Background
Ingram was born in London to John Michael Ingram, an influential British fashion designer, and Sonia Leila Ingram, a psychotherapist.
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, and subsequently the University of East Anglia, graduating with an honours degree in English and American Studies in 1982.
She currently leads the Procter & Gamble account across the WPP group. Early career
Ingram joined Saatchi & Saatchi in 1985, where she remained for 16 years, becoming Chief Executive Officer in 1995 and Executive Chairman in 1999. Under her leadership, Saatchi & Saatchi became one of the most-awarded advertising agencies, including being named Cannes Agency of the Year.
In 2001 Ingram left Saatchi & Saatchi to join McCann Erickson as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
She then joined Kantar as President of three of their marketing firms: Added Value, The Henley Centre & Fusion5. Grey and P&G
In 2005 WPP acquired the Grey Global Group, bringing a large amount of Procter & Gamble’s business into the groups remit.
Due to her strong relationship with P&G, Ingram joined Grey London as Group Chief Executive Officer, subsequently taking on the dual roles of President and Chief Executive Officer of Team P+G, a position which sees her responsible for the Procter and Gamble relationship throughout the WPP Group. Commenting on Ingram’s tenure as President and Chief Executive Officer of Team P+G Jim Heekin, Grey"s global Chief Executive Officer, said that “under Tam"s leadership, the past eight years have been some of the most creative, productive and dynamic of our nearly 60-year partnership with P&G”.
WPP
In May 2015, Ingram was promoted to Chief Client Team Officer of WPP, a role which will see her overseeing all of WPP’s global accounts, which combined account for more than a third of WPP’s almost $20billion revenue.
This makes Ingram one of the highest-level female executives in advertising. WPP Chief Executive Officer Sir Martin Sorrell said of her appointment that "there are few people who understand the requirements of global client management better than Tamara". 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 Save the Children and the Royal Drawing School, and a Non-Executive Director of Serco Group.
Between 2001 and 2011 she served as Chairman of Visit London, and in 2011 was awarded an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to tourism through her work with the organisation. She has also sat on the boards of EDF Energy, the Sage Group, the London Development Agency, the British Tourist Authority, the Almeida Theatre and the Royal Court Theatre.
In 2006 Ingram was shortlisted for the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year Award and in 2007 was named ‘Woman to Watch’ by Advertising Age.
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).
Married Andrew Ingram, 1989. 2 children.
