Margaret Mountford
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| Margaret Mountford | |
| Image:Margaret Mountford.png Margaret Mountford from the fourth series of The Apprentice
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| Born |  Holywood, Northern Ireland |
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| Nationality |  British |
| Alma mater | Girton College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Lawyer Business Woman |
| Employers | Amstrad plc Georgica Plc |
| Home town | Holywood, Northern Ireland |
| Known for | non-Executive Director of Amstrad plc Advisor to Sir Alan Sugar in UK version of the The Apprentice |
Margaret Mountford is a British lawyer and business woman originally from Holywood, Northern Ireland.[1] She was educated at Girton College, Cambridge.
She has been a non-Executive Director of Amstrad plc since September 22, 1999. She also has many years of corporate law experience as a law firm partner at Herbert Smith (from which she retired in March 1999). She is also a non-Executive Director at Georgica Plc.
Mountford is one of Sir Alan Sugar's advisors in the UK version of the The Apprentice television show, a role with which she has achieved increased public popularity as the franchise continues[2].
Mountford believes that her Northern Irish background has helped her career, saying: “I think coming from Northern Ireland gives you a lot of basic level-headedness and stands you in very good stead. A lot of what’s required is a common sense approach, much of business depends on that actually.”
Mountford is now a part-time student, in the process of attaining a Ph.D in papyrology [3]. She also chairs the board of governors of an inner-London Church of England Comprehensive School.[4]
Mountford returned to Girton College on the 15th of February 2008 as the guest speaker for the college Law Society. In her speech she stated a great belief that there is no "glass ceiling", and that any woman can make it to the top of her profession if they put in the effort.
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- ^ Apprentice star fires up NI women, BBC News, May 23, 2007
- ^ Headmistress of the nation, "The Guardian", 09 May 2008
- ^ Ode to marvellous Mistress Margaret
- ^ Spying for Sir Alan, The Guardian, March 28, 2007
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