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FEDERATION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2024 -2025

Our first FEC with new members

Left to right: Otoha Hyashi-Hunt, VP Membership; Joanne Kinsey, President;
Margo Davidson-Wood, VP Media & Marketing; Lynne Robinson, VP International;
Sue Holtom, Treasurer
Who are our new FEC members?

Margo Davidson-Wood – VP Media & Marketing

Margo has the following experience within BPW:

She joined BPW Victoria, Canada in 1990 and has held the roles of
President: Victoria Club; Regional Director: Vancouver Island;
Vice-President: BPW British Columbia/Yukon; Secretary: BPW Canada
On-Line Club; Temporary Membership Secretary: BPW International 2010.

She has held positions such as PA to Finance Director and as Computer Information Centre
Manager with Balfour Beatty working on Channel Tunnel Project and other major construction
projects worldwide; Market Analyst for Heavy Lift and Crane Hire Company Rigging International
Europe Ltd working on such projects as load outs of parts of Oil Rigs; Thames Barrier; MIS Analyst
for Bouygues International, Owner/Director of Clearway Computer Consulting and Training Ltd.
in Victoria, Canada for 20 years; Market Information Manager/Database Manager at Falmouth
University. One of her favourite projects was organising the barge and crane for the lift out of the
‘Mary Rose’ from the depths of the Solent. She says it was ‘nerve-wracking watching the lift out
from the deck of a yacht on the day.’ She qualified as a Market Analyst at the Institute of Market-
ing in Cookham.

She feels that given her 30+ years of experience with BPW she has a good understanding of our
core values and principles. Her background in the computer and technology field should lend itself
to creating/facilitating programmes and processes to enhance BPW UK awareness and exposure to
the women’s movement. During her career, she has been involved in teaching computer skills,
website development/enhancements and hopes to put this experience to good use within the role.

In her ‘other life’ she travelled most of her life, mainly due to her father’s occupation as a
Construction Manager. This led to her learning shorthand, typing and book-keeping at the ripe old
age of 12 whilst in Lourenço Marques (now called Maputo) in a Convent with other students aged
18-24. Great fun, albeit slightly over-whelming at the time. Living with an Italian family in Rome –
no-one spoke English except the father, so learned Italian – apparently with a ‘gutter Roman ac-
cent’ as she was told at the recent European Presidents’ meeting. Hmm, compliment or insult .