Biography

Lynne Franks is one of the best-known Public Relations consultants in the world. She is also an author, newspaper columnist and commentator on women's issues, sustainability and consumer lifestyles.

Lynne Franks discusses the role of women in society and in the workplace and how businesses are progressively becoming increasingly aware of this and redesigning their physical and cultural environments to better integrate feminine principles and values.

Author, entrepreneur and lifestyle guru Lynne Franks has a communication reach that stretches across the world. As a high-profile business woman and founder of the SEED empowerment programmes for women, she is either featured in or writes for many of the UK’s top publications, as well as regularly appearing in international media, television and radio, speaking on the subjects of social change, consumer patterns, corporate responsibility and women in business.

After leaving school at sixteen, she started her working life as a secretary, before joining Petticoat, the UK’s first weekly young women’s magazine. She started her own public relations firm, Lynne Franks PR, from her kitchen table at the age of twenty-one, which grew to become one of the best-known public relations agencies in the world, advising and guiding multi-national businesses and non-profit organisations around the globe.

After twenty years in public relations and wanting to branch out into new directions, Lynne left her agency in 1992 and became an international spokesperson and facilitator on the changes in today’s and tomorrow’s world – both for the individual as well as the society at large.

In 1994, she chaired the UK’s first women’s radio station, presenting her own radio show, Frankly Speaking. Prior to attending the UN Women’s Conference in Beijing in 1995, Lynne created the major UK event, What Women Want, to draw attention to the changing position of women in society.

Lynne is currently advising both private and public sectors as well as developing communication strategies for NGO's and community initiatives.

Lynne Franks has a communication reach that stretches across the world. As a high-profile business woman she regularly speaks and leads workshops at high profile events on the subjects of women’s lifestyles, corporate social responsibility, work/life balance, consumer marketing and women in business.