Margaret Tynan is the project leader for the FEIW project. She is a member of the Centre for Entrepreneurship at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) and lectures in Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy and Management. She is an active member of the WIT research community where her area of interest is women in business. Margaret is also leading research on the growth of women owned firms in Ireland. Margaret’s interest in this area arises from having run her own business for a number of years and having worked with a number of women entrepreneurs throughout her career.