The Candidates

Series 7 - 2011
Leon Doyle - Fast Food Marketing
"I'd be surprised if people had done the same thing as me in a year period"

Alex Britez Cabral - Estate Agent Manager
"I've got a good head on my shoulders. I'm intelligent, driven, ambitious"

Melody Hossaini - Founder & Director – Global Youth Consultancy Business
I want to be more than just average, average was never good enough for me

Felicity Jackson - Entrepreneur Creative Arts
"Lord Sugar will find it difficult to get a word in because I'm very chatty"

Edna Agbarha - Business Psychologist
"I'm the type of person who likes to get to the root cause of the problem"

Susan Ma - Natural Skincare Entrepreneur
"I'm very easy to talk to, I'm very enthusiastic, I'm very easily amused as well"

Ellie Reed - Managing Director
"I'm just a nice person really, but I have got a dark side if somebody treats me badly"

Helen Louise Milligan - Executive Assistant to CEO
"I don't think there's anything that I set my mind to that I haven't achieved"

Natasha Scribbins - Divisional Manager – Recruitment
"I'm tenacious, I'm charming, I'm witty"

Vincent Disneur - Sales Manager – Telecoms Software
"I have an unprecedented amount of business acumen"

Jim Eastwood - Sales and Marketing Manager
"I'm charismatic, creative, consistent with impeccable integrity"

Edward Hunter - Accountant
"I’m the wheeler dealer who accidentally became a finance professional"

Gavin Winstanley - Managing Director - Opticians
"I've done it all, I've been the best at everything I've ever done"

Tom Pellereau - Inventor
"I do personally think I have the ability to think differently from other people"

Glenn Ward - Senior Design Engineer
"To be honest, I am pretty great"

Zoe Beresford - Project Manager – Drinks Manufacturer
"I'm immensely driven, and I don't stop until I get what I want"

Series 6 - 2010
Alex Epstein - Unemployed Head of Communications
"Be different. When everyone is zigging, you should zag"

Chris Bates - Investment Banker
"Business is ultimately about getting the basics spot on. If you get the simple things right you will succeed"

Christopher Farrell - Mortgage Broker
"I was a sniper in the Royal Marines and I take that killer instinct across into business"

Dan Harris - Sales Director
"In business there's no place for shirkers and no place for passengers. I insist that people who work for me deliver"

Jamie Lester - Overseas Property Developer
"I'm very motivated and entrepreneurial - you need to go out there and get your hands dirty"

Joanna Riley - Cleaning Company Owner
"Don't complicate business. Keep it simple and get on with the people you're working with - it's common sense"

Joy Stefanicki - Marketing and PR Director
"Be careful who you tread on as you go up, as it's likely you'll need them on the way down"

Laura Moore - Business Development Manager
"A lot of people can talk the talk - it's very easy to fluff up what you've done, but my results are hard-proven"

Liz Locke - Investment Banker
"I'd liken myself to a Lamborghini - fast, exciting, stylish and successful"

Melissa Cohen - Food Business Manager
"If you get in my way, I'll mow you down"

Paloma Vivanco - Senior Marketing Manager
"I'm a hyper-achiever. Everything I do is always a success"

Raleigh Addington - Unemployed Graduate
"I'm ruthless, even in Monopoly"

Sandeesh Samra - Recruitment Consultant
"Don't go for the quick win. Look after your customers and clients"

Shibby Robati - Surgeon and Business Owner
"My first word wasn't mummy. It was money"

Stella English - Head of Business Management
"Like a dog with a bone, I can't let go. If I want something, I get it"

Stuart Baggs - Telecoms Entrepreneur
"I'm Stuart Baggs 'The Brand' - I've got a certain type of charisma"

Series 5 - 2009

Anita Shah - Business Strategist
"My CV is strong. I am articulate. I can deal with questions and make impactful statements. Many lawyers can't. People want to chat with me."

Ben Clarke - Trainee Stockbroker
"To me making money is better than sex."

Debra Barr - Senior Sales Consultant
"When I set my sights on something I have to make sure I get it. I am very cautious and only let the people that I can trust see the softer side of me."

