The 350 Club is the closed online community for FTSE 350 board members and FTSE 100 executive committee members, enabling them to connect and collaborate as a private group.
Free to join, members can search the confidential, secure directory to identify FTSE 350 colleagues by name, sector, company and expertise, send messages straight to their inboxes and share knowledge in dedicated virtual peer and board committee groups.
In addition, the platform plays a unique role in the board space by connecting the member community with leading board headhunters against specific mandates, not unlike a clearing house.
A private club operating under the Chatham House rule, the Club is entirely virtual, has no advertising, allows only members to interact on it, and permits no solicitation. Security and confidentiality are built into the infrastructure. It is a confidential platform which only eligible members can join.
The Club has Chairs, Group CEO and board and executive committee members from 85% of FTSE 100 index and the majority of the FTSE 250 index. Members can be from FTSE 100 equivalent businesses in the US and Europe, and those which are privately held in the UK.
Members are from the following FTSE 100 companies:
- 3i Group
- Abrdn
- Admiral Group
- Airtel Africa
- Anglo American
- Antofagasta
- Ashtead Group
- Associated British Foods
- AstraZeneca
- Autotrader Group
- Aviva
- B&M European Value Retail
- BAE Systems
- Barclays
- Barratt Developments
- Beazley
- Berkeley Group Holdings
- BP
- British American Tobacco
- BT Group
- Bunzl
- Burberry Group
- Centrica
- Coca-Cola HBC
- Compass Group
- ConvaTec
- CRH
- Croda International
- DCC
- Diageo
- Dowlais Group
- DS Smith
- Endeavour Mining
- Entain
- Experian
- F&C Investment Trust
- Frasers Group
- GSK
- Haleon
- Halma
- Hargreaves Lansdown
- Hiscox
- IMI
- Imperial Brands
- Informa
- Intercontinental Hotels Group
- JD Sports Fashion
- Kingfisher
- Landsec
- Legal & General Group
- Lloyds Banking Group
- M&G
- Melrose Industries
- Mondi
- National Grid
- Natwest Group
- Pearson
- Pershing Square
- Persimmon
- Phoenix Group
- Reckitt Benckiser Group
- RELX
- Rentokil
- Rightmove
- Rolls Royce Holdings
- RS Group
- Sage Group
- Sainsbury
- Schroders
- Severn Trent
- Shell
- Smith & Nephew
- Smiths Group
- Smurfit Kappa
- Spirax-Sarco Engineering
- SSE
- St James's Place
- Standard Chartered
- Taylor Wimpey
- Tesco
- Unite Group
- United Utilities Group
- Vodafone Group
- Weir Group
- Whitbread
- WPP
To foster a rich set of voices we curate the inclusion of a small additional FTSE 350 board ready group of members, with a focus on diversity and digital, and include some FTSE 100 equivalent members. Around 37% of our members hold an executive role, 8% are ethnically diverse and 59% are women.
Our business model and corporate partnerships
The platform is free to members and has a corporate partner revenue model. We work with a select group of FTSE 350 corporate partners and leading organisations, such as BCG, on an enterprise subscription basis. To enquire please email: members@the350.club.
We are not a recruitment site in any form and fully support the board headhunting community. We have partnerships with a range of leading board headhunters which give Club members access to otherwise closed commercial vacancies. We also allow selected relevant organisations to host events in our live rooms.
The Club also has FTSE 250 Chair, CEO and board members from the majority of the FTSE 250 index as below:
- 3i Infrastructure
- Abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust
- Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust
- A.G. Barr
- AJ Bell
- Alliance Trust
- Allianz Technology Trust
- Apax Global Alpha
- Ascential
- Aston Martin Lagonda Holdings
- Assura
- Auction Technology Group
- AVI Global Trust
- Babcock International Group
- Bakkavor Group
- Balanced Commercial Property Trust
- Balfour Beatty
- BBGI Global Infrastructure
- Bellway
- Big Yellow Group
- Blackrock Smaller Companies Trust
- Blackrock Throgmorton Trust
- Bluefield Solar Income Fund
- Bodycote
- Bridgepoint Group
- Britvic
- Bytes Technology Group
- C&C Group
- Caledonia Investments
- Capital & Counties Properties
- Chemring Group
- City of London Investment Trust
- Clarkson
- Close Brothers
- CLS Holdings
- CMC Markets
- Coats Group
- Computacenter
- Cranswick
- Currys
- Darktrace
- Dechra Pharmaceuticals
- Derwent London
- Digital 9 Infrastructure plc
- Discoverie Group
- Diversified Energy Company
- Domino's Pizza Group
- Dr Martens
- Drax Group
- Dunelm Group
- Easyjet
- Edinburgh Investment Trust
- Elementis
- Essentra
- FDM Group
- Fidelity China Special Situations
- Fidelity European Trust
- Fidelity Special Values
- Finsbury Growth & Income Trust
- FirstGroup
- Future
- Games Workshop
- GCP Infrastructure Investments
- Genus
- Grafton Group
- Grainger
- Greencoat UK Wind
- Greggs
- Harbour Energy
- Hammerson
- Hays
- Helios Towers
- HG Capital Trust
- HICL Infrastructure
