Margaret Milan

Margaret Milan (BSc Engineering Science 1974-77) is an accomplished Paris-based businesswoman who, with her husband, founded the successful French educational toy mail order business Eveil & Jeux. They sold their business to Fnac, the French retail chain in 2001, returned in 2006 to transform the company to a truly multichannel model. They went on to help Fnac sell the company to new owners, the French family-owned textile group, ID Group, owner of the Okaidi and Jacadi brands. The company has been rebranded Oxybul éveil & jeux in France – and Oxybul learn & play for international markets. Margaret and her husband stepped from the business at the end of 2010 although they still work as consultants to the new owners. In 2009 Margaret was one of few non-French people to receive the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur for her services to entrepreneurship and women’s careers in France.