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British businesswoman (1957–2017)
Dame Helen Anne Alexander DBE (10 February 1957 – 5 August 2017[1] [2] [3] UBM plc . She had an MA Oxford and an MBA from INSEAD , and in 2016 was awarded the Legion d'Honneur .[4] University of Southampton (2011–2017).
Early life [ edit ]
Alexander was born in Geneva to Bernard Alexander, a British lawyer who worked for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , and Tania Benckendorff.[5] Estonia )[6] [7] Moura Budberg ,[8] double agent . Through her, Helen Alexander was related to Nick Clegg , sometime Deputy Prime Minister, whose paternal grandmother, Kira von Engelhardt, Baroness von Smolensk , was Budberg's niece.[9]
Alexander was educated at St Paul's Girls' School in London. She earned a degree in geography from Hertford College, Oxford in 1978 and graduated from INSEAD in 1984.[5]
She began a career in publishing at Faber and Faber . She joined the Economist Group as a marketing executive in 1985.[6] The Economist [6]
In 2004 she was appointed CBE for services to publishing. Alexander's numerous directorships included Huawei Technologies , Esure Group Holdings, Rolls-Royce Group , Incisive Media , Thomson-Reuters , UBM plc and Bain Capital .[10]
In 2011, she was the first female president of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and was appointed DBE for services to business.[6]
She was a trustee of Sir Tim Berners-Lee 's World Wide Web Foundation , and was chairman of the Port of London Authority from January 2010 until 31 December 2015. Since September 2011 she had been Chancellor of the University of Southampton , the first woman in that role.[11] [12]
She was an honorary fellow of Hertford College, Oxford ,[13] Said Business School , University of Oxford.[14]
Personal life [ edit ]
Alexander spoke fluent French. She was married and had three children. She was diagnosed with cancer in 2014 and died three years later.[15]
References [ edit ]
^ "Helen ALEXANDER – Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)" . Companies House, Government of the United Kingdom.
^ "Ambassador awards Légion d'honneur to Dame Helen Alexander" . Retrieved 29 March 2016 .
^ a b Lambert, Richard; Rocco, Fiammetta (10 August 2017). "Dame Helen Alexander obituary" . The Guardian . Retrieved 15 February 2019 .
^ a b c d "Dame Helen Alexander, former chief executive of The Economist Group, died on August 5th" . The Economist . Retrieved 7 August 2017 .
^ "Dame Helen Alexander" . BBC Woman's Hour. Retrieved 7 August 2017 .
^ Emmott, Bill (7 August 2017). "Helen Alexander, former Economist Group chief executive, 1957–2017" . Financial Times . Retrieved 13 February 2018 .
^ "Was Nick Clegg's great aunt a Soviet agent?" The Independent . 2 January 2015. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2018 .
^ "Helen Alexander" . London Speaker Bureau. Retrieved 7 August 2017 .
^ "Our People" . Southampton University. Retrieved 14 April 2016 .
^ "New Chancellor is Director of arms company" . WessexScene.co.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2016 .
^ "Dame Helen Alexander: Honorary Fellow" . Hertford College. Retrieved 7 August 2017 .
^ "Boards and Councils" . Said Business School. Retrieved 7 August 2017 .
^ Fedor, Lauren (7 August 2017). "Former CBI president Helen Alexander dies at 60" Financial Times . Retrieved 25 May 2023 .
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