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Female Advisory Board

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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.

Helm

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Helm, formerly The Supper Club, is a London-based membership community for founders and chief executives of scale-up businesses, founded in 2003. Membership is open to founders and chief executives whose businesses have revenue of £3 million or more, or have raised more than £3 million, with 20 full-time equivalent staff. Each member joins a Forum, a peer group of around eight founders led by a chair, which takes about three hours a month. Helm also runs two to three events a week, including dinners in private dining rooms, and offers introductions and an online member community. Joining involves a short online application and a 30-minute call with the Helm team. Membership fees are not published, and members can cancel at any time under the membership agreement. Helm states it has more than 400 members across the UK. It is a certified B Corporation (B Corp), listed in the B Corp directory as Prelude to Business Ltd t/a Helm since July 2022, with an overall B Impact Score of 93.8. Andreas Adamides is chief executive.

London Women's Forum

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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.

PowerWomen Network

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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.