Kay Symons was an editor at Longman when she joined WiP. She worked at Blackwells and Hutchinson and then at Heinemann for 20 years, as publishing director and MD of Heinemann Secondary and Vocational. She was seconded to an international MBA programme, and is now a publishing consultant and trainer. During her membership of WiP she worked on the training, conference and advisory committees, served on the Bentinck Group, and was an editor of Wiplash.