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Margaret Miller
Margaret Miller was born and educated in Bradford and joined Knightsbridge Furniture in 1959 with the aim of developing a Contracts Division for the Company.
Previously Knightsbridge had specialised in the manufacture of seating for the retail market but due to the success of the contracts sector, made this their sole market, as it continues today.
Progressing to Sales Director, Managing Director and Chairman of Knightsbridge and the other companies in the Furniture Productions (Contracts) Ltd Group, and with interests in property companies, Margaret became a Freeman of the Furniture Makers' Company in 1981 and was admitted to the Livery in May 1985. She has subsequently served on various Committees and was elected to the Court in 2005, becoming Master on 12 May 2008, the first woman occupy this position.
She is a Director of the British Contracts Furnishing Association, a member of the Westminster Dining Club and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and splits her time between Yorkshire and London. From 1980 to 2001 Margaret was a Trustee of Bradford's War on Cancer, raising money to fund research at Bradford University and for the treatment of patients at Bradford Royal Infirmary, the Trust handing over to Cancer UK at the end of this period some £4m.
When time allows, other interests include visiting art galleries and exhibitions and collecting works of art with a particular interest in Venice.
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