Tamara Ingram,

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(born 1 October 1960) is a British businesswoman. Tamara is currently chairman of integrated content agency The 10 Group, Asthma and Lung UK, Chair of the ESG committee as a NED for Marks and Spencer and non executive director of Intertek and Marsh Mclennan.

Early life and education

Ingram was born in London to John Michael Ingram, an influential British fashion designer, and Sonia Leila Ingram, a psychotherapist. She attended

Queen's College, London Queen's College is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private day school for girls aged 11–18 with an adjoining prep school for girls aged 4–11 located in the City of Westminster, London. It was founded in 1848 by theologian and social ...

, and subsequently the

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, graduating with an honours degree in English and American Studies in 1982.

Career

Early career

Ingram joined

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in 1985, where she remained for 16 years, becoming CEO in 1995 and executive chairman in 1999. Under her leadership, Saatchi & Saatchi became one of the most-awarded advertising agencies, including being named

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Agency of the Year. In 2001 Ingram left Saatchi & Saatchi to join

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as chairman and chief executive officer. She then joined

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as president of three of their marketing firms:

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, The Henley Centre & Fusion5.

Grey and P&G

In 2005 WPP acquired the

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, bringing a large amount of Procter & Gamble's business into the group's remit. Due to her strong relationship with P&G, Ingram joined Grey London as Group CEO, subsequently taking on the dual roles of president and CEO of Team P+G, responsible for the Procter and Gamble relationship throughout the WPP Group.

WPP

In May 2015, Ingram was promoted to Chief Client Team Officer of WPP overseeing all of WPP's global accounts comprising more than a third of WPP's almost $20billion revenue.

Other interests

In addition to her advertising and marketing career, Ingram has held numerous public and private sector directorships. She is currently a Trustee of

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and the

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. Between 2001 and 2011 she served as chairman of

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, and in 2011 was appointed an OBE for services to tourism through her work with the organisation. She has also sat on the boards of

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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and the

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. Ingram is currently a member of The Marketing Society, the Marketing Group of Great Britain, Women in Advertising and Communications London (WACL), and Advertising Women of New York (AWNY). She is also a board member of the Ad Council and on the board of directors for Effie Worldwide. In 2006 Ingram was shortlisted for the

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Business Woman of the Year Award and in 2007 was named ‘Woman to Watch’ by

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. Ingram is an avid tennis player, and has won the London Highbury Fields Tennis Tournament with Daniel Brachfeld in 2009 and 2010

References

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