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Ingrid Marsh is a Perceptual Outlier - a woman whose clarity, low‑ego orientation and inner steadiness have shaped a life lived slightly outside the emotional norms of the culture. She doesn’t rise and fall with praise or criticism, doesn’t chase validation, and doesn’t perform to belong. This mirror‑free stance informs her work on presence, identity and performance pressure in a world increasingly shaped by noise. Raised around her mother’s kitchen table in a flat‑hierarchy family system, Ingrid learned early that difference was natural, and belonging didn’t require performance.

 

That foundation became the root of Wild Peace: a grounded, quietly disruptive way of being that has guided every chapter of her life. Before stepping into acting, Ingrid spent over twenty years in corporate account management at ICV, where JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley were among her clients. Alongside this, she built a portfolio of entrepreneurial ventures consistently ahead of their time: a French lifestyle shop in Islington described by journalists as “odd - none of the pieces belong together, yet together they make a whole,” a Brixton bistro that became relevant before the area was fashionable, and Women With Voices, where she delivered talks on authenticity and communication and helped women speak with authority without self‑erasure.

 

In her fifties, she launched The Chai Vibe, a sticky chai made with organic coconut nectar - a ritual that helped her stay wild in the city and return to her true nature.

 

A defining chapter of Ingrid’s life involved advocating for her son in the face of low institutional expectations. After being denied access to triple science at one school, she moved him mid‑year; he went on to earn all A*s plus a string of As and A* grades in his other GCSEs. He later completed a Master’s in Law at 22. This experience sharpened her understanding of perceptual bias, identity pressure and the cost of self‑monitoring - themes central to her work today.

 

At 53, Ingrid stepped into acting with no formal training and no industry connections. Within five years, she was working alongside Colin Salmon and Seann Walsh and appearing on the BBC’s Michael McIntyre’s Big Show. This wasn’t reinvention - it was alignment. A Perceptual Outlier stepping into another room without losing herself.

 

Ingrid is the creator of the Off‑Grid Mindset™ and the OFFGRID Framework™, a philosophy and method that helps individuals and organisations reduce performance pressure, restore presence, and access the intelligence that emerges when people operate from their true nature rather than external expectations. Her work sits at the intersection of perceptual difference, identity, presence and organisational culture. She is known for a style that is warm, grounded and quietly disruptive - blending lived experience, perceptual clarity, and a way of seeing that cuts through noise.

 

She lives in the UK with her son, Max‑Oliver.

Selected Media & Experience

Corporate & Leadership

  • 20+ years in corporate and account management

  • ICV

  • Clients including JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley

  • Founder, Women With Voices

Broadcasting

  • BBC Radio

  • LBC (including appearances on Nick Ferrari’s show)

  • Sky / OH TV

  • Women’s Radio Station

  • Hayes FM

  • Colourful Radio

  • Westside Radio

  • Sydenham Radio

Acting

  • BBC – Michael McIntyre’s Big Show

  • Film roles alongside Colin Salmon

  • Film roles alongside Seann Walsh

  • Commercial work including Soho House and Heathrow Airport

    Full acting and presenting CV available at: https://app.spotlight.com/4535-0195-9648

Writing

  • Published spoken word poet

  • The Blind Side – Words By (UNICEF-funded collection)

  • Former columnist, The South London Press

For speaking enquiries, photographs and full CV, please contact:

IngridMarsh@btinternet.com