Executive networks and communities bring senior leaders together for peer support, shared learning and connection. They include CEO and executive peer groups, chair and NED forums, women-only leadership networks, functional communities for roles such as CFO, CHRO and CMO, mastermind groups and invitation-only membership organisations.
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WACL (Women in Advertising and Communications Leadership) is a London-based club for senior women in advertising and communications, founded in 1923.
Its stated aim is to accelerate gender equality in the advertising and communications industries, including a campaign for women to hold half of all chief executive roles. Members are mostly chief executives, founders or the most senior marketers at client organisations, agencies, media owners and trade bodies. Membership is by nomination from one member, seconded by another, and applicants need to have taken part in WACL events within the previous two years. Members meet at dinners and drinks and take part in peer mentoring, a guest speaker programme and campaigns such as #ChangeTheStats. For women earlier in their careers it runs the WACL Talent Awards, which fund training through bursaries, an annual Festival of Talent and Talent Sessions of mentoring and events.
The annual subscription is not published. Members commit to 'The Power of 3': attending one dinner or members' drinks, buying or donating one ticket for mentoring or the festival, and acting as a mentor, committee member or campaign supporter. WACL says these costs come to about £630 to £950 a year on top of the subscription. It has about 300 members. It operates through WACL Limited, a company limited by guarantee incorporated in 2004, according to The Gazette.
Women onlyNomination or invitation onlyC-suiteSenior leaders
Industry associations & private clubs
London, United KingdomNo Google or Trustpilot reviews
London Women's Forum is a London-based membership network for senior women in financial services, founded in 2004 as City Women's Club.
Membership is open to women at Managing Director, Senior Director, Director, Partner or equivalent level in financial services and the professional services firms that support the sector. Women can join through a member firm at no personal cost, or as individual members. Members attend events, thought leadership discussions and workshops. The forum also runs cross-organisation mentoring, a series of talks with chief executives and Next Generation outreach to encourage women into financial services.
Individual membership costs £250 a year. Corporate membership costs £1,500 a year for up to 25 members, £2,500 for 26 to 100 members or £3,000 for up to 250 members, all excluding value added tax (VAT). Member firms are asked to appoint a representative to the board or a working committee. The forum states that it supports the goals of the Women in Finance Charter and works with the All Party Parliamentary Group for Women. Companies House lists it as a company limited by guarantee, renamed from City Women's Club in 2013.
EO London is the London chapter of the Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO), a global peer network for business owners that has operated since 1987.
Full membership is open to owners, founders or majority shareholders of a business with at least US$1 million in revenue in its latest financial year, and to venture-backed companies with set funding levels and at least 10 employees. Members join a Forum, a confidential group of 6 to 10 members that meets monthly and is led by a trained peer moderator. They can also attend local, regional and global events, webinars and executive education. A separate Accelerator programme is for owners of businesses with revenue of US$250,000 to US$1 million, who meet monthly in small accountability groups and attend quarterly Scaling Up workshops.
Accelerator members pay £1,050 in local dues and US$1,750 in global dues each year. Fees for full membership are not published. EO states it has more than 19,000 members in 221 chapters across 60 countries. It is a membership network, not a coaching or consulting provider.
Application and vettingCEOs and founders
Executive networking groupsCEO & C-suite forumsMasterminds & peer advisory groups
PowerWomen Network is a London-based network of senior women business leaders, founded by Tanuja Randery and incorporated in 2017.
It is kept small so that every member knows the others. Members are women from different industries with senior-level experience who commit to giving their time to develop others. They meet for peer-to-peer coaching and advice on personal development, business topics and advancing women in leadership, and the network aims to become a pool of senior women for board and chief executive appointments. All activities follow the Chatham House Rule, so what is said can be shared but not who said it.
