Around the table
Generally speaking, those sitting around the table share a few commonalities.
Established
Women with a seat at the table.
Generally C-suite (or equivalent), but not always.
Operators, or past operators, who have built their expertise in leadership. We welcome Founder-CxOs who have held executive roles before starting their own company—but if your first C-suite role is the one you gave yourself, this probably isn’t the right fit.
Between roles but an experienced operator? You still belong. If your last or next role is at the executive level—whether full-time, consulting, or fractional—you’re welcome.
Titles don’t always tell the full story. You don’t need a ‘C’ in your title, but you should hold true executive-level responsibility and influence—whether in a global corporate, a fast-scaling company, or a smaller org where leadership titles vary.
This isn’t a mentorship or learning network. It’s a peer group. Water seeks its own level.
Working in
London*
(For now).
*This is a London-based group. You don’t need to live in London, but you should be in central London regularly enough to be able to attend in-person meet-ups.
We don’t do virtual events, and we remove inactive members—this is a space for engaged, present women who want to build real connections.
In-person interactions matter. They make relationships stronger, conversations richer, and frankly, it’s fun to take up physical space as a large group of women.
So, we’re bringing together the women who are in London for life or work—because the table we sit at is real, and you need to be in the room to take a seat.
Outspoken
We’re looking for women who aren’t afraid to speak up—or who have a track record of doing just that.
Unlike other groups, this isn’t about finding your voice.
This is a Board Room for women who already have a seat at the table, and a voice they want to use.
We’re here to celebrate, share, and ultimately improve what it means to be a senior woman in leadership—for ourselves, for those around us, and for the ones who come next.
But to do that, we have to use our seat at the table. And we have to make ourselves heard.
Progressive
Pulling in the same direction.
Dissent is healthy, and diverse opinion and discussion create the best outcomes.
Yet regardless of overall politics, we want to gather women whose views are generally progressive, and who are pulling in the same direction rather than debating the academics of the map.
This is because we don’t believe a group that holds fundamentally polarised views on the type of matters that affect women in our positions can be a safe environment to build relationships in, or effect change with focus.
If we don’t agree on what we want, we can’t make it happen(ed).
Apply to join
If all of this sounds like you, drop your details in the form, and we’ll be in touch soon.
It’s free to join.
We don’t have a set limit on the number of seats around the table, but we’re not aiming for scale, either.
Table Eight is about depth, not breadth—shared context and real connections over sheer size.