Margaret Rose Mountford (née Swale, born 24 November 1951)[1] is a British lawyer, businesswoman, academic and television personality from Holywood, Northern Ireland, best known for her role in the BBC reality TV series The Apprentice.
In April 2012, Mountford completed her PhD in Papyrology at University College, London, with her thesis entitled Documentary papyri from Roman And Byzantine Oxyrhynchus.
[6] Mountford also chairs the Bright Ideas Trust which was set up by the first Apprentice winner Tim Campbell, and helps young people start their own businesses.
[7] From 2005 to 2009, Mountford was one of Alan Sugar's advisers, alongside Nick Hewer, in the UK version of The Apprentice television show, a role with which she achieved increasing public popularity.
Between April 2012 and November 2017, Mountford appeared on Channel 4's Countdown in Dictionary Corner, presented by her fellow Apprentice adviser Nick Hewer.