Membership fees and the joining process are not published. Tickets for its summit, Leading the Future, hosted by PwC, cost £75 for members, £40 for Rising Stars, described as executives one or two steps from a C-suite role, and £95 for an Ally Pass. The network also produces the PowerWomen Speak podcast. Tanuja Randery, a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), is Managing Director for Amazon Web Services in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Women onlySenior leaders
Executive networking groups
London, United KingdomNo Google or Trustpilot reviews
Women of the Future Network is an invitation-only network for high-achieving women in the UK, set up in 2007 as part of the Women of the Future Programme.
Members are drawn from the shortlists and champions of the Women of the Future Awards and the Asian Women of Achievement Awards, and from other programme initiatives that support younger women. The network runs a series of events each year where members share experiences and build business relationships, including business lunches, drinks receptions and morning networking sessions. Hosts have included KPMG and Rio Tinto, and some events are held online. Members work in fields such as science, technology, health, media, finance and design, and range from early-career specialists to chief executives.
Membership fees are not published, and people can register their interest through a form on the website. The network says it has more than 1,000 members. It has also launched in Asia Pacific, where events have included receptions at the British High Commission in Singapore. The wider programme is led by its founder, Pinky Lilani, a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and Deputy Lieutenant (DL), who set up the Women of the Future Awards in 2006.
Women onlyNomination or invitation onlyAll career stages
Connectd is a London-based platform, launched in 2020, that matches startups with non-executive directors, board advisors and fractional executives.
Startups describe what they need and are matched with experts from its network, with matches reviewed within 48 hours. Roles can be pro bono or paid, and many start pro bono before moving to paid, equity or blended terms. For executives building a portfolio career, its Transition to Portfolio offer includes self-paced academies for fractional executive and board advisor roles. Each has five modules, 180 minutes of one-to-one mentoring and a guaranteed pro bono placement, lasting three months on the fractional route and six months on the board advisor route. It suggests members have around 10 years in a senior leadership role, and most train alongside a full-time job.
Startups can use the platform free for the first six months. Fees for executives are not published. Connectd states that each academy pathway carries 30 continuing professional development (CPD) points, but does not name an accrediting body. It was founded by Roei Samuel, is operated by LinkExec Ltd, and lists offices in London, Manchester, Poland and Mumbai. Its website says it was ranked sixth in LinkedIn's Top UK startups list for 2024.
Wavelength is a leadership development company registered in Buckinghamshire, which has taken senior leaders on overseas study tours since 2008.
Its programmes are built around visits to other organisations and conversations with the people who run them. Global Tours are week-long trips for chief executives and executive committee members, with named tours including Inside Silicon Valley, Inside Digital China and The Future of Business, UK. Connect is a nine-month programme for executive committee members and the two levels below. The 2026 cohort of 70 leaders has two three-day rural retreats, a two-day final event, visits to host organisations, online peer group sessions and optional one-to-one executive coaching. Inspire is a subscription of six live online sessions of 90 minutes each, running from March to September for wider leadership groups. It also runs a speaker bureau called SpeakersHub and designs programmes for individual leadership teams.
Prices are not published, and Connect places are arranged directly with the company rather than booked online. Companies House lists the company as Wavelength Companies Limited (number 06451333), incorporated in December 2007. Clients named on its website include Tesco, Royal Bank of Scotland, Aldermore Bank, All Saints and the National Health Service (NHS). Its website says more than 500 leaders subscribe to Inspire across Europe, North America and the Middle East.
City Women Network (CWN) is a London-based membership network for women in business and the professions, founded in the City of London in 1978.
It began among women in banking and law and now has individual and corporate members from a range of sectors, including employees, self-employed entrepreneurs and women moving on from corporate careers. Members go to career development, wellbeing, networking and social events, can watch recordings of past events, and get a members-only area and LinkedIn group. They also see external board and trust roles. Members can volunteer as mentors or coaches on its mentoring and coaching programme, which typically asks for about an hour a month over six months.
Individual membership costs £195 a year or £22 a month. Corporate membership covers up to 20 people at a price that is not published, and includes free entry to most CWN events, the option to host events, places on the mentoring and coaching programme and up to two places on its Rising Star Programme. The website lists an 11-member board, and the network supports a charity partner, Woman's Trust.
