{"id":49371,"date":"2024-04-11T15:37:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T13:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=691111"},"modified":"2024-04-11T16:50:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T14:50:05","slug":"who-is-mike-soutar-meet-the-apprentice-interviewer-and-lord-sugars-trusted-advisor","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/who-is-mike-soutar-meet-the-apprentice-interviewer-and-lord-sugars-trusted-advisor\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Mike Soutar? Meet The Apprentice interviewer and Lord Sugar\u2019s trusted advisor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Mike Soutar is one of Alan Sugar&#8217;s fearsome interviewers in this year&#8217;s season. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By David Craig\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 11 April 2024 at 13:37 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>As The Apprentice comes towards a close for another year, there are just two key episodes yet to air, with one being a particular fan favourite over the years.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s right, the interviews are back! Claudine Collins, Linda Plant, Claude Littner and Mike Soutar are all returning to grill the candidates on their business plans and CVs, hoping to suggest the correct candidates to go through to the final.<\/p>\n<p>As ever, only two can make it to the end, and it\u2019s down to the interviewers to advise who would be the best at becoming Lord Sugar\u2019s next business partner.<\/p>\n<div class=\"editor-content mb-lg hidden-print js-piano-locked-content\" data-placement=\"Body\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"ad-placement-inline--2\">\n<p>As the interviews take place tonight, here\u2019s everything you need to know about Lord Sugar\u2019s trusted advisor, Mike Soutar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>Who is Mike Soutar?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.greenvideo.io\/players\/gv.js\" data-license-key=\"f0cf5e3e9068d9a4affa36d5c8962eaf1a0662ba\"\/> <div style=\"width:50%;min-height:100vh;overflow:hidden;aspect-ratio:16\/9;position:relative;\"> <style><![CDATA[ .gvtext1, .gvtext2 { animation-duration: 5s; animation-iteration-count: infinite; animation-direction: alternate; width:100%; } .gvtext1 { animation-name: gvtext1; } .gvtext2 { animation-name: gvtext2; } @keyframes gvtext1 { 0% { opacity: 1 } 47% { opacity: 1 } 50% { opacity: 0 } 100% { opacity: 0 } } @keyframes gvtext2 { 0% { opacity: 0 } 50% { opacity: 0 } 53% { opacity: 1 } 100% { opacity: 1 } } ]]><\/style> <div style=\"font-family:arial;font-size:smaller;position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;background:rgb(208, 208, 208);border-radius:30px;display:flex;text-align:center;align-items:center;\"> <div class=\"gvtext2\" style=\"position:absolute;\"> Green Video Post Element <br\/>Video ID: \"08540ee7ccc050d0836936695d87e24863348272\" <br\/>Mix ID: \"\" <br\/>Player ID: \"Tw3-XowQ\" <\/div> <div class=\"gvtext1\" style=\"padding: 10px;\"> If the player doesn't appear here within a few seconds, the Player ID or Licence Key (set via IM Green Video settings) might be invalid. <\/div> <\/div> <green-video embed-id=\"Tw3-XowQ\" content-id=\"08540ee7ccc050d0836936695d87e24863348272\" mix-id=\"\"\/>\n<\/div> <p>Mike Soutar has been taking on interviewing duties on The Apprentice in the 2010s, and has built quite the reputation for getting to the heart of a candidate\u2019s flimsier plans.<\/p>\n<p>When not a guest on the show, <strong>Soutar is a prolific name in the media industry, with a career that spans three decades<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of his career, Soutar has been the managing director of Kiss FM, as well as a board director for the publisher TI Media, which produces well-known titles like Woman &amp; Home and What\u2019s On TV.<\/p>\n<p>He co-founded Shortlist Media, stepping down as chairman in 2018 \u2013 the same year it was announced the company was rebranding as The Stylist Group, and ShortList, a prominent weekly lifestyle magazine for men, was ceasing publication.<\/p>\n<p>He is originally from Dundee, and gave a lecture this year at the city\u2019s university.<\/p>\n<p>In a new Q&amp;A as to why he keeps returning to the interviews, Soutar said: \u201cIt\u2019s an immense honour, personally, to be involved in The Apprentice. It\u2019s as simple as that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd for me, I love the challenge of researching different business sectors. You never know what each year is going to throw up in terms of the business sectors that the final five candidates want investment in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got a limited amount of time before the interviews happen. I need to really understand the sectors they\u2019re launching into, what the dynamics are within there, what the margins typically are, what the challenges are, because I need to be able to take candidates to task on their understanding of those marketplace.\u201d<\/p> <p><strong>The Apprentice season 18 final premieres on Thursday 18th April at 9pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out more of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/\" data-outlook-id=\"5215ca97-f81b-4e15-98bc-be25cd77f4a1\">Entertainment<\/a> coverage or visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\" data-outlook-id=\"20fca396-6cac-4618-827e-6c51357ddcd5\">TV Guide<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\" data-outlook-id=\"d77dd110-a4ba-4f8a-a773-b96dae3be037\">Streaming Guide<\/a> to find out what else is on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/\" data-outlook-id=\"b4ea24e2-bbb8-400d-ae81-302d26588bce\">The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Mike Soutar is one of Alan Sugar&#8217;s fearsome interviewers in this year&#8217;s season. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":49372,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/who-is-mike-soutar-meet-the-apprentice-interviewer-and-lord-sugars-trusted-advisor-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/who-is-mike-soutar-meet-the-apprentice-interviewer-and-lord-sugars-trusted-advisor-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/who-is-mike-soutar-meet-the-apprentice-interviewer-and-lord-sugars-trusted-advisor-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/who-is-mike-soutar-meet-the-apprentice-interviewer-and-lord-sugars-trusted-advisor-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/who-is-mike-soutar-meet-the-apprentice-interviewer-and-lord-sugars-trusted-advisor-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/who-is-mike-soutar-meet-the-apprentice-interviewer-and-lord-sugars-trusted-advisor-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/who-is-mike-soutar-meet-the-apprentice-interviewer-and-lord-sugars-trusted-advisor-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Mike Soutar is one of Alan Sugar's fearsome interviewers in this year's season.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/49371"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}