For Dr Naba Alfayadh, mentoring with Professor David Forbes has offered a valuable opportunity to learn from someone whose experience spans science and the development of systems that have changed society.

Their conversations have supported her growth personally and professionally, bringing perspective to both her clinical work and her business thinking.

“The mentoring with David Forbes has been incredible from a clinical and business perspective,” she says.

Naba particularly values the connection itself: the opportunity to learn from someone she says she would never otherwise have met.

“I would never have crossed paths with the incredible David Forbes had it not been for this mentoring program.”

For National Mentor Appreciation Day, Naba’s reflection celebrates both David’s guidance and the mentoring relationship that made those conversations possible.