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11 Facts About Louise Botting

1.

Elizabeth Louise Botting CBE was born on 19 September 1939 and is a British company director and former broadcaster.

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Louise Botting was presenter of BBC Radio 4's Money Box programme between 1977 and 1992.

3.

Louise Botting has held non-executive directorships of other companies such as Trinity Mirror, London Weekend Television and Camelot Group.

4.

Louise Botting founded the private wealth management firm Douglas Deakin Young in 1974, serving as its managing director and then chairman until it was sold to Duncan Lawrie in 2005.

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Louise Botting started broadcasting with British Forces Broadcasting Service in 1971 and continued to do this until 1981.

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Louise Botting remained in this role until the firm was sold to Duncan Lawrie in 2005.

7.

Louise Botting still remains a director of national lottery operator Camelot Group.

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8.

Louise Botting acted as a member of the Top Salaries Review Body between 1987 and 1994, and was rewarded by Prime Minister John Major with a CBE for her work and for services to journalism.

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Louise Botting's interests have extended to local radio, with ownership of a number of different stakes.

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Louise Botting acted as professional pension trustee to Channel 4, Blackwell Publishing, W H Smith and the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising.

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Louise Botting is a patron of APT Action on Poverty.