Howard Ebison - Retail Business Manager
"I am a credible businessman who wants to go far. I'm incredibly ambitious. If I don't go far down this route I shall go far down another route."

James McQuillan - Senior Commercial Manager
"I'm astute and shrewd and smart... maybe blunt at times."

Kate Walsh - Licensing Development Manager
"My CV speaks for itself. I've always excelled academically and I have really achieved within a corporate environment across sales, marketing and a number of different aspects of business."

Kimberly Davis - Marketing Consultant
"I bring honesty and integrity to the table, I don't lie, cheat or backstab. I am not the stereotypical New Yorker and it's a stereotype I've faced."

Lorraine Tighe - National Accounts Manager
"I've fought against all the odds. I'm a single mum with no education and I've had a very hard time. It is tough, but to have the confidence I have I should be very proud of myself."

Majid Nagra - Business Development Manager
"I think that business is the backbone to this world. Without companies buying and selling there wouldn't be any economy."

Mona Lewis - Senior Business Manager
"I knew I would be selected, not to sound big-headed... I've succeeded in the companies I've worked for because I work hard and I'm honest."

Noorul Choudhury - Science teacher
"I have always been ambitious and driven and I've got the capabilities to deliver. I am not all talk... I can manage a team of people, total strangers even, because I am feisty and have attitude."

Paula Jones - Human Resource Consultant
"I am the girl with a plan. I have great wit and strength of character, and I am resilient to the core."

Philip Taylor - Estate Agent
"Business is the new rock 'n' roll and I'm Elvis Presley"

Rocky Andrews - Sandwich Chain Owner
"For me business is about hard-work, attention to detail, being willing to make mistakes and learning from these mistakes."

Yasmina Siadatan - Restaurateur
"Business is about a simple formula. Make more than you spend. That's what I do, I keep business simple and it works. I'm good at it."

Series 4 - 2008

Alex Wotherspoon - Regional Sales Manager
"I give 100% all the way. I always speak my mind."

Claire Young - Senior Retail Buyer
"I am successful, I always have been. I've been doing jobs for eight years for people who are significantly older than me. I apply myself 150%."

Helene Speight - Global Pricing Leader
"I expect nothing on a plate and I am prepared to come out of my comfort zone to get ahead."

Ian Stringer - Software Sales Manager
"There are two types of people in the world: winners and... I don't know how to say the word, I can't say it."

Jenny Celerier - Sales manager
"I've achieved. I have won awards for my selling."

Jennifer Maguire - Marketing Consultant
"I can sell pieces of paper for £50. I rate myself as the best salesperson in Europe."

Kevin Shaw - Bank Manager
"I am driven, ambitious and hungry... I don't mess about. If I want something I will get it."

Lee McQueen - Recruitment Sales Manager
"Lee, you're very convincing. You are very, very, very convincing. I've concluded... Lee, you're hired." Sir Alan Sugar

Lindi Mngaza - Business Liaison Manager
"My nickname amongst friends is African Princess as I am from royal descendants."

Lucinda Ledgerwood - Risk Manager
"I am very diverse, well rounded and I always win."

Michael Sophocles - Telesales Executive
"I am an exceptional individual. I am an exhibitionist, I am fearless, I want money and I am unscrupulous."

Nicholas De Lacy Brown - Barrister, Artist and Property Developer
"My name is very distinctive... it gets me noticed in business and life. "

Raef Bjayou - Entrepreneur
"The spoken word is my tool. (I'm a) terrific conversationalist and raconteur with incredible charisma. (I'm) priceless, absolutely priceless."

Sara Dhada - International Car Trader
"I was born into a business family, it's in my blood. I think I will win."

Shazia Wahab - Mosaic Artist & Company Director
"I'm just a mosaic artist trying to prove that I'm just as good as anyone else. Only little do they know I am better. You should never judge a book by its cover as you never know what story is lurking underneath."

Simon Smith - Senior Satellite Television Engineer
"I get things done. I have enthusiasm for everything I do. I am loud, bombastic, I don't play games. Everyone wants me on their team."

Series 3 - 2007

Adam Hosker - Car Sales Manager
“My strengths and my weaknesses are often the same thing – on occasion my confidence can become arrogance.”

