David Horne left IBM in 1993 after 28 years in technical support, sales and management. Since then he acted as a negotiator under contract for various companies on negotiations involving legal, financial and technical problem resolution. Ian McGowan (who retired in early 2008) helped to develop the software for e-Mentoring limited in mid-2002 to give a safe email mentoring system for young people in the UK.

David says it was the best thing he ever did. He is the chairman and owner of the company.

e-Mentoring Ltd. uses a combination of specialist subcontractors and associated companies to provide and support the e-Mentor Pro service so we get the highest quality people to provide the best support possible.
This approach keeps our costs down - our users tell us that we give the best value in the UK as a mentoring service.

The following people are helping us when we need them: -
2 designers
4 psychologists
2 specialist computer programmers
2 graphic design companies
1 Public relations specialist firm
2 business consultants
5 associated companies
PLUS several mentoring and child protection experts
and suggestions from many of our more than 7400 users.

The Directors are: -

Dominique Horne (Managing Director)has been involved since we started. She deputises for David when needed.

Andrew Dodsworth (Finance Director) runs the financial and legal aspects of the company.