Responsible for the Executive Management of Children’s Services working with external service providers in many financial and operational disciplines, and has acted as Adviser to Government, taking a significant role in informing UK National Child Care legislation and Good Practice Guidance. Margaret has provided Consultancy on an international basis and enjoys active membership of several professional bodies in the USA, Canada and South Africa.

• Chair, Talk Adoption – National Advisory Help-line • Vice-Chair, Caritas – Social Action UK • Chair, Adoption Panel, SSAFA Forces Help, M.O.D. • Board Member, British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering • Specialist Adviser to Government sponsored Beacon Council Scheme • Expert Adviser to Ministerial Advisory Group External Adviser, Department of Education & Skills – Research Advisory Group • Expert Witness, All-Party Select Committee – Adoption • Adviser to NCAP – National Church Aids Programme, Malawi • Adviser to National Council for Adopted Children, USA

A Member of the UK General Social Care Council with Post-Graduate Degrees in Social Work Research and Practice Management from the Univ. of Leicester Margaret lives in Leicestershire, has one adult daughter and four grandchildren Appointed MBE for Services to Adoption (2001) Awarded Papal Knighthood, the Order of St Sylvester (2007) Her hobbies include travel, walking and swimming, particularly on the Pacific West Coast of North America (when the rain stops!)