Andy Jackson - Car Sales Manager
“My passions are winning, winning and winning”

Dr Sophie Kain - Quantum Physicist
“I can understand the technical side of things but also have vision.”

Gerri Blackwood - Transport Development Manager
“It’s easy to have confidence when you are a big fish in your own pond, but to suddenly be thrown into a sea of sharks you have a bit of a reality check,”

Ghazal Asif - Business Development Manager

Ifti Chaudhri - Company Director
“When you can break bricks with your hands you believe in your head you can do anything, and in business I take on the same ethic.”

Jadine Johnson - Financial advisor

Katie Hopkins - Global Brand Consultant
“My ambition is to be CEO of a large global brand builder by 40.”

Kristina Grimes - Sales Manager
“To me, Sir Alan is an inspiration – where he started, what he has achieved and his directness.”

Lohit Kalburgi - Telecoms Manager
“I would like people to see me as the nice guy. My game plan is to be myself and get on with things.”

Naomi Lay - Advertising Sales Manager
“People that know me would describe me as loud, motivated, fun, determined, compassionate and energetic.”

Natalie Wood - Housewife with a business degree
“I admire Sir Alan’s achievements and attitude, I like the way he is with people. Who needs the truth wrapped up with fairy lights? Say it how it is!”

Paul Callaghan - Ex-Army Lieutenant
“My lack of commercial experience might be a weakness but my leadership and organisational qualities are definite strengths”

Rory Laing - Bankrupt Entrepreneur
”People say to me, ‘learn from your experiences. Well I’m bored of learning from experience, I’ve had enough of them, It’s time now to cash in on it.”

Simon Ambrose - Internet Entrepreneur
"Bloody old fool that I am, I'm going to take that risk, you're hired." Sir Alan Sugar

Tre Azam - Marketing and Design Consultant

Series 2 - 2008

Ansell Henry - Sales Manager

Alexa Tilley - Management Consultant

Ben Stanberry - Management Consultant
"A lot of the people will come out of The Apprentice and be in bits for weeks about being fired but for me nothing will ever be as bad as being told you have got cancer."

Jo Cameron - Human Resources Manager

Karen Bremner - Lawyer
"I wanted to do the show because I wanted to eventually work for Sir Alan Sugar, who is the type of boss I respect."

Mani Sandher - Management Consultant
"The Apprentice showed me that in business, action will always speak louder than words!"

Michelle Dewberry - Telecoms Consultant
'All Michelle has done in life is work hard and she has become a great achiever." Sir Alan Sugar

Nargis Ara - Pharmacist

Ruth Badger "The Badger" - Business Owner
"I was frustrated by the performance of the female candidates in series one and knew I could do better."

Paul Tulip - Headhunter
"I'm just a likeable person who can get on with anyone."

Samuel Judah - Product Developer
"I'm not there to entertain people, I don't give a sh*t about that. For me it's about business."

Sharon McAllister - Business Lecturer
"I tell people that I've graduated from Sir Alan's school of business."

Syed Ahmed - IT Recruitment
"Without doubt I think I will be the focal part of the show because I am passionate."

Tuan Le - Business Consultant

Series 1 - 2008

Adele Lock - Retail Manager

Adenike Ogundoyin - Restaurant Manager

Ben Leary - Headhunter
"In my career I win all the time."

James Max - Investment Banker 
"I seek success as a result of my own achievements."

Lindsay Bogaard - Communications Manager

Matthew Palmer - Mature student
"The objective of a business is not to make money. The object of a business is to satisfy customers. The result is to make money."

Miranda Rose - Managing Director

Miriam Stanley - Hotel Manager

Paul Torrisi - Property Developer
"Sir Alan even told me that he saw a bit of him in me when he was the same age."

Rachel Groves - Charity Fundraiser

Raj Dhonota - Internet Entrepreneur
"I'm an entrepreneur, not an angel."

Saira Khan - Sales Manager

Sebastian Schrimpff - Financial Analyst
"I have no doubt that I am a superb candidate for The Apprentice."

Tim Campbell - London Underground Transport Manager
"'He's young, enthusiastic, eager to learn and a good all-rounder." Sir Alan Sugar

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