{"id":28978,"date":"2023-11-17T09:27:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T09:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ie\/?page_id=28978"},"modified":"2024-01-10T18:05:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T18:05:41","slug":"ian-hawkins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ie\/about-swoop\/team\/ian-hawkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Hawkins"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"28978\" class=\"elementor elementor-28978\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6de1c38 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6de1c38\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cecbc53 e-con-full elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cecbc53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56ab494 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"56ab494\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/elementor\/thumbs\/Ian-Hawkins-qvn7ircfp8pbpdma2xaj9qfs44xt8tlb9tqn7mv9nw.png\" title=\"Ian Hawkins\" alt=\"Ian Hawkins\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68d0cd4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"68d0cd4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-298d0b8 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"298d0b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/11\/Ian-Hawkins-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-28979\" alt=\"Ian Hawkins\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d1e094 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d1e094\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ian Hawkins<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d94ad6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d94ad6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">News &amp; Investigations Editor<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d07d945 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d07d945\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ian Hawkins has made films for BBC World, CNN and Handelsblatt. His career started as a comedy writer for BBC and Channel 4, before shifting into telling stories for businesses in events and digital media.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e1b7a3 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0e1b7a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ianrhawkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"33\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/01\/linkedin-1-1-1-1-1-1.svg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-30524\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" 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