- Hill & Smith
- Hilton Food Group
- Howden Joinery Group
- Ibstock
- IG Group Holdings
- Impax Environmental Markets
- Inchcape
- Indivior
- Integrafin Holdings
- Intermediate Capital Group
- International Distribution Services
- International Public Partnerships
- IP Group
- ITV
- IWG
- JD Sports Fashion
- John Wood Group
- JLEN Environmental Assets Group
- JPMorgan American Investment Trust
- JPMorgan Emerging Markets Investment Trust
- JP Morgan India Investment Trust
- JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust
- JTC
- Just Group plc
- Law Debenture Corp
- Liontrust Asset Management
- Man Group
- Marshalls
- Mediclinic International
- Mercantile Investment Trust
- Merchants Trust
- Mitie Group
- Moneysupermarket.com Group
- Murray International Trust
- National Express Group
- NB Private Equity Partners
- NCC Group
- Next Energy Solar Fund
- Ninety One
- OSB Group
- Oxford Instruments
- Pacific Horizon Investment Trust
- PageGroup
- Pantheon International
- Pennon Group
- Personal Assets Trust
- Petershill Partners
- Pets at Home Group
- Playtech
- Plus500
- Polar Capital Technology Trust
- Primary Health Properties
- PZ Cussons
- Quilter
- Rathbones Group
- Redde Northgate
- Renishaw
- RIT Capital Partners
- Safestore Holdings
- Schroder Asia Pacific Fund
- Schroder Oriental Income Fund
- SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust
- Senior
- Serco Group
- Softcat
- Spectris
- Spire Healthcare
- Spirent Communications
- SSP
- Sthree
- Synthomer
- Tate & Lyle
- Telecom Plus
- Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust
- The Renewables Infrastructure Group
- TI Fluid Systems
- TP ICAP Group
- Trainline
- Travis Perkins
- Tritax Big Box REIT
- Vanquis Banking Group
- Vesuvius
- Victrex
- VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund
- Virgin Money UK
- Vistry Group
- Volution Group
- WAG Payment Solutions
- Watches of Switzerland
- Witan Investment Trust
- Workspace Group
- Worldwide Healthcare Trust
Founder
Marianne Macdonald
The 350 Club was founded in 2021 and is run by Marianne Macdonald, who has 15 years’ experience working with FTSE 350 Chairs, boards and leaders.
Marianne previously spent seven years at The Zygos Partnership as a non-executive headhunter working with FTSE 350 and equivalent boards. Prior to its 2018 sale to Russell Reynolds, Zygos was one of the UK’s leading Board search firms in the non-executive space. Marianne also had a 20-year award-winning career as a broadsheet journalist.
In 2016 she founded Non-executive Directorships Consulting Ltd, the leading career advisory firm focused on the non-executive space in the UK. This works with a wide range of senior FTSE 350 executives.
She has a First in English from New College, Oxford.
Chief Operating Officer
Alanna Scott Delaney
Alanna Scott Delaney is the Chief Operating Officer of the 350 Club. She has a background in coding, AI-and business development with a range of startups. She studied Computer Science and International Development Studies at McGill University.
Head of Content
May Haong
May is Non-executive Directorship Consulting's PA. She has a skillset combining project management, social media strategy and events management. She has a degree in Political Economy from King's College, London.
Advisors
Elin Hurvenes
Elin Hurvenes is a Senior Advisor of the 350 Club. She is the founder of the Professional Boards Forum which she has run across the UK, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany following its 2003 inception in Norway. She is also the Senior Partner at Chairman Mentors International (CMi). She has an MBA from London Business School.
Merle Speer
Merle Speer is an Advisor to the 350 Club. She is a highly experienced executive search professional in the FTSE 350 space.
Eleanor Phillips
Eleanor Phillips is a former FTSE Chief HR Officer with sector experience across Technology, Media and Publishing, Energy and Private Equity. She now manages her Non-Executive and advisory portfolio, and invests in companies taking new and exciting products to market. Eleanor is proud to be a Trustee of Pancreatic Cancer UK.
Abhi Arya
Abhi Arya has successfully exited multiple entrepreneurial ventures and worked across digital, operations, business transformation, strategy, and P&L management at P&G, Cadbury and Pearson. He is the Co-Founder and Partner at Sandbox & Co, an operating platform for digital education products and services with market leading properties across the US and UK.
Ian Newton
Ian Newton is a Senior Advisor of the 350 Club. He is one of the foremost listing and strategic advisors in the technology sector in the UK and Europe with a 30-year fund management career. Head of Equity Capital Markets at Sand Grove Capital, Ian assesses tech businesses across the spectrum, including AI, cyber, data, ecommerce, gaming, digital platform or marketplace businesses. He is a trusted advisor to both their management and the banks assessing them for IPO.