10 Facts About Lynne Franks

Lynne Joanne Franks was born on 16 April 1948 and is a communications strategist and writer.

Lynne Franks founded a public relations consultancy in the early 1970s and worked with many British fashion brands.

Lynne Franks's lifestyle was rumoured to be the inspiration for the charter Edina Monsoon in British sitcom Absolutely Fabulous.

Lynne Franks PR worked briefly with the Labour Party in 1986.

In 1984 Lynne Franks used her relationship with the Murjani Corporation to persuade them to sponsor a large fashion tent outside the Commonwealth Institute in Kensington.

In July 2011, Lynne Franks was awarded an honorary doctorate from Middlesex University in recognition of her career achievements in business and the media.

Whilst in California, Lynne Franks developed the idea of SEED, an acronym for Sustainable Enterprise and Empowerment Dynamics, the principles for which she described in her book published in 2000, The SEED Handbook: The Feminine Way to Create Business.

Lynne Franks later published Grow: The Modern Woman's Handbook and Bloom: A Woman's Journal for Inspired Living.

In collaboration with Tribal Education, Lynne Franks developed the SEED Women into Enterprise Programme, a blended learning course for self-employment.

Lynne Franks was the chair of V-Day UK, a charity created by Eve Ensler, that campaigns to end violence against women and girls.