Margaret Manning OBE

Following a degree in psychology, that specialised in artificial intelligence, Margaret gained her ACA with PWC. Her grounding in innovative technology led to her founding Reading Room and growing it to become one of the UK’s largest digital agencies with offices across the UK, ASEAN and Australia. After the sale of the UK business in October 2015, she led a management buy-in for the Asia-Pacific business, rebranded as Adelphi Digital and sold to EY in 2018.

Margaret received an OBE for services to British exports to Singapore and the wider Asia-Pacific region.

She has served as the Chair of the UK-ASEAN Business Council, and has won numerous accolades, including the SBR Management Excellence Awards, the Entrepreneur of the Year – International Business Award and the Best CIO Award.

Throughout her career she has been an advocate for equality in the work place regardless of gender, race or orientation.