Joan Ingram (broadcaster)
Joan Ingram OBE | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 1959 |
| Alma mater | University of Dundee |
| Known for | Broadcaster and businesswoman |
| Television | Crossfire and Scotland 500 |
Joan Ingram (born March 1959),[1] OBE is a Scottish broadcaster, journalist and media company director.
Education[edit]
Ingram attended Auchmuty High School in Glenrothes before studying at the University of Dundee, obtaining an MA Honours degree in politics and jurisprudence in 1981.[2] She later studied at the University of Aberdeen where she obtained an MBA[3] in 1996. In 2012 she completed an executive education programme at the Harvard Business School in Boston, MA.
Career[edit]
Ingram began her broadcasting career in 1982 at Radio Tay. Within a year, she joined Grampian Television (now STV North) as a reporter and presenter for the nightly news programme North Tonight and various documentaries.[4] Whilst at Grampian, Ingram also presented political and current affairs programming including Crossfire and Scottish Question Time. Ingram left the station in 1996 and continued to freelance as a television broadcaster until 1999, presenting STV's coverage of the new Scottish parliament.
In 1993, she set up her own Aberdeen-based change management, communications and media company, The Fifth Business.[5][6] The company expanded its operations to Houston, London and The Hague.[7] It was acquired by ERM in 2019.[8][9]
She served on the board of Aberdeen Sports Village for six years from 2009. From 2012 to 2018, Ingram served two terms on the independent NHS Pay Review Body,[10] an eight-person committee that advises UK governments on pay-related issues.
Awards[edit]
Ingram was a runner-up in the Association of Scottish Businesswomen's Outstanding Businesswoman of the Year Award 2000.[11]
She was appointed an OBE in the New Year's Honours List of 2018[12][13] for her services in the field of healthcare.
References[edit]
- ^ "Joan INGRAM personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "Joan Ingram OBE". GOV.UK. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "Joan Ingram OBE". GOV.UK. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ North Tonight#Presenters
- ^ "THE FIFTH BUSINESS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED filing history - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "Joan Ingram OBE". GOV.UK. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "The Fifth Business joins the ELITE of London Stock Exchange – Aberdeen Business News". aberdeenbusinessnews.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ Amara (11 October 2019). "Weekly merger, acquisition, deal update: October 11". Consulting - Specifying Engineer. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "ERM acquires O&G change management & comms specialist". Environment Analyst Global. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ Beattie, Kieran (30 December 2017). "Aberdeen director made CBE after spending years supporting frontline healthcare for patients". Press and Journal. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "Joan Ingram OBE". GOV.UK. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "Ms Joan INGRAM, (Mrs. Logan) | Order of the British Empire". The Gazette, m.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ Symon, Ken (29 December 2017). "Banker Susan Rice named a Dame in the New Year's Honours". businessInsider. Retrieved 18 March 2023.