other business interests and was asked to join the board of London Weekend Television. This appointment was unpalatable to the BBC, and she decided to resign from the programme. She was succeeded by Alison Mitchell. Later career Botting has pursued many other business interests. In addition to Douglas Deakin Young and London Weekend Television, she served as non-executive director of CGNU (formerly General Accident, now Aviva) and Trinity Mirror. She still remains a director of national lottery operator Camelot Group. She also 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. Her interests have also extended to local radio, with ownership of a number of different stakes. In 1995 she chaired the consortium that was awarded the new local radio licence for Stratford-upon-Avon, launching the following year as The Bear. She also acted as professional pension trustee to Channel 4, Blackwell Publishing, W H Smith and the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising. After the sale of Douglas Deakin Young in 2005 to Duncan Lawrie, she stepped down as chairman and now acts as a consultant. She is a patron of APT Action on Poverty (Registered Charity No. 290836). Publications Making the most of your money (1984, 1985), with Vincent Duggleby References External links BBC Radio 4 Money Box 25th Anniversary Programme Profile on radio-now.co.uk Profile of Money Box on TV Cream 1939 births Living people Alumni of the London School of Economics BBC newsreaders and journalists British businesspeople British business and financial journalists Commanders of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls British women television journalists British radio presenters British women radio presenters Women business and financial journalists