Meet The Team
Meet Our Fabulous Athena Team
Focusing exclusively on female executives and entrepreneurs, The Athena Network® team provide a platform for members to share knowledge and experience across a diverse range of industry sectors and to connect and collaborate for mutual success.
Jacqueline Rogers
CEO & Founder
Jacqueline Rogers, launched The Athena Network in December 2005 and now, heading up an operation that’s just ‘grown and grown’ rather wryly admits it wasn’t so much a question of… Read full profile here
Patrick Fox
Managing Director
Anita Gray
Regional Director
After thirty eight years in their London based family tyre business, using the people skills learnt from dealing with both staff and customers… Read full profile here
Anna Atkins-Carter
Regional Director
After spending 20 years in various corporate roles, I found myself in the enviable position of voluntary redundancy with a generous exit.. Read full profile here
AnYes van Rhijn
Regional Director
AnYes van Rhijn is a true connector and networker. She also firmly believes in the power of collaboration, which is why she founded her… Read full profile here
Barbara Murrell
Regional Director
Claire Newell
Regional Director
With a background in health, fitness and wellbeing Claire began her career as a Fitness Instructor and Sports Therapist working within… Read full profile here
Charmaine Mace
Regional Director
Charmaine has lived in 4 countries, South Africa, Zimbabwe, America and is now settled in England. Charmaine enjoys having fun and has… Read full profile here
Claire Pelenc
Regional Director
Claire is the Regional Director for Athena North Surrey. She has enjoyed a successful corporate career which includes the pharmaceutical industry… Read full profile here
Debbie Atkins
Regional Director
Debbie Atkins of DA Fitness is a holistic outdoor fitness and well-being expert and the soul of Berkshire women’s networking. A natural connector… Read full profile here
Debbie Diggle
Regional Director
Debbie was born and raised in Harrow and has not strayed far from her roots – she has only ever moved 8 miles north to Hertfordshire! After… Read full profile here
Debbie Miles
Regional Director
Debbie is Regional Director for West Berkshire , and currently manages several groups in the area encompassing, Hungerford, Newbury and… Read full profile here
Emma Rundle
Regional Director
I spent over 20 years working in a corporate environment before deciding to ‘make the break’ and go freelance nearly three years ago. My family was… Read full profile here
Jenny Yung
Regional Director
Julie Eltham
Regional Director
Julie Eltham is a highly successful businesswoman and entrepreneur with over 25 year’s experience across a range of service-related… Read full profile here
Kate Cherry
Regional Director
Kate Cherry has a true passion for networking, connecting fellow business owners and seeing others flourish. Formerly “scared” of networking… Read full profile here
Karen Fowler
Regional Director
With a Marketing, Management Sciences BSc degree from Lancaster University under her belt, Karen’s career in marketing and product development… Read full profile here
Linda Huckle
Regional Director
Linda is able to combine real work experience with the latest research based techniques to improving outcomes in people and business… Read full profile here
Lisa Woodward
Regional Director
Lisa has been a member of the Barnes Athena group for the past year. She runs a business consultancy, Number78, and currently also works… Read full profile here
Lucy Macartney
Regional Director
Lucy Macartney is an experienced HR Consultant, Trainer and Coach. After successfully owning and operating an HR franchise business… Read full profile here
Maggie Sarfo
Regional Director
Maggie Sarfo is a passionate author, speaker, advisor and mentor on business growth, purpose development and peak performance. She’s been… Read full profile here
Natalia DaCosta
Regional Director
Natalia DaCosta was always a determined career woman who enjoyed the “work hard, play hard” ethos that came with life in the recruitment industry… Read full profile here
Nicola Powell
Regional Director
Rosy Holt
Regional Director
Entrepreneur, business owner, mentor and public speaker, Rosy Holt’s career was forged in the heat and heart of the travel and tourism… Read full profile here
Sophie Fleming
Regional Director
Sophie Fleming loves learning about health and wellness especially cooking and eating healthily. Her interest in the environment started at… Read full profile here
Vivienne Smith
Regional Director
I first joined Athena as a member to help launch my fledgeling coaching business. I was also writing my book, THE SINGLE MUM’S SURVIVAL GUIDE… Read full profile here
Vicky Stanton
Regional Director
After just over 25 years in Human Resources in the Public and Private sector and a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD, Vicky set up Inspiring People… Read full profile here
Zoe Adnitt
Regional Director