Margaret Gilmore

Margaret Gilmore
Born	(1956-02-09) 9 February 1956 (age 68) Zululand, South Africa
Nationality	British
Education	St Brandon's School, Somerset North London Collegiate School, Edgware
Alma mater	Westfield College, fmr. part of University of London
Occupation(s)	Analyst, broadcaster, writer
Employer	Royal United Services Institute
Known for	Deputy Chair, HFEA, Asst Commissioner, Boundary Commission for England, Board Member, Food Standards Agency (2007-14), Senior Defence Analyst (2007–present) BBC Home and Legal Affairs Correspondent (2000–2007) BBC Environment Correspondent (1997–2000)

Margaret Gilmore (born 9 February 1956) is a journalist, broadcaster, writer and analyst. She frequently broadcasts, writes and lectures on security issues and is a senior associate fellow with the lead UK security think tank Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). Formerly a senior BBC correspondent covering terrorism, she now also sits on public service boards in the UK. She is deputy chair of the HFEA; assistant commissioner, Boundary Commission for England; board member Food Standards Agency (2007–14).

Early life

Gilmore was born on 9 February 1956 in Zululand in South Africa.^[1]

Education

From 1965 to 1972, Gilmore was educated at St Brandon's School, a former junior and senior boarding independent school for girls in the town of Clevedon in Somerset, followed by North London Collegiate School (1972–74), an independent school for girls in Edgware in North London. She then studied at Westfield College, now part of Queen Mary University of London, from 1974 to 1977, where she obtained a BA Honours Degree in English.^[2]

Life and career

Gilmore began her career as a journalist in 1977 reporting for local newspapers in London. She moved into radio working for local stations in Ipswich and Bristol and then Independent Radio News. She joined the BBC in 1985 as a reporter based in Northern Ireland. From there she moved to Breakfast News, and then BBC 2's Newsnight, where she specialised in Irish Affairs.^{[citation needed]}

Gilmore worked for

between 1989 and 1993 where she covered a wide range of subjects filming all over the world. While with This Week, she made the first western documentary on the reached record audiences of nearly nine million people. Gilmore returned to the BBC as a reporter on She has also travelled extensively for the BBC's Assignment programme.

As a BBC News Correspondent, Gilmore covered the Newbury Bypass protests. In 1997 she became the Environment Correspondent for BBC Television News,

. She left the BBC at the height of her career to pursue a wider range of activities. She was elected to the board of the Food Standards Agency where she has served for six years as a non-executive director and chair of its risk committee.

In 2007, Gilmore left BBC News, reportedly taking redundancy during a BBC cost-cutting exercise.

Family

Gilmore is married to Eamonn Matthews, a producer of current affairs programmes and managing director of the independent TV production company Quicksilver Media. The couple have one son.[1]

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