WHY THE EVENING EXISTS
Success creates access to more rooms, but not always to the right conversations.
The Woman Who Leads The Room was created around the realities that often sit behind achievement — the decisions, pressures, transitions and questions that do not always have a natural place in professional life.
Health. Financial resilience. Confidence. Identity. Influence. What comes next.
The Founding Edition brings those conversations into one intentionally designed evening, combining recognition, exceptional hospitality and meaningful connection with technology, innovation and new experiences that reflect how the way we live, work and lead is changing.
It also creates a setting where accomplished women, organisations and carefully selected brands can engage naturally — through ideas, products, services and experiences integrated into the room.
The purpose is to create an evening that reflects the woman behind the title — where she is now, and what might be relevant to where she is going next.
THE EVENING EXPERIENCE
An evening of thoughtful conversation, curated hospitality and genuine connection. Every element is designed with intention.
Because the conversations that matter deserve a room of their own.
Arrival
Step into a carefully curated room where every guest has been invited with purpose.
Celebrate
Honour the achievements, experience and ongoing contribution of women across generations.
Converse
Explore meaningful insight with respected experts and women whose work shapes organisations, industries and communities.
Connect and Dine
An elegant three‑course dinner where conversations deepen, relationships form, and ideas take shape.
FOUNDING EXPERTS
DR SARAH JENKINS
Women’s Health Specialist
Insight into health, energy and wellbeing — and how they shape leadership at every stage.
ESTHER EMENIKE-OKORIE
Skin Confidence Specialist Supporting confidence, presence, and how you show up — at every stage of leadership and life.
GEORGIA D'COSTA
Head of Partnerships, Funding Bay
Exploring financial growth, investment and practical routes to expanding what comes next.
THE FOUNDING CITY
Milton Keynes is where this story begins—a city shaped by enterprise, ambition and people who continue to build what comes next.
The Mayor of Milton Keynes, Councillor Paul Trendall, will join the Founding Edition in a civic capacity, reflecting the evening’s connection to the city in which it was created.
Through local hospitality, suppliers and carefully selected city experiences, the value of the Founding Edition will extend beyond the room and into Milton Keynes.
PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY
Let influential buyers and decision-makers see, try, use, experience, or engage with your product, service, or expertise in a meaningful way.
Create stronger discovery, meaningful engagement and lasting brand recall by becoming part of the evening itself — not simply a logo around it.
Whether you offer a product, a service or a specialist experience, the partnership is designed to help the right people understand your value, experience your delivery and remember your brand.
A limited number of partners will be integrated into the Founding Edition, giving each one the space to be experienced properly and generate greater value from their investment.
RECOGNISE THE WOMEN WHO LEAD YOUR ORGANISATION.
A Corporate Leadership Table gives your organisation eight places in the Founding Room — creating a distinctive end-of-year experience for the women you want to recognise, reward and retain.
Host valued employees, clients or business relationships alongside accomplished founders, CEOs, directors, executives and established business owners.
Use the evening to recognise your people, strengthen important relationships and give them access to an experience they will genuinely value and remember.
More than eight seats. It is an investment in your people, your relationships and how your organisation shows up for the women who contribute to its success.
THE I AM HER CAMPAIGN
Every woman carries a story beyond her title.
Before the room gathers, selected stories will begin to unfold through I AM HER—our optional editorial and recognition campaign celebrating the women, businesses, and leadership journeys shaping the Founding Edition.
Her name.
Her story.
Her impact.
Confirmed guests may choose to create an I AM HER card, share a longer editorial story, participate in both or take part in neither.
Participation is entirely optional and is not a condition of attending The Woman Who Leads the Room.
I AM HER extends recognition beyond the evening while allowing every woman to decide how much of her story she wants to share.
TWO OPTIONAL WAYS TO TAKE PART
Create Your Card
A beautifully designed I AM HER card featuring your name, image, and statement — created for you to share across your own platforms as soon as you join the room.
Share Your Story
A longer editorial feature exploring your leadership journey in your own words, curated and published with your approval.
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WHO THIS IS FOR
The Founding Edition is limited to 100 accomplished women.
A carefully curated room bringing together exceptional women from a range of industries, professions, businesses and organisations.
An evening to step away from the usual professional setting and enjoy a premium dining experience, celebrate, enjoy thoughtful conversation, share the evening with peers, and make meaningful connections.
Every invitation request is reviewed personally to protect the quality, balance and character of the Founding Room.
100 women. One private evening. A room intentionally brought together.
beyond the room
The value of the Founding Edition should continue after the evening ends.
Beyond the Room introduces selected expertise, services and opportunities that may be relevant to the women and organisations represented in the room.
FINANCIAL RESILIENCE
Access to appropriate funding is one part of building a financially resilient business.
Through Event Perfekt’s relationship with Funding Bay, guests and businesses may explore potential grants, finance and funding routes through an initial eligibility check.
Funding Bay is one example of how Beyond the Room connects relevant expertise with practical needs. It is not the purpose of the event, and no funding outcome is guaranteed.
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WAYS TO BE PART OF THE FOUNDING EDITION
There are different ways to be part of this chapter of The Woman Who Leads The Room. Each route has a distinct purpose.
HAVE AN ENQUIRY
Whether you are requesting an invitation, considering a Corporate Leadership Table, exploring a founding partnership or contacting us about media access, we would be pleased to hear from you.
Please complete the form below and select the nature of your enquiry. A member of the Event Perfekt team will review your message and respond with the appropriate next step.