Friday, April 04, 2008

Margaret Mountford: A Lawyer in the Media

Margaret Mountford is a British lawyer and business woman originally from Northern Ireland. She was educated at Girton College, Cambridge before becoming a Solicitor in Private Practice. Mountford is one of Sir Alan Sugar's advisors in every episode of The Apprentice. She has been a non-Executive Director of Amstrad plc since 1999 and prior to that she had many years corporate law experience as a law firm partner at the Herbert Smith law firm (from which she retired in March 1999). It was during her time at Herbert Smith she met Alan Sugar and was doing his legal work for Amstrad's flotation on the Stock Exchange.

Interestingly, Mountford has never been directly employed by Alan Sugar, but she has assisted him in winning lots of deals over the years and have worked together on projects for 20+years.

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