What becomes possible when accomplished women think together
The Athenae brings accomplished women from different fields together: as a private membership where they can think, connect and explore what comes next, and as a strategic practice for organisations facing a significant question.
A private membership for accomplished women from different fields, deliberately built for range.
A first cohort capped at thirty-five.
Bring us a significant question.
We convene women whose experience bears on it from different fields, then turn the conversation into a clear written synthesis.
Not reinvention. Recognition.
Note from the founder
I started The Athenae because I keep meeting women whose depth, judgement and experience deserve to carry further. The Athenae is for them, for us, and for what our experience can become next.
Lynn Mackay-Thomas, Founder
“Lynn translates complex concepts into credible, deliverable programmes. Her clear vision, sound judgement and ability to maintain momentum bring people with her, never losing sight of what really matters.”Annie MacCallum BEM, former Head of Specialist Services, Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust
Membership & Private Community
A membership for accomplished women from different fields, deliberately built for range: getting to know one another, talking through challenges in confidence, and finding new possibilities for what we know and can do.
Strategic Sprints & Advisory Support
Strategic support for organisations seeking clarity, repositioning, stronger engagement or fresh momentum. The Athenae offers experienced counsel, sharp thinking and practical collaboration across strategy, partnerships, communications, leadership and growth.
The Athenae is built to help women recognise their value more fully and carry it further, and to bring convened, cross-sector judgement to organisations facing a significant question.
THE ATHENAE APPROACH
Five dimensions of making more of the experience, judgement and capability you already hold.
Recognition · Positioning · Presence · Connection · Influence
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Membership
A private space for candour, recognition and connection.
Salons & Conversations
Thoughtful spaces to think, share and engage with other accomplished women.
Strategic Advisory
Experienced support for organisations seeking clarity, capability and fresh perspective
What you have to give matters. The Athenae is where it reaches further,
into rooms, conversations and possibilities you may not yet have thought possible.
Discover your Athenae archetype
Fifteen statements, seven minutes
Fifteen statements will reveal what is distinctive about the way you think and influence - and what you bring when you work alongside other accomplished women.
The Founding Circle Opens 27th September 2026
The first cohort is capped at thirty-five. Places are offered to create genuine range across the Founding Circle, and those on the waitlist are read first.
Read the letters. In Good Company.
Whether you are exploring The Athenae for yourself or for your organisation, we would love to hear from you
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