Joan Ingram (born March 1959), is a Scottish broadcaster, journalist and media company director.

Education

Ingram attended

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in Glenrothes before studying at the

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, obtaining an MA Honours degree in politics and jurisprudence in 1981. She later studied at the

University of Aberdeen The University of Aberdeen ( sco, University o' 'Aiberdeen; abbreviated as ''Aberd.'' in List of post-nominal letters (United Kingdom), post-nominals; gd, Oilthigh Obar Dheathain) is a public university, public research university in Aberdeen, Sc ...

where she obtained an MBA 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

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. Within a year, she joined

Grampian Television Grampian Television was the original name of the Channel 3 service for the north of Scotland founded in 1961 and now named STV. The northern region's coverage area includes the Northern Isles, Western Isles, Highlands (except Fort William and ...

(now ''STV North'') as a reporter and presenter for the nightly news programme ''

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'' and various documentaries. Whilst at Grampian, Ingram also presented political and current affairs programming including ''

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'' 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''. The company expanded its operations to

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and

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. It was acquired by ERM in 2019. She served on the board of

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for six years from 2009. From 2012 to 2018, Ingram served two terms on the independent

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, an eight-person committee that advises UK governments on pay-related issues.

Awards

Ingram was a runner-up in the Association of Scottish Businesswomen's Outstanding Businesswoman of the Year Award 2000. She was appointed an OBE in the New Year's Honours List of 2018 for her services in the field of healthcare.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ingram, Joan Alumni of the University of Aberdeen Alumni of the University of Dundee Living people Officers of the Order of the British Empire Scottish television presenters Scottish women television presenters STV News newsreaders and journalists Scottish businesspeople Scottish broadcasters 1959 births