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
THE ATHENAE
A private membership for accomplished women, and a cross-sector advisory for organisations
THE MEMBERSHIP
What becomes possible when accomplished women think together
A private 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.
Explore the membershipTHE ATHENAE ADVISORY
Bring us your complex challenges
For organisations across health and life sciences. We convene a small group of experienced people, from your sector and from other fields, to work through your question with you and give you clearer choices for what to do next.
Explore the AdvisoryTHE MEMBERSHIP
What this kind of room makes possible
Being able to speak openly, without managing how it lands. Having your judgement taken seriously by women who are equally qualified to give their own. Meeting women you actively enjoy. Leaving a conversation with a way forward you did not have that morning, and sometimes with an introduction that would not have reached you otherwise.
A private community
A private space for candour, recognition and connection.
Salons and conversations
Thoughtful spaces to think, share and engage with other accomplished women.
The Athenae Perspective
From January 2027, members will take on a question that matters, bringing fresh thinking from the different fields they have worked in. The first publication follows.
NOT REINVENTION. RECOGNITION.
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
THE MINI INFLUENCE AUDIT
Discover your Athenae archetype
Fifteen statements, seven minutes. They reveal what is distinctive about the way you think and influence, and what you bring when you work alongside other accomplished women.
RECOGNITION · POSITIONING · PRESENCE · CONNECTION · INFLUENCE
THE FOUNDING CIRCLE
The Founding Circle is open
The first cohort is capped at thirty-five. Places are offered to create genuine range across the Founding Circle.
The founding rate of £950 closes on 22 November 2026.
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
[ Take the Mini Influence Audit → ]
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 is Open
The first cohort is capped at thirty-five. Places are offered to create genuine range across the Founding Circle.
The founding rate of £950 closes on November 22nd 2026.
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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