About the
Female Advisory Board
The UK’s first all-female,
cross-industry peer advisory
group
In 2023, we established the Female Advisory Board (FAB) after seeing the global evidence of women’s businesses being underfunded and under-supported.
We identified a need for a safe, secure space where cross-industry female entrepreneurs could personally and professionally connect and grow through shared experiences.
We believe empowering female business leaders through confidential peer advisory groups and tailored mentoring sessions is a way to level the playing field. Our high-calibre Chairs and board Members are breaking down the system of inequality and underrepresentation. We’re smashing glass ceilings – and succeeding.
The face of global inequality
growth if we advance
women’s equality.
100-350 companies
are female.
dollar for
female-founded
businesses.
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.
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 likeminded 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
We dream big, deliver on our commitments and find joy in growing personally and professionally.
We are transparent, honest and constructive. We welcome feedback so we can learn and develop.
We respect each other and realise our responsibility to create a more inclusive world of work.
We’re resilient and determined and face our business challenges head-on. We stay strong and don’t give up.
Hear from our members
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.