The Apprentice interview panel 2018: Who are the interviewers?
THE APPRENTICE 2018 is down to its Final Five, who have to face interviews with Lord Sugar’s toughest interviewers. But who are The Apprentice interviewers Claude Littner, Mike Soutar, Claudine Collins and Linda Plant?
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The Apprentice 2018 is airing the fan favourite interviews week tonight (Wednesday, December 12) at 9pm on BBC One. Claude Littner, Mike Soutar, Claudine Collins and Linda Plant will be the interviewers this year, who will grill the Final Five about their business plans. The Apprentice 2018 Final Five will then be cut down to the two finalists.
Who are The Apprentice 2018 interviewers?
Claude Littner
Claude Littner, 69, is the only Apprentice interviewer who has been in every one of the show’s 13 series so far.
He has worked with Lord Alan Sugar since 1990, and has chaired a number of companies for him like Amstrad International, Dancall Telecom and IT company Viglen.
Other jobs have included chief executive of Tottenham Hotspur and five-a-side football operator Powerleague.
He is also a visiting Professor at the University of West London, which is also the home of the Claude Littner Business School.
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Claudine Collins
Claudine Collins, 50, is the UK managing director of MediaCom, a media agency.
On her LinkedIn page, Claudine describes her job as “help[ing] run the business day to day with a focus on clients and media owners.”
Prior to this role, she was head of investment at the agency for 17 years between 1995 and 2012.
She joined The Apprentice interview panel in 2014, though she had previously appeared on the show as a guest judge in 2011.
Mike Soutar
Mike Soutar, 52, was until recently chairman of ShortList Media, which publishes magazines like ShortList and Stylist.
According to a statement, he has left ShortList to focus more time on developing start-up business.
Soutar’s previous jobs include being editor-in-chief of US Maxim, editor of both Smash Hits and FHM and managing director of Kiss FM.
He joined The Apprentice’s interviews panel in season seven of the show in 2012.
Linda Plant
Linda Plant, 66, is a businesswoman who went from selling clothes on a market stall to becoming a noted interior designer.
Prior to this, she launched an international clothing brand Honeysuckle, which at one point was traded on the London Stock Exchange.
She has known Lord Sugar for over 20 years, after the pair repeatedly “bump into each other” on the international business circuit as she told the Radio Times in 2015.
Plant joined The Apprentice interviewers in 2016 in the show’s 11th season.
The Apprentice airs tonight at 9pm on BBC One