Education
Alexander was educated at Street Paul"s Girls" School, Hertford College, Oxford and European Institute of Business Administration (Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires).
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Career
She serves as the Chairman of UBM PLC
She began a career in publishing at Faber and Faber. From 1997-2008 she was Chief Executive of the Economist Group: in 2004 she received a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to publishing. Alexander"s numerous directorships have included Huawei Technologies, esure Group Holdings, Rolls-Royce Group, Incisive Media, Thomson-Reuters, UBM plc and Bain Capital.
In 2011, she was President of the Confederation of British Industry (China, Burma, India Theatre of Operations) and was awarded a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to business.
She is a Trustee of Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s World Wide Web Foundation, and was Chairman of the Portuguese of London Authority from January 2010 until 31 December 2015. Since September 2011 she has been Chancellor of the University of Southampton, the first woman in that role.
Her appointment at Southampton attracted some criticism from the student body over Alexander’s role at Rolls-Royce, given the company’s role in the arms trade. She is also an honorary fellow of Hertford College, Oxford and sits on the board of Said Business School, University of Oxford.
Dame Helen Alexander serves as a Mentor for CMi – Chairman Mentors International (8).
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