Network Waterford President
Margaret Durand
Passion for Creative
MBS.BBS.MMII.
margaret@passionforcreative.com
Margaret is the Development Director at Passion for Creative, a full service marketing agency based in Waterford city.
Margaret has almost 15 years hands-on marketing experience, working with and in the SME sector, in addition to international experience. Having worked for ntl, ABB and SEAT, Margaret moved on to work on a pioneering programme for women in business with WIT. While working fulltime, Margaret built a part-time business which she launched fulltime in 2008. She spent one year building the business before joining forces with the larger and better established Passion.
She has earned an MBS by Research focusing on female entrepreneurs and has presented a number of papers in this area, in addition to having her research featured in mainstream media such as The Times and FM104.
Margaret’s expertise spans Business Development, Marketing, PR, Strategy, Business Planning, Feasibility Studies and presenting and communicating in numerous high level situations.
She is elected President of Network Waterford 2011, is a Member of the Marketing Institute of Ireland, a part-time lecturer on honours degree programmes with WIT, a Director of Workhouse Studios Design Group and Network Manager for Waterford County WEN.