[1][2] Buck attended Stafford Girls High School and then went to study engineering at the University of Exeter in 1971, achieving a BSc with First Class Honours.
She started her own business as a sole trader 1993, and then co-founded BSW Consulting in 1996 based in Exeter, where she has been a director for the past 11 years.
Other projects have included schools, flats, offices, leisure centres, hotels, banks, airports, drainage schemes and land fill sites.
She also played a key role in introducing the new membership grade of Technician (launched in February 2007) and the Institution’s first business plan.
She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to engineering and education.