André Spence is a social entrepreneur, author, and mentor, who has been in the entertainment industry for over 10 years. Finding youth fame on a reality show on MTV, he presented and blogged for MOBO and organised events, bringing together global brands, and world-class talent in support of charity.Finding the power of mentorship on his journey, in 2017 he founded Global Purpose Enterprise(GPE) , which exists to level up young black people and help them walk in purpose through events and mentorship. His organisation has worked with top-tier firms from EY to the highly sought-after private members’ club, Soho House.

Now Andre and the GPE team are on a mission to impact the lives of 1 million young Black and underserved people in the next 5 years through their upcoming app PRGRSS which connects mentees to mentors through 12-minute video calls to help them navigate their careers.