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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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Mission Match is a specialist retained board search practice appointing Chairs, Non-Executive Directors, and Independent Directors. We focus on one outcome: exceptional board appointments. Every search is led at Partner level, from mandate to appointment. We are founder-led, with backgrounds spanning executive search, senior government, and public appointments. We have experience leading international searches, including board and C-suite appointments in financial services and fintech. We specialise in ambitious SMEs, high-growth and PE-backed businesses, mission-driven organisations, and public bodies. Through strategic partnerships, including with Starbuck & Associates' NED Academy, we reach governance-trained, board-ready talent beyond traditional networks, and we assess every candidate for their contribution to cognitive diversity. We find the thinking your board is missing.
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Vistage is a global executive coaching and peer advisory organisation. In the UK it runs confidential peer advisory groups of around a dozen non-competing chief executives and business owners, each group led by an experienced chair who also provides one-to-one coaching, supported by expert speaker sessions. Members work through their most significant business and leadership challenges with their peers.
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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.
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Boardwave is a partner-funded community for European software company leaders, founders, CEOs and chairs, particularly those scaling towards and beyond $100m in annual recurring revenue. Membership is free, funded by service-provider partners, and gives access to peer breakout groups, one-to-one mentoring, masterclasses and networking events. It is a peer community rather than a training or advisory firm.
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Women of the Future Network is an invitation-only network of successful and ambitious women across the UK, created in 2007 as part of the Women of the Future Programme founded by Pinky Lilani CBE DL. Members are identified from the shortlists and champions of the Women of the Future and Asian Women of Achievement Awards, with further members introduced through other programme initiatives. The network runs a series of events each year for members to share experiences and build connections, and says it has grown to more than 1,000 women from a wide range of sectors. It has also launched in Asia Pacific.
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Women in PR (WPR) is a UK network for senior and middle-management women working in public relations. Its members include agency board members, in-house communications directors, boutique consultancy owners and independent consultants, and all are female or female-identifying, although men are welcome at its events. Membership offers peer support, events, a mentoring programme and links to Global Women in PR. Full membership suits practitioners with five or more years' experience or at middle-management or director level who can attend events in London, and a lower-cost digital membership is available for those outside commuting distance. Employers can join as corporate members.
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WACL, Women in Advertising and Communications Leadership, is a club of senior women leaders across advertising, media, marketing and communications, founded in 1923 as the Women's Advertising Club of London. Its stated purpose is to accelerate gender equality in the industry, and it campaigns for 50% female CEOs. WACL says it has over 300 members, drawn from client organisations, agencies, media owners and trade bodies. It runs member dinners and events, the WACL Talent Awards training bursaries, and mentoring and talent programmes for emerging women.
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Helm (formerly The Supper Club) is a London-based membership community for founders and CEOs of scaling businesses. Members join chaired peer forum groups and can attend more than 160 events a year, from roundtables and dinners to masterclasses, alongside introductions and advice. It is a peer network rather than a training or advisory provider.
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YPO (formerly Young Presidents' Organization) is a global leadership community of more than 30,000 chief executives, with a London chapter among its networks. Membership is open to people who reached a significant chief executive role before a set age, and centres on small confidential peer "forum" groups alongside global education, events and networking. It is a membership community rather than a service provider.
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The Athena Network is a UK women-only business networking membership for ambitious women, founded by Jacqueline Rogers in 2005. Members join regional groups across the UK and weekday online meetings, and can access further meetings through its PASS+ platform. Membership also includes a training portfolio, informal Cappuccino Connections networking and a members' community. Prospective members can book a visit to a meeting before deciding to join.
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Female Advisory Board (FAB) is a peer advisory organisation built exclusively for female founders, CEOs and managing directors, founded in Harrogate by Samantha Addy in 2023. Members join a monthly, agenda-driven board day with leaders from non-competing sectors, guest speakers and workshops, plus one-to-one mentoring with a Chair every two months. There are three boards based on annual turnover: FAB Scale (£500k to £3m), FAB Enterprise (£3m to £20m) and FAB Vanguard (£20m and above). Two annual events bring all three boards together.
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Women in Film & TV (WFTV UK) is a not-for-profit membership organisation for women working in film, television and digital media, whose first meeting took place in 1989. Any woman working in any role in the media industries can join, and both personal and corporate membership are offered. Membership includes a weekly programme of events and networking, more than 270 online webinars, the Four Nations Mentoring Scheme, and access to professional development schemes including the Fearless Leadership Programme, the Kay Mellor Screenwriters' Lab and a Production Management Programme. WFTV also runs the WFTV Awards.