Joan Ingram (broadcaster)
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Joan Ingram OBE | |
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| Born | March 1959 (age 66) |
| 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.
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
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 BAFTA-winning 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 co-founded 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]