Women onlyOpen to joinAll career stages
Executive networking groups
London, United KingdomNo Google or Trustpilot reviews
Women in PR (WPR) is a UK membership network for senior and middle-management women working in public relations, with most events held in London.
Full and digital membership are open to public relations practitioners with five or more years' experience, or those working at middle-management or director level. Full membership is meant for people who can get to events in London and includes free entry to standard in-person events and all online events. Digital membership is for those further away and covers online events and one in-person event in their region. Members can apply for a 12-month mentoring programme run with PRWeek UK, which pairs mentees with women in very senior UK PR roles for at least six sessions. Employers can buy group memberships at a 10% discount.
Full membership costs £100 a year or £10 a month, and digital membership £50 a year or £5 a month. Members are all female or female-identifying, although men are welcome at events. WPR also keeps a directory of women speakers, campaigns on issues affecting women in the industry and gives members links to Global Women in PR. It is run by an elected committee of 20, led by its president, Ginny Paton.
Women onlyMembership criteria applySenior leadersEmerging and mid-level leaders
Female Advisory Board (FAB) is a peer advisory organisation for female founders, chief executives and managing directors, launched in Yorkshire.
Members join one of three boards set by business size. FAB Scale is for businesses with revenue of £500,000 to £3 million, FAB Enterprise for £3 million to £20 million and FAB Vanguard for £20 million and above. Each board meets in person for 12 full days a year, led by a Chair, with members drawn from non-competing sectors. Monthly meetings run from 8am to 2pm. Scale and Enterprise members also meet their Chair one to one every two months, while Vanguard members, in groups of ten, have quarterly check-ins. Two annual events bring all three boards together. Membership is by application, and applicants are vetted for sector fit.
Fees are not published. The website says cost depends on tier and location, with payment by direct debit on a rolling contract. It lists London on its map and plans boards in Manchester, Cheshire and Liverpool from autumn 2026. Its founder and chief executive is Samantha Addy. The operating company, Female Advisory Board Ltd, was incorporated in 2019 as Aim High Recruitment Limited and took its current name in June 2023, according to The Gazette.
Women onlyApplication and vettingCEOs and foundersC-suite
CEO & C-suite forumsMasterminds & peer advisory groups
Yorkshire, United KingdomNo Google or Trustpilot reviews
The Women's Chapter is an application-only network for senior professionals, business owners and female founders who want to build connections, collaborate and solve business challenges together. It says it has grown through applications and referrals to more than 5,500 members.
Membership includes in-person and virtual events, a monthly virtual member meeting and mastermind, a peer accountability partner, a members' WhatsApp group and directory, and profiling opportunities. It is a certified B Corp and donates 5% of membership fees to charities that support women and girls.
Women onlyApplication and vettingSenior leadersCEOs and founders
Executive networking groupsMasterminds & peer advisory groups
Guildford, Surrey, United KingdomNo Google or Trustpilot reviews
Women in Film & TV (UK), known as WFTV, is a London-based not-for-profit membership body for women in film, television and digital media, formed in 1989.
Any woman working in any role in the media industries can join, either as a personal member or through corporate membership, which covers all women at the member company. Members get a weekly programme of online and in-person events, more than 270 online webinars, a weekly newsletter and discounted tickets to the WFTV Awards, held each December. The Four Nations Mentoring Scheme gives mid-career women six months of mentoring with senior industry figures, with seminars in London, Manchester, Leeds, Belfast, Cardiff and Glasgow. The Fast Track to Fearless Leadership Programme takes 12 senior leaders a year for six group coaching days and three individual coaching sessions, and is free.
Personal membership costs £120 a year or £10 a month, including value added tax (VAT). Corporate membership is priced by company size. WFTV is part of Women in Film & Television International, a network of more than 12,000 women. It is led by chief executive Katie Bailiff, and its legal entity, Women in Film & Television (UK) Limited, was incorporated in 1990 as a company limited by guarantee.
Women onlyMembership criteria applyAll career stages
Industry associations & private clubsInternational executive networks
London, United KingdomNo Google or Trustpilot reviews
