Since she joined Deloitte in 2012, Margaret’s team has published reports on deleveraging, culture, talent and technology in banking, on the impact of the Retail Distribution Review on investment products and advice, and on regulatory strategy in insurance. She started her career as a strategy consultant with McKinsey & Company before moving into financial journalism. She wrote for The Economist, The Daily Telegraph and Reuters Breakingviews, and edited Global Agenda, the official Davos magazine. Alongside this, she presented many top BBC radio programmes, including Today, and has been a frequent commentator on financial and current affairs, most frequently on BBC1, BBC News and Sky News. She was interviewed by Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight.

She has also spoken at, or chaired, conferences for a variety of organisations including: Economist Conferences, the European Commission, the Financial Services Authority, Holland Financial Centre, Enterprise Ireland, Allen & Overy, ING, Procter & Gamble, the Insurance Institute of Ireland and Trinity College, Dublin.

She was an Entrance Exhibitioner and Foundation Scholar at Trinity College, Dublin and a Fulbright and Baker Scholar at Harvard Business School (HBS). She serves on the HBS European Advisory Board.