About the
Female Advisory Board

The UK’s First All-Female
Peer Advisory Group

The Female Advisory Board (FAB) was designed to bring together like-minded business leaders seeking to enhance both themselves and their businesses through collaborative efforts, support networks, and shared experiences. 

Being a FAB member helps to eliminate the loneliness that comes with being a leader, offering a trusted space for female business entrepreneurs to invest in their personal and professional development alongside seasoned peers. 

Together, FAB members break through barriers impeding growth and redefine the leadership excellence necessary to excel in today’s competitive business landscape.

Meet our CEO

FAB enables change to happen on many levels, empowering stronger and more ambitious female leaders to scale their businesses and realise their full potential.

Samantha Addy

Female Advisory Board Founder & CEO

Vision

To create an equal business landscape with more female-led businesses, helping to change the narrative, and level the playing field for the global workforce, resulting in a stronger economy and society.

Mission

Our mission is to build an alliance of like-minded female leaders who are empowered to encourage, inspire, and learn from each other through shared experiences. Together, we will navigate the complex path of running a business, develop a consortium of knowledge, and create a trusted space to challenge, support, and self-invest for continuous personal and business development.

Our Values

Ambition

We dream big, deliver on our commitments and find joy in growing personally and professionally.

Honesty

We are transparent, honest and constructive. We welcome feedback so we can learn and develop.

Respect

We respect each other and realise our responsibility to create a more inclusive world of work.

Strength

We’re resilient and determined and face our business challenges head-on. We stay strong and don’t give up.

Hear From Our Members

Victoria Denman
MD, V&A Homes
Claire Daniels
CEO Trio Media

The FAB 5
Commitments

When you join FAB, you devote yourself to five commitments to help you succeed. 

A FAB membership is an investment in all areas of your life. Our members look forward to being actively present and engaging and supporting their peers every month. We’re all committed to each other – and that’s unbelievably powerful.

Our peer advisory groups lift the weight off your shoulders, so you don’t have to do it alone. Share your challenges, let your guard down, and get advice from female founders in similar positions. You’ll always have an alliance behind you.  

We want you to learn from your peers’ wisdom and specialist speakers who address common themes in business. You’ll take every opportunity to grow as a thriving leader.

We’ll hold you accountable for making real changes in your personal and professional life. It won’t be easy, but your Chair and peers will guide you. 

You take pride in helping others grow by sharing your wisdom and experiences. Our board Members succeed when we all succeed. 

The face of global inequality

$12 trillion
Added to global
growth if we advance
women’s equality.
>10%
Of CEOs in FTSE
100-350 companies
are female.
2x
Higher revenue per
dollar for
female-founded
businesses.
5%
Of leadership
positions in the UK
tech sector are held
by women.

We’re committed
to a better
world

FAB believes in a world where human beings are seen as equal regardless of one’s gender identity, race, sexual orientation, or disability. But even now, inequality is still prevalent. For years, we’ve fought for senior leadership roles in business. We’ve watched major decisions made on boards with no diversity. It has to change. 

FAB provides a safe, secure space for women to learn, grow and share. We’re creating small, incremental breaks to the status quo. Every female leader we empower leads to more women at key decision-making tables, paving the way for future generations and beyond. 

We’re committed to ensuring ALL women can reach their full potential through a culture of learning and awareness. Through collective experiences, we’ll overcome anything.

We’re Changing the Game on
What It Takes To Lead.
Want To Play Your Part?