual circles, you absorb new insights, perspectives, and confidence, growing in ways you never expected.
Just like the carnation, your success is shaped by the environment and influences around you. At TwoCan Mentor, we create the perfect conditions for you to thrive.
We don’t want barriers to stop anyone from accessing mentorship. If finance is a concern, please speak to us—we offer flexible payment plans and can direct you to charities that may be able to help.
We don’t just match you and leave you to it. Our structured approach ensures long-term success.
To make sure you’re progressing well.
For both mentors and mentees throughout the process.
Your community at TwoCan is growing every day and we are hard at work creating a central place for you all to connect online and in person. Watch this space for more information coming soon.
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I am a rural researcher at Savills, focusing on agricultural, environmental, rural property, and land use issues across the UK. I lead a team of research analysts and a specialist rural data team, analysing the impact of policy changes on rural businesses and the land market. Alongside this, I run our family arable farm in east Lincolnshire and am busy investigating ways that we can evolve our combinable cropping system to make the business more sustainable.
I joined the programme as I was keen to benefit from an outside perspective on my development while also offering my experience back as a mentor. I really like the matching process and that there is training to help make sure you get the most out of the programme.
I am a passionate agriculturalist with a fierce thirst for learning. Farming is in my blood; I see agriculture as an industry that is often overlooked despite its global importance. As an Agri-Business Consultant I specialise in advising on business strategies, improving farm efficiency, and addressing the unique challenges of the agricultural sector, combining my deep-rooted understanding of practical farming with modern business practices.
Land management is vital for food production, environmental conservation, and energy generation. My aim is to help facilitate, empower UK farmers, showcasing them as world leaders in our industry.
I decided to join the cultivate success program in the hopes to engage and learn from experienced professionals who can offer different perspectives and further my own professional development.
I hope to gain invaluable personal insights, constructive criticisms, encouragement, and enhanced industry knowledge as well as new friends and connections.
Doctoral Researcher/PhD Candidate
Natural Resources Institute (NRI), University of Greenwich, London, UK
I am a dedicated food systems researcher and final-year PhD candidate focused on the cascading effects of disruptive shocks on agri-food value chains (AFVCs). My research has equipped me with a strong background in systems thinking, qualitative research, and stakeholder engagement. I am passionate about building resilient food systems, with a focus on sustainable and equitable solutions for global food security.
I decided to join this program to connect with like-minded professionals and mentors who can help guide my career in food system resilience. The opportunity to engage with a diverse network is invaluable to my personal and professional growth.
Through this experience, I hope to gain insights into practical applications of resilience-building strategies, expand my network within the agriculture industry, and strengthen my skills to better contribute to the global challenge of food security.
Environmental Assistant
I was recently made redundant from 7 years in breeding Barley in the research and development sector, upon this crossroads I joined the Twocan Mentor programme to hopefully gain direction and open up vision to other career options within agriculture that are not sitting on a tractor all day long.
My mentor is expertly matched and first session in going swimmingly well. So far this programme has given me purpose and a road in which I feel I can progress.
I look forward to what the next few months holds!
Studying for her PhD at Harper Adams University
Originally from inner-city Birmingham, I was attracted to the broad range of subjects that agriculture encompasses so completed a degree in Agriculture at Harper Adams University. During this time, I developed an interest in poultry nutrition and am now pursuing a PhD in slow growing broiler nutrition and environmental impact assessments. In my spare time I enjoy French classical dressage, cooking, knitting and exploring fashion.
I decided to join the Twocan Mentor program to develop a good foundation for a career in agriculture once I finish my PhD. I am passionate about networking and building communities and believe these factors are essential for personal and professional growth.
I hope to have great conversations with people from the sector that will lead to lasting networks and communities. I hope that through the mentorship I will develop clearer goals for my future and gain confidence about heading out to work in the industry.
MSc at Bangor University
I am a dedicated agriculturalist with my first degree in Agricultural Economics and Farm Management from Nigeria. I am also a recipient of the Commonwealth Scholarship and OFC Scholarship. I am currently pursuing my MSc in Agroforestry and Food Security at Bangor University, Wales. I am driven by the desire to use my knowledge to address global challenges related to food security and sustainability.
I joined Twocan Mentor to expand my knowledge and experience while advancing my career in the agri-food and forestry sectors. Through Twocan Mentor, I aim to gain valuable experience, develop my career, and pursue my passion for farming.
I look forward to leveraging my education, experiences, and opportunities offered by Twocan Mentor, to make a meaningful contribution to UK agriculture and beyond.
Knowledge Exchange at AHDB
I was brought up on a mixed livestock farm in East Yorkshire. After studying Agriculture at Newcastle University, I moved down to Warwickshire for my first ‘proper job’ at AHDB in the beef & sheep genetics sector. I did that for 3 years before taking a secondment into the Knowledge Exchange team at AHDB, being the point of contact for beef & sheep producers between Lincolnshire and Herefordshire. A year secondment, turned into 2 and then I got invited to stay! I’ve now been in the role 5 years and enjoy the variety my role brings – no two days are the same.
I love my job and my team, but I was looking for a new challenge when I came across Helen and Twocan Mentor at an industry networking event. Being mentored sounded like a great idea and opportunity to push myself. Having been in the same organisation since I graduated and the same role for a while, you can sometimes become a little sheltered from how other organisations and job roles work. This seemed the perfect opportunity to get an alternative opinion on my career and development from people that have a very different experience to me and don’t really know me, so have no bias.
I would love to have some goals and something to aim for, I don’t know where I see myself in 5/10/15 years, so I’m hoping this scheme will help me bring some clarity to that and work out what I do and don’t want from my career. I’d also like some different opinions on how to deal with work challenges – especially when people have different ways of working. I’m a planner who likes a reasonable amount of detail, a fair amount of control and time to think things through, so working with people who don’t work in that way is inevitable, but can be